A discontinuous line
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| Studio album by Ken Vandermark & The Vandermark 5 | ||||
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| Label (s) | Atavistic Records | |||
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CD |
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8th |
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1:08:54 |
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Semaphore, Chicago |
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A Discontinuous Line is a jazz album by Ken Vandermark & The Vandermark 5. The recordings made on December 15 and 16, 2005 at Semaphore Studio, Chicago, were released in October 2006 on Atavistic Records .
background
A Discontinuous Line was the first studio recording of the resettled Vandermark 5, the most enduring ensemble of Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist Ken Vandermark. After trombonist / guitarist Jeb Bishop left, the new member cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm once again had the option of making electronic contributions. Vandermark himself had played the baritone sax more often with each album, which now became his main instrument. The other musicians are the saxophonist Dave Rempis , the bassist Kent Kessler and the drummer Tim Daisy .
Track list
- The Vandermark 5: A Discontinuous Line (Atavistic ALP173CD)
- 1 Convertible, Version One (For Charles Eames ) 8:39
- Reciprocal (For Santiago Calatrava) 7:40
- La Dernier Cri (For Elliot Carter) 7:48
- Some Not All (For Phillip Wilson) 1:46 pm
- Aperture (For Walker Evans) 6:45
- Morricone (For Sergio Leone) 7:00
- Convertible, Version Two (For Ray Eames) 6:26
- The Ladder (For Giorgio De Chirico) 10:50
- All compositions are by Ken Vandermark.
reception
Thom Jurek awarded the album four stars in Allmusic and wrote that Fred Lonberg-Holms cello not only complements the rhythm section, but also acts as a dedicated rhythmic improviser, who is regularly juxtaposed with contrapuntal ideas until complex, free improvisations conquer the group. This is another remarkable set from the Vandermark 5, a formation that now plays together so effortlessly, even with the addition of Lonberg-Holm, whose idiosyncrasies add color and texture to this delicious and insanely joyful, yet extremely complex, music. He is a welcome addition. The album is full of it, but this is where the listener comes in to move the music further in the discourse by recording it.
According to Troy Collins, who reviewed the album in All About Jazz , A Discontinuous Line combines sweeping melodies, driving swing, intoxicating call and response passages, inventive arrangements and wild collective improvisation and shows why the Vandermark 5 is the most enduring ensemble of Vandermark . This ensemble alternates between fast free bop, dark blues, sparing neoclassicism, grainy funk and pulverizing rock rhythms and is not hindered by stylistic boundaries.
Also in All About Jazz, John Kelman wrote that the band's new line-up may well be more balanced. With two wind instruments, two string instruments and percussion, there are many options for good textures . Lonberg-Holm passionately supported Rempis' solo in "Convertible, Version One". Together with Kessler's Coll'arco- Bass he is developing a solo concept that is completely new for the group. Vandermark's greatest strength as a composer is his ability to create compositions that combine challenging and sometimes elongated structures with free-flowing improvisations.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stylistic classification according to Discogs and Allmusic
- ^ A b Troy Collins: The Vandermark 5: A Discontinuous Line. All About Jazz, October 3, 2006, accessed June 17, 2020 .
- ↑ The Vandermark 5: A Discontinuous Line at Discogs
- ↑ Review of Thom Jurek's album at Allmusic (English). Retrieved April 1, 2020.
- ^ John Kelman: The Vandermark 5: A Discontinuous Line. October 27, 2006, accessed June 17, 2020 .