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Ken Vandermark: Ken Vandermark (bass clarinet, baritone saxophone); Dave Rempis (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Jeb Bishop (trombone); Kent Kessler (bass instrument); Tim Daisy (drums).
A companion set to 2003's FREE JAZZ CLASSICS, VOLS. 1 & 2, VOLS. 3 & 4 find the Vandermark 5 paying tribute to two pioneering innovators: Sonny Rollins and Roland Kirk. Spread out over two discs--one for Rollins and one for Kirk--Ken Vandermark and company select some of those composers' most challenging compositions, and treat the material with the subversive respect it demands.
Both men were renowned for their restless commitment to redefining the limits of jazz; the ensemble takes the outlines of their compositions and stretches them with imagination and vigor, informed by sophisticated harmonic conceptions and a sense of swing. The formidable chops of all five members of Vandermark's group are on constant display throughout both discs, making this set a sure shot of contemporary free jazz. .
The Vandermark 5's Free Jazz Classics, Vols. 3 & 4 is the last double-disc set in the Free Jazz Classics series, according to Ken Vandermark's liner notes. The two artists Vandermark focuses on here are Sonny Rollins -- particularly his "Alfie Suite" -- and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. The Rollins set was previously issued in a limited-edition double disc of the V5's Airports for Light, and the Kirk set was included in limited-edition double packaging with Elements of Style...Exercises in Surprise. Both these albums were recorded live at Chicago's Empty Bottle in 2003 and 2004, respectively. The "Six for Rollins" disc (inspired by Archie Shepp's Four for Trane) is tight, solidly arranged, and the tune selection is great. It opens with "The Bridge"; the interplay between Vandermark, saxophonist Dave Rempis, and trombonist Jeb Bishop is remarkable. Another notable is the second part of the "Freedom Suite," included here, and the "Alfie Suite" offers a keen view of the deep listening that occurs in this band. The opening part of the cut with Bishop's slow, leisurely trombone solo working through the melody brings out the blues underneath the compositional sketch, as Vandermark enters slowly, harmonizing quietly on the changes. The real blowing begins at about seven minutes, and the swinging blues as it walks the edges of free playing is astonishing. The Kirk disc, entitled "Free Kings -- The Music of Roland Kirk," concentrates equally on the pre-Kirk Mercury, and Emarcy period material -- Vandermark assembled suites from the We Free Kings and Rip, Rig and Panic recordings -- and chose select other material from the Atlantic years such as "The Inflated Tear," "Black and Crazy Blues," and "Silverization/ Volunteered Slavery." The two discs are very different in mood and style with the latter being less, intense perhaps, but still looser, riskier, and genial. Bishop's solo on "Black and Crazy Blues," is pure hard bop-blues swinging. Suites Vandermark arranged are wonderful, full of surprise and great humor -- something you wouldn't expect from him, but you did from Kirk. If you didn't have a chance to pick these up on their original release, now's your chance. This set is not to be missed. ~ Thom JurekThe Wire (p.74) - "Vandermark gets inside some of the music that shaped his own playing and investigates what it really means to him, before moving on to open up other avenues of his own."
JazzTimes (p.88) - "The arrangements are nicely written....Rempis and Vandermark do manage to generate some excitement."
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List Price $15.95 (You save $4.46)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Live Performances
Label Atavistic
Orig Year 2006
All Time Sales Rank   53055  
CD Universe Part number 7048439
Catalog number 61170
Discs 2
Release Date Apr 11, 2006
Studio/Live Live
Mono/Stereo Stereo
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Free Jazz Classics Vols. 3 & 4 CD DISC 1:
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.Bridge, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.Strode Rode
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.Freedom Suite, Pt. 2
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.John S.
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.East Broadway Rundown
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample6.Alfie Suite
Free Jazz Classics Vols. 3 & 4 Songs DISC 2:
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample1.Black & Crazy Blues, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample2.Free Kings Suite, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample3.Inflated Tear, The
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample4.Rip, Rig & Panic Suite
Windows MediaWindows MediaRealAudio MediaRealAudio MediaMP3 Track Sample5.Silverization/Volunteered Slavery

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