10 September 2008

Athens [GA] Creative Media Festival April 1-5, 2004 - Vandermark 5


Day 3.


The Vandermark 5 was formed during the spring of 1996. Since that time it has been a major outlet for the compositional and improvisational ideas of Ken Vandermark, whose thinking has been developed through years of work with groups like the NRG Ensemble, AALY, the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, the Free Music Ensemble, School Days, Free Fall, and the Territory Band.

Trying to organize a small unit with the capabilities of a large ensemble, he needed and chose four exceptional musicians to join him on the project: Jeb Bishop: trombone/guitar, Kent Kessler: bass, Tim Mulvenna: drums, and Mars Williams: saxophone. During the past decade the quintet’s line-up has evolved and now, in addition to original members Vandermark and Kessler, it includes the extraordinary saxophonist Dave Rempis; Tim Daisy and his powerful work on percussion; and the cello/improvisation master Fred Lonberg-Holm.

Each of the current members has years of performance experience working with a wide variety of music. This, coupled with the range of instrumentation and stylistic potential held by the ensemble, allows Vandermark to compose material that runs the gamut of musical possibilities; he incorporates elements of jazz history, contemporary composition, funk and rock into the group’s music. Even so, the band’s focus remains on improvisation. Each piece is arranged to allow ample room for the members to interpret and reinterpret the writing; this creates an environment where they are constantly interacting and utilizing their unique ideas in a spontaneous way.

In the spirit of the great bands scattered throughout the history of jazz, the Vandermark 5 has concentrated on live performance as the means to hone its skills and develop its concepts. For several years the quintet played on a weekly basis at the Empty Bottle in Chicago. Now the ensemble has shifted their concert schedule to focus on the road, and they tour in North America and Europe on a regular basis.

Their most recent work included a trip to Europe in November of 2006 to support the release of its newest album, A Discontinuous Line. After this, the band recorded a new set of material that will be released by Atavistic in the coming year. In February of 2007 the quintet will tour in the United States and Canada, performing music developed in the year and a half since Lonberg-Holm joined the group in the summer of 2005. Despite its longevity this musical unit continues to develop, while creating new methods for the investigation of composition and improvisation. With their history together and the current possibilities at their disposal, the Vandermark 5 will clearly remain “a modern-day band for the jazz ages.”—Penguin Guide To Jazz on CD.


Athens Creative Media Encounter,
40 Watt Club,
Athens, GA

April 3, 2004

linage: AUD > DAT > Tascam Standalone > CDR > CDR > EAC > FLAC FRONTEND > FLAC


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Tim Daisy: percussion
Dave Rempis: saxophones
Kent Kessler: bass
Fred Lonberg-Holm: cello
Ken Vandermark: reeds

10 comments:

gsrbrts2 said...

FLAC:

http://rapidshare.com/files/143997818/ay_3Vandermark5_flac.z01
http://rapidshare.com/files/143997820/ay_3Vandermark5_flac.z02
http://rapidshare.com/files/143997813/ay_3Vandermark5_flac.z03
http://rapidshare.com/files/143997804/ay_3Vandermark5_flac.zip

Anonymous said...

I have never seen a file come down like these , i can't unpack at all Steve

Anonymous said...

Tried again 3 of these files are z01-03 and the last one zip ? These are the best posts in awhile really liked the Brotzmann stuff Steve

gsrbrts2 said...

Sorry jazzme...were you able to unpack all the files? I used zip rather than rar, but would be willing to do it again if the existing links create problems for others. Please let me know. Also, I'm in the process of u/l the MP3 version of the same files.

Gus

gsrbrts2 said...

Day 3 Vandermark V MP3s:

http://rapidshare.com/files/144169228/KenVander_V_MP3.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/144169047/KenVander_V_MP3.part2.rar

gsrbrts2 said...

Day 3 Vandermark V revised FLAC [rar]
http://rapidshare.com/files/144175300/Vandermark_5_new_FLAC.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/144175305/Vandermark_5_new_FLAC.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/144175304/Vandermark_5_new_FLAC.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/144175303/Vandermark_5_new_FLAC.part4.rar

Anonymous said...

These unpacked thx Steve

Anonymous said...

hi
just wanted to express my thanks for distributing these fine pieces of music here - ever since i discovered this blog, it keeps holding pleasant surprises for me (and hopefully many more)
the two brotzm 10(-1) concerts already were steaming!

on .zip vs. .rar: both versions can be processed, only the .zip doesnot open with 7z-Zip, which i use otherwise. other programs succeeded, however.

thanks again,
Owombat
(don´t want blogger account)

Prof. Mouton said...

Sure would love to see a re-post here!

DRONSZ said...

A repost is still welcome, after all this time...