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Ken Vandermark
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For the past 20 years, Ken Vandermark has been exploring and working to expand the possibilities of improvised and composed music in North America and Europe. Since moving to Chicago from Boston in 1989, he's performed and recorded in a variety of contexts, and with many internationally renowned musicians. Past groups of significance include the NRG Ensemble, the DKV Trio, AALY, FME, the Vandermark Quartet, Spaceways Inc., School Days, Cinghiale, Witches & Devils, Steam, and Caffeine. Currently, the majority of his work as a composer and improviser has been directed toward the Vandermark 5, Powerhouse Sound, the Frame Quartet, the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Sonore, and separate duos with the percussionists Tim Daisy and Paal Nilssen-Love, the Territory Band, CINC, and Free Fall
Harriet Tubman, Peter Brötzmann, Angelika Niescier and many exciting new releases
by Jon Greenbaum
Featuring music from Gard Nilssen Acoustic Unity, Ornette Coleman & Prime Time, Elliot Sharp, Ishmael Ali, Ken Vandermark Pulverize, The Sound Harriet Tubman & Georgia Anne Muldrow, Angelika Niescier/Christopher Tordini/Gerald Cleaver, Filippo Sala, Albert Mangelsdorff/Jaco Pastorius/Alphonse Mouzon, Peter Brötzmann/John Edwards/Steve Noble/Jason Adasiewicz, Adam Schatz, Chrome Hill & DŌJŌ NPV, Chris Speed Trio, Aruan Ortiz with Andrew ...
Francesca Gemmo, Magda Mayas: Tides In The Mirror
by Neri Pollastri
Tides in the Mirror documenta lo splendido incontro in studio di due pianiste, l'italiana Francesca Gemmo e la tedesca Magda Mayas, entrambe dedite all'improvvisazione ancorché partendo da esperienze e punti di vista diversi. Gemmo, formazione classica, ha esplorato molti ambiti dell'improvvisazione contemporanea, anche assieme al compagno d'arte e di vita Sergio Armaroli, arrivando recentemente ...
Fourth Atlas
Label: Not Two Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Stray; In Low Light; Cardboard; Plates With Glass; Discrete Charm; Sight Derail; Tapies; 3/4 Of The Time.
PIVOT
Label: Silkheart Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Sensation of Sliding; Blowing out from Chicago; Epistemological Glide; Drops of Sorrow.
Accelerating; PIVOT Duos 1; PIVOT Duos 2; PIVOT Duos 3; PIVOT Duos 4; PIVOT Duos 5;
PIVOT Duos 6; Unmeasured Mile; I am aware. Standing in Snow.; Drifting against the Wind.;
Popular Music Theory.
Broadcast Transformer
Label: Audiographic Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Other Nichols Other Dimes (for Herbie Nichols and The Minutemen) / Salto (for Jacob
Lawrence) / Pony Up (for Rebecca Morris); Autochrome (for Faith Ringgold) / Scratch Vocal
(for Scratch Acid) / Clockwise (for Peter Greenaway) / Velocity Dub (for Joel Sternfeld); Text
Tile/Entre Chien Et Loup/Slate Arrangement/Shinkansen Dream; Winged Jaguar (for Bill
Dixon and Cecil Taylor) / Flipside (for Diane Arbus and Lisette Model) / Five Dollars In A $3
World (for Lester Bowie).
Chad Taylor: He's Here, He's There, He's Everywhere!
by Ludovico Granvassu
Chad Taylor is so busy as leader, co-leader and special guest on countless new albums in 2025, that he--literally--seems to be here, and there, and everywhere (pretty much like Ted Lasso's Roy Kent!). Here is a quick guide to enjoy some of his current ubiquitousness.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. ...
Earscratcher - Rempis/Harnik/Lonberg-Holm/Daisy: Otoliths
by Mark Corroto
How do these four musicians--individually and collectively--manage to create music that is consistently compelling? Part of the answer lies in their versatility. Each is a formidable soloist, an accomplished bandleader and a sought-after collaborator in improvising ensembles. For Earscratcher, Austrian pianist Elisabeth Harnik joins forces with three longtime stalwarts of the Chicago scene: saxophonist Dave Rempis, ...
Mats Gustafsson / Ken Vandermark / Tomeka Reid / Chad Taylor: PIVOT
by Mark Corroto
Do not judge a friend for buying a lottery ticket when the jackpot climbs to some astronomical sum. The odds of hitting the winning combination may be just as astronomical, but the dollar spent buys something more valuable than probability: a few hours of dreaming, imagining another life. Speaking of combinations, the newly formed quartet Pivot ...
Sound & Gravity: Chicago's New Home For Poignant Creative Music
by Hrayr Attarian
The inaugural 2025 edition of the ambitious Sound & Gravity Festival took place from September 10th through September 14th at seven different venues on Chicago's Northwest Side. Over 50 musicians, from several countries, performed works spanning genres from contemporary Western classical to jazz, experimental music, and indie rock. The not-for-profit Constellation Performing Arts, which drummer Mike ...
