Spaceways Incorporated

Spaceways Inc. Vs. Zu: Radiale

by Sergio Masferrer
January 20, 2005

Following the musical trail of Ken Vandermark in the present jazz scene is a complex task, not only for the sheer amount of his recordings, but also for the diverse styles he practices on each one.

In this case, the rhythmic expansive wave of Ken Vandermark & Co--the trio known as Spaceways Inc.--joins Zu, a trio of Italian origins accustomed to move along the dividing line between avant-garde and harcore. Zu has recorded with Eugene Chadbourne on The Zu Side ...

Spaceways Incorporated: Version Soul

by Derek Taylor
August 1, 2002

Something of an oddity in Ken Vandermark’s stable of projects Spaceways, Incorporated spent its infancy as a cover band mining the songbooks of Funkadelic and Sun Ra. The trio’s debut Thirteen Cosmic Standards built an entertaining and artistically-enhanced hour of music from these fraternal sources, but their sophomore sojourn in the studio suggested the need for a fresh direction. Building on the same groove-seasoned stew the three channel their respective creative corpuses into the challenge of working with completely original ...

Spaceways Inc.: Version Soul

by AAJ Staff
June 10, 2002

Ken Vandermark has always been a big-picture kind of guy. Whether digging deep into the dirt for the NRG Ensemble, delighting in tight modern jazz in his quintet, or exploring any number of angles in various other settings, the saxophonist has always kept his music focused. He's that rare kind of player who dares to do anything, but never sounds at all scattered. And as such he's a gift to modern jazz.

The collective trio Spaceways Inc. (featuring ...

Spaceways Incorporatd: Vandermark/Drake/McBride: Thirteen Cosmic Standards

by Mark Corroto
September 1, 2000

With the news and financial security from receiving the MacArthur Genius Grant behind him, all eyes turn to Ken Vandermark in anticipation of his next move. The one-time Hal Russell apprentice is equally at home in free jazz settings (Caffeine), rocked-out noise bands (Flying Luttenbachers), and inside composed groups (Vandermark 5). His last effort Design In Time (Delmark) paired him with a duo of drummers covering original music and some from Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, and Don Cherry. ...

Spaceways Incorporated: Thirteen Cosmic Standards

by Derek Taylor
August 1, 2000

Ken Vandermark’s music has long revolved around an orbit of paying homage. The vast majority of his original pieces are of a dedicatory nature giving thanks and praise both to peers and elders. Several of his groups- Witches and Devils, Sound In Action, the one at hand- were even formed precisely with this purpose in mind. Taking its name from a Sun Ra album/composition this trio taps into the cosmic spirit of two monumental Black musical forces, Ra’s Arkestra and ...