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Earscratcher

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Otoliths is the second album by the transatlantic quartet Earscratcher, which brings together Austrian pianist Elisabeth Harnik with three of her US-based cohorts – Dave Rempis on saxophones, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello, and Tim Daisy on drums. Recorded live on tour in the US in December of 2024 – no small feat in an era when the longstanding xenophobic and insular tendencies of the country dominate more than ever – this sophomore outing finds a band whose roots have spread deep and wide. While their self-titled debut from 2023 drew from the spiraling ribbons of energy associated with Cecil Taylor’s bands with Jimmy Lyons, this more recent document showcases a band whose tannins have softened into ruby hues, ripe with the earthy tones of tobacco and leather that implies.

That’s not to say this record shares any of the slick shimmer of an ECM release though. Far from it. The band thankfully still has all of its teeth. But they know when to growl and when to bite, as well as when to purr. And they now wrap those cyclones of energy amongst passages of barefaced melodicism, deep timbral exploration, and pensive formal development.

At times the results can feel almost ethereal, when far-off piano ripples waft in from across a valley at night, to highlight the silvery moon of upper partials buried within an alto long tone. Or where whispered percussion waterfalls pour themselves slowly over the woody low-end of a bowed cello. These infinite details now fill in the broad structures the band hangs it’s improvisations on, completing a holistic architecture unique to these four practitioners.
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Dave Rempis – soprano/alto/tenor saxophone
Elisabeth Harnik – piano
Fred Lonberg-Holm – cello/electronics
Tim Daisy – drums

Recorded by Dave Zuchowski at the North St. Cabaret in Madison, WI December 7th, 2024

Mixed and mastered by Dave Zuchowski

Artwork and cover design by Lasse Marhaug
Produced by Dave Rempis

Special thanks to Thomas Ferrella and David Stone at BlueStem Jazz, and Al Rasho at North St Cabaret

Wheelhouse

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House and the Home is the long overdue reunion of the collaborative trio Wheelhouse, whose work had a significant impact on both the Chicago scene and the artistic identities of its members back in the aughts and early teens. Despite the band’s frequent performances from 2005, when bassist Nate McBride transplanted himself from Boston to Chicago, to 2013 when he returned there, the band only recorded one record. Boss Of The Plains came out to great critical acclaim as one of the two inaugural releases on the fledgling Aerophonic Records back in June of 2013.

With only that release, it was difficult to gage the depth of the band’s artistic progress. During those years they shifted from performing one another’s mostly jazz-based compositions to becoming a free-improvising chamber trio focused on texture, timbre, and pastoral sonic landscapes. And they did so in a way characteristic of that era of Chicago music – regular marathon rehearsals in Adasiewicz’s attic or McBride’s living room; workshopping material and ideas, cooking together, and spending time with each other’s families. There’s no substitute for building a deep group identity except by doing it patiently over time.

Since 2013, intervening musical, life, and global issues kept the trio apart. McBride’s return to Boston, and his full-time work as a skilled carpenter, contractor, business manager, and family man demanded his focus. Meanwhile Adasiewicz soared to international acclaim as one of the leading voices on his instrument, working with his own groups, as well as those of Peter Brötzmann, Hamid Drake, Nicole Mitchell, Rob Mazurek, and many other noteworthy colleagues. But after several years of a high-flying career, he walked away from performing to pursue other life goals including a separate career as a contractor, and a focus on his family life. These life transitions were followed closely by a global pandemic.

But despite the challenges, the relationships held on. Rempis and McBride continued to connect for gigs in Boston where Rempis returned frequently to visit family in the area. And during Adasiewicz’s hiatus, Rempis was one of the few people who could coax him out for an occasional gig. As he began to return to more regular performances in 2022, the two began working together in a few different Chicago-based contexts including their stellar quartet with Joshua Abrams and Tyler Damon.

Finally in early 2024, Rempis floated the idea of a trio reunion, which came together that June. On a short run of concerts in Chicago, Madison, and Milwaukee, they reignited the chemistry that had made them such a distinct unit to begin with. The life lived in between only added more depth to the stock. In that sense, House and Home is a return to a deeply shared artistic communion. In a time when so many of us are circling our proverbial horses against what an uncertain future holds, rediscovering such a profound communal understanding feels more crucial than ever.
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Dave Rempis – soprano/alto/tenor/baritone saxophone
Jason Adasiewicz – vibes
Nate McBride – bass

Tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 recorded June 1st 2024 at Constellation in Chicago, IL by Cooper Crain

Track 2 recorded June 2nd, 2024 at The Sugar Maple in Milwaukee, WI by Dave Zuchowski

Mixed and mastered by Dave Zuchowski

Artwork and cover design by Lasse Marhaug
Produced by Dave Rempis

Special thanks to Mike Reed, Nolan Chin, Nicole Muto-Graves, Shannon Marks, Adrienne Pierluissi, and Robert Szocik

Extra Special thanks to BlueStem Jazz in Madison, WI for their support of this recording

Dave Rempis & Nico Chkifi

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Aula is the first document of the ongoing musical relationship between Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis and his Belgian percussion counterpart Nico Chkifi on drums and percussion. These two simpatico musicians first met in a group curated by longstanding Belgian concert organizers Koen Vandenhoudt and Christel Kumpen. In April of 2023 both musicians took part in a version of the Visitations concert series in Antwerp, curated and produced by Vandenhoudt and Kumpen’s organization Sound In Motion and their affiliated record label Dropa Disc. That version of Visitations featured a transatlantic sextet including these two alongside Larry Ochs (saxophones) and Darren Johnston (trumpet) from the US, and Marta Warelis (piano) and Hugo Antunes (bass) from Netherlands and Belgium.

Based on the personal and musical strenghts of that collaboration, Rempis and Chkifi decided to delve further into their work in the fall of 2023 when Rempis returned to Europe. The two did a five-concert tour of Germany and Belgium, including this date recorded at the legendary L’An Vert in Liège. Long a home of creative music, that intimate club and dedicated audience gave them the perfect place to relax into the extended exploration of the duo format documented here. With a shared understanding of the meditative and spiritual aspects of their practice in improvised music, these two undertake a patient exploration that builds from long tones and delicate brushwork into volcanic overtures across the arc of a set-length improvisation. Both musicians allow their focus to dictate patience in the trajectories they unfurl, taking their time to alight on peaks that rest on the astounding structures they’ve built beneath.
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Dave Rempis – alto/tenor saxophone
Nico Chkifi – drums/percussion

Recorded at L’An Vert in Liege, Belgium October 28th, 2023 by Koen Vandenhoudt with assistance from Diego Faes.

Mixed and mastered by Koen Vandenhoudt

Special thanks to Diego Faes, Christel Kumpen, Sound In Motion, and Dropa House.

The Brunt

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This cross-generational lineup of Chicago improvisers unites in a quartet that spews fire across everything in its path. Saxophonist Dave Rempis and bassist Kent Kessler have a deep history dating back to their shared tenure in the Vandermark Five from 1998-2010. When they first started working together Kessler was a revered journeyman of the scene, with his longstanding work in Hal Russell’s NRG Ensemble, DKV Trio, Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, as well as in groups with Fred Anderson, Mars Williams, Michael Zerang, and many others. As a young upstart, Rempis was lucky to find the guidance and wisdom of someone of that stature. Kessler’s astute insights into what makes music function generally – whether pop, country, contemporary classical, or free improvisation – were an eye opening gift to a young musician. And their late night conversations at the Empty Bottle, Hideout, 3030, Velvet Lounge, and all the other regular haunts of that era very much helped Rempis form his own understanding of the music.

Twenty years down the road, newer waves of improvisers continue to hit the Chicago scene, and fresh energy and ideas continue to pour in. But Gerrit Hatcher and Bill Harris are two musicians whose work has proven to have legs since they first showed up in the mid-teens. Both have formed countless groups with their peers, tour regularly, run their own record labels, and help to organize concerts – all of the community sustaining work necessary to both keep an art scene alive. Both also fit into the high energy aesthetic that Rempis and Kessler have championed for so long. So when Hatcher proposed this quartet grouping way back in 2019, the answer was an enthusiastic yes from everyone involved.

With the intervening years of the pandemic, this debut album is coming out a bit slower than anticipated. But it’s well worth the wait. Those years have allowed the band to work regularly and solidify a coherent group aesthetic that allows the fire to burn, but one in which they also take the time to pulse in the glow of the embers they leave behind.
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Gerrit Hatcher – tenor saxophone
Dave Rempis – alto/tenor/baritone saxophone
Kent Kessler – bass
Bill Harris – drums and percussion

Recorded April 13th, 2023 live in Chicago, IL
Recorded and mixed by Bill Harris

Dave Rempis, Russ Johnson, Jakob Heinemann & Jeremy Cunningham

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This grouping of Chicago regulars represents a cross-section of the city’s thriving jazz and improvised music scene. Left-of-center saxophonist Dave Rempis, known for his extensive work as a free improviser, unites here with two other established musicians more often associated with the jazz camp in town: trumpeter Russ Johnson, and drummer Jeremy Cunningham. All three are established leaders on their own, and bring an incredibly open-minded approach to bridging the spectrum between knowing how to truly swing, and knowing how to take it just as far out. The group also adds Jakob Heinemann to the mix, a younger bassist and composer who took the Chicago scene by storm while living here for several years during and after the pandemic. The band worked regularly during that tenure, refining their chemistry into a thoughtful, deliberate, and unique quartet sound. Embers and Ash documents their last Chicago performance before Heinemann relocated to California to pursue a graduate degree at CalArts in the summer of 2024. Much more introspective than some of the more blusterous bands that Rempis fronts, this quartet navigates breathy dynamic motion, space, and silence in a singular way.
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Dave Rempis – soprano/alto/tenor saxophone
Russ Johnson – trumpet
Jakob Heinemann – bass
Jeremy Cunningham – drums

Recorded by Dave Zuchowski at The Hungry Brain in Chicago, IL on January 18th, 2024

Mixed and Mastered by Dave Zuchowski

Special thanks to Mike Reed, Nolan Chin, Nicole Muto-Graves, and Shannon Marks

Trio X

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“McPhee, Duval, and Rosen harbor analogous super powers and a shared heroic sense when it comes to seat-of-the pants improvisation. It’s all here, ripe and waiting for the hearing.” -Derek Taylor, All About Jazz
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Bass – Dominic Duval
Drums – Jay Rosen
Tenor Saxophone, Flugelhorn, Pocket Trumpet– Joe McPhee

Recorded at The Spirit Room, Rossie, NY, Oct. 20 & 21, 2004.

Ken Vandermark

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“Bridges are a symbol of bringing people together, of communicating with each other, of connecting ideas. What else could reading bridges in the context of the music we usually talk about here mean but presenting different approaches of making music and trying to understand how communication works? Who else but Ken Vandermark has been constantly presenting such approaches by crossing the borders between hardcore jazz/punk (with The Flying Luttenbachers), noise core (with Zu), free funk (with Made to Break), new classical music and of course with his various free jazz/improv projects (everything from duos to larger ensembles like Audio One or the Resonance Ensemble) – and these are only a few examples! Ken Vandermark is simply one of the great masters of notated music and completely free improvisation.”

“With this box set Ken Vandermark proves that his music and his style cannot be pidgeonholed or codified, ”as soon as you define an art form, it’s done, it’s over”, he once said. My friend Peter, a dedicated follower of his music, says that his music has always been full of surprises, that he is constantly ready for the unexpected which is why he is one of the great innovators on the scene.” -Martin Schray, Free Jazz Blog
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Line-up:
Ken Vandermark – reeds
Agusti Fernandez – piano & prepared piano
Christof Kurzmann – electronics & voice
Joe McPhee – pocket trumpet, tenor & alto saxes, alto clarinet
Joe Morris – electric guitar
Nate Wooley – trumpet
Paul Lytton – drums & percussion
John Tilbury – piano
Eddie Prevost – percussion

Recorded:
Disc 1: Recorded in concert on May 15, 2013 at Jamboree, Barcelona. Originally produced by Discordian Records and released on December 12, 2013.
Disc 2: Recorded in concert on November 20, 2013 at Klub Alchemia during the Resonance Ensemble Residency, part of the Krakow Jazz Autumn. The poem, Song For Beggars, by Joe McPhee.
Disc 3: Tracks 1-7 recorded in concert on June 22, 2013 at The Palm Tavern during Okka Fest 5, Milwaukee; tracks 8 & 9 recorded on June 6, 2012 at The Sugar Maple during Okka Fest 4, Milwaukee.
Disc 4: Recorded in concert on August 8, 2013 at Elastic Arts Foundation, Chicago.
Disc 5: Recorded in concert on June 18, 2013 at the Casa Del Popolo during the Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival, Montreal.
Disc 6: Recorded in concert on January 12, 2014 at the Heni Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden during the All Ears Festival for Improvised Music.

The Vandermark Quartet

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In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states: “Listening to this music now is breathtaking; it feels shamanic and brave and it engages the listener immediately with the force of both conviction and humor.”

The Penguin Guide to Jazz claims that “Solid Action is Vandermark’s first shot at greatness, with Scanlan a tremendously exciting figure on all of three of his instruments.”

The DownBeat review by Bill Shoemaker states: “This band’s second outing is a persuasive statement of Vandermark’s ability to harness rock’s gut-rending intensity to post-Coleman jazz’s quest for liberating new structures.”
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Bass – Kent Kessler
Drums – Michael Zerang
Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet – Ken Vandermark
Violin, Guitar, Cornet – Daniel Scanlan

Recorded at Acme Recording Studio, Chicago, May 29 & 30, 1994
Mixed at TONE ZONE by Blaise Barton

Design – Ross Pierson
Executive-Producer – Mason Taylor
Cover Photo – Michael Lapin
Producer – The Vandermark Quartet

Ken Vandermark's Joe Harriott Project

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“The tunes are filled with odd time signiatures, quirky stops and meaty lines that make for excellent improvisation on the part of Vandermark, Jeb Bishop on trombone, Kent Kessler on bass and Tim Mulvenna on drums. A strong tribute.” -Tom Sheridan, AllMusic
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Ken Vandermark: Reeds
Jeb Bishop: Trombone
Kent Kessler: Bass
Tim Mulvena: Drums

Compositions: Joe Harriott
Producer: John Corbett
Recording, Mixing, Mastering: John McCortney

Recorded on 3 September 1998 at Airwave Studio, Chicago, IL.

Atavistic Records 115

Atomic / School Days

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“it comes as no surprise that an advocate of cross-pollination like Vandermark would be involved in the combination of two hard-hitting ensembles, Atomic and School Days.

What results on this consistently invigorating double-disc set is what one might expect from the collection of such talents—an octet that believes both in intricate compositions, as well as improvisation for a program where every member of the collective contributes a composition (with two from Ljungkvist). A unified goal emerges that welcomes vibrant, stacked and shifting horn parts to match and—at times—spar under, over and in the midst of the brimming intensity or colorizations of the crack rhythm section broadened by Kjell Nordeson’s vibraphone. The compositions, many of which are multi-sectioned, engage through capricious settings that involve traditional swing realms, skronkier horn cacophony, gentle balladry, rock-solid riffing or in the case of the rhythm crew (with Vandermark’s baritone frequently joining the fray), hair-raising vamps.”

“Without a doubt, this is one of the year’s best from an ensemble that, while demanding, manages to maintain one’s interest throughout the entire 90-minute program.” -Jay Collins, 23 July, 2004
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Magnus Broo — trumpet
Jeb Bishop — trombone
Fredrik Ljungkvist — reeds
Ken Vandermark — reeds
Havard Wiik — Piano
Kjell Nordeson — vibraphone
Ingebrigt Håker-Flaten — double bass
Paal Nilssen-Love — drums and percussion

Recorded by Oystein Halvorsen at NRK Studio in Oslo, Norway on August 13 & 14 and Mixed in September 2003.

Mastered by John McCourtney at Airwave Studio, Chicago IL on January 12, 2004
Produced by Atomic and School Days
Executive Producer: Bruno Johnson

Thanks To: Oslo Jazzfestival, BLA, Erling Wicklund,
Erica Berthelsen, Andreas Mjos, Joakim Hauglane

Okka Disk 12049

School Days

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“More potent international diplomacy, courtesy of [Ken] Vandermark, [Jeb] Bishop and drummer Ingebrigt Håker-Flaten and Paal Nilssen-Love. A cutting, wide-roaming, wide-open effort, the CD pays homage to the early-60’s band of the same name led by Steve Lacy and Roswell Rudd (two of whose pieces are performed here).” — Lloyd Sachs, “10 best of the year: Chicago’s jazz greats”, Chicago Sun-Times, January 5, 2001
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Ingebrigt Håker Flaten: Bass
Paal Nilssen-Love: Drums
Ken Vandermark: Reeds
Jeb Bishop: Trombone

Recorded on 9 and 10 March 2000 at Airwave Studios, Chicago.

Engineer – John McCortney
Executive-Producer – Bruno Johnson
Graphics by Louise Molnar
Painting by Adrienne Pierluissi
Photography by Joel Wenek

Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love

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“They’ve tapped into a sound that is eminently listenable and addictive, and it’s exciting to hear them hone their interplay more and more as time passes. I would highly recommend this album to fans of Ken Vandermark’s and Paal Nilssen-Love’s previous duo work, and to any fan of powerful, melodic, but still adventurous music.” -Derek Stone, Free Jazz Blog
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Ken Vandermark: reeds
Paal Nilssen-Love: drums and percussion

Recorded by Michael Huon in Concert on October 20th, 2013 at Zuiderpershuis, Antwerp as part of the Sound in Motion Series organized by Christel Kumpen & Koen Vandenhoudt

Mixed and Mastered by: Dave Zuchowski at One Room Studios
Album design by: Federico Penalva

The Tim Daisy Trio

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“Daisy recorded this improvised session with Norwegian pianist Havard Wiik and Australian bassist Clayton Thomas during a particularly adventurous afternoon session in Berlin. It’s definitely not a standard piano trio. It’s more of an experimental vehicle maneuvered by the collective spirit of the players and the moment.” —Tom Burris
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Havard Wiik: Piano
Clayton Thomas: Bass
Tim Daisy: Drums

Recorded on September 20th, 2013 at Frangenheim Studios, Berlin
Recorded by Richard Koning
Mixed and Mastered on October 17, 2013 by Alex Inglizian at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL

The Rempis Percussion Quartet

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Deep within the music there is a pulse that carries this music, and it is mostly directed by Håker Flaten’s bass. Switching to baritone, the music gets even more quiet, and at the same time more rigorous. As the piece ramps up, the insistence of the music exhausts the piece. -Mark Corroto, All About Jazz
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On August 31st, 2014, The Rempis Percussion Quartet celebrated its tenth year in existence with an increasingly rare hometown concert at Chicago’s venerable Hungry Brain, a bar whose dark, relaxed, and frequently hard-drinking atmosphere helped to define more than a decade of the Chicago improvised music scene. The band had cut its teeth with regular performances at the Brain in the mid-aughts, but sadly, this would be the last time they hit the stage before the bar’s impending closure at the end of 2014. To up the stakes a bit further, that night also marked the end of the 2014 Chicago Jazz Festival. As usual, the multitudes of fans and world class musicians visiting for that event packed in with the Chicago regulars to hear what the local guys might deliver on their home turf. The band didn’t disappoint. The talking ceased immediately as they hit the stage, channeling the significant emotional energy of the evening directly into two sets of fiery music, once again taking the reins as one of the hardest-hitting bands to emerge from the Chicago scene in the past decade. On this document of the night’s festivities, you can hear the group dive in face first, working over every facet of the simple melodies and grooves that form the underlying basis of their extended improvisations, tearing them apart, and reconstructing them in a multitude of new ways. A fitting tribute to the creative life this special place spawned for many, many years.
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Dave Rempis – alto/tenor/baritone saxophone
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten – bass
Tim Daisy – drums
Frank Rosaly – drums

Recorded August 31st, 2014 at the Hungry Brain, Chicago

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Dave Zuchowski
Design by Johnathan Crawford
Produced by Dave Rempis

Special thanks to Josh Berman, Mike Reed, Dan Morrizo, and Janice White for many wonderful years of Sunday night at the Brain.

Jaap Blonk

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Eight meditations on just intonations. Electro-instrumental music of shining serenity.

Jaap Blonk: Electronics & voice

Cover [Typography] – Melle Hammer
Photo by Jaap Blonk

Jaap Blonk, Bart van der Putten & Paul Pallesen

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Double CD with eight longer pieces, with meticulous trio improvisations.

Bart van der Putten: clarinet, alto saxophone, harmonica
Paul Pallesen: electric guitar, banjo
Jaap Blonk: electronics, voice

All compositions by Jaap Blonk (Buma/Stemra)

Recorded and mixed by Jurre Wieman at Edgetip Recording Studio, Arnhem, Netherlands
March 25 and 26, 2003 (Erra, Flode, Gruimveld, Har, Skjull and Oi)
July 10, 2003 (Zikse and Ongronder)

Jasper Stadhouders & Jaap Blonk

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The 10th title in the Kontrans ‘improvisors’ series!

Jasper Stadhouders – guitar
Jaap Blonk – electronics, voice

Recorded by Jasper Stadhouders at Zaal 100, Amsterdam, May 7, 2025

Mixed and mastered by Jaap Blonk
Photos by Johan Janssen, Antonio Bergamino
Sleeve design by Melle Hammer
Produced by Jaap Blonk for Kontrans

All music by Jasper Stadhouders and Jaap Blonk (Buma/Stemra)

Ken Vandermark

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The set’s documents performances between reedman Ken Vandermark and a wonderful blend of improvisers – all recorded over the space of a few days in the Polish city of Krakow + a bonus disc of music recorded in Munich.
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John Butcher – saxophones
Hamid Drake – drums
Kent Kessler – bass
Joe McPhee – tenor sax, trumpet
Ikue Mori – laptop, electronics
Steve Noble – drums
Eddie Prévost – drums
Mette Rasmussen – alto sax
John Tilbury – piano
Ken Vandermark – reeds
Nate Wooley – trumpet

1-21: Recorded live at Hevre and Alchemia, Kraków on 7-10 November, 2017, featuring various artists in different configurations
22: Recorded live in Munich, Black Box im Gasteig, on May 14, 2018

Design – Małgorzata Lipińska
Executive-Producer – Marek Winiarski
Mixed and mastered by David Zuchowski
Producer, Liner Notes – Ken Vandermark
Recorded by Rafal Drewniany

Nate Wooley

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“This is an artist dedicated to questioning boundaries, pushing limits, and flirting with failure in all its forms. These things take a toll. But the next shore is already in sight – the last essay in The Complete Syllables Music box outlines a proposal for adapting the system for chamber ensemble.” -Eric McDowell, Free Jazz Blog
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The Complete Syllables Music is the first collected edition of trumpet experimentalist Nate Wooley’s groundbreaking solo compositions. His attempt to sidestep a positive/negative value based musical aesthetic and to expand his own preconceptions of what the trumpet tone should be led him to the construction of a new compositional language, based on adjusting the physical parameters of how one makes sound. This new way of thinking was based on the shape and positioning of the oral cavity necessary to produce the phonetic sounds in speech; using the International Phonetic Alphabet as a new kind of tone-row to create structures on the position of the teeth, tongue, throat and nasal cavity. The result is an approach to the sound of the trumpet that is involved in traditional nor extended technique, but treats virtuosity as a non-issue. The box set features the first two works in this vein, reissued from out of print recordings on the Peira and Mnoád labels and is capped off with the most ambitious, and final solo version of the Syllables pieces, the 150 minute long electro-acoustic masterpiece For Kenneth Gaburo.
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Nate Wooley: trumpet, amplifier, tape & analog synthesizers

Recorded Disc 1 Recorded at Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY Originally Released on Peira Records October 1, 2011 Recorded, mixed and mastered by Philip White

Disc 2 Recorded at I Beam, Brooklyn, NY Originally Released on Mnóad Records October 7, 2012 Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jeremiah Cymerman

Discs 3 and 4 Recorded at Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Troy, NY Previously Unreleased Recorded, mixed and mastered by Jeff Svatek

Tim Daisy & Ken Vandermark

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Ken Vandermark: Reeds
Tim Daisy: Drums

Recorded August 1, 2006, Empty Bottle, Chicago.

Record Label: Self Released
Year released: 2007
Release format: Limited Edition CD

Jeb Bishop, Jaap Blonk, Lou Mallozzi & Frank Rosaly

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“The musicians joining Blonk for this gab extravaganza of the very unconventional sort are trombonist Jeb Bishop, turntable and electronics artist Lou Mallozzi and percussionist Frank Rosaly. Captured live at the legendary Chicago venue, this is music to shake, rattle and roll your ears and nerves and brain… which is all good.” —Paul Serralheiro, Squid’s Ear

“The group’s jagged improvisations [are] some of the most compelling and confrontational I’ve heard this year.” —Peter Margasak

An intense live session, recorded at The Hideout in Chicago.
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Jeb Bishop: Trombone
Jaap Blonk: Voice and electronics
Lou Mallozzi: Turntable and electronics
Frank Rosaly: drums and percussion

Recorded by David Zuchowski at The Hideout, Chicago, March 14, 2012
Mastered at Mediatrack, Amsterdam
Executive Producer Jaap Blonk
Design by Melle Hammer

All Tracks by Jeb Bishop (BMI), Jaap Blonk (Buma/Stemra), Lou Mallozzi (BMI) and Frank Rosaly (BMI)

Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love

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“Vandermark and Nilssen-Love make a mighty team: both musicians are incredibly fast and facile, and they’re equally comfortable whether they’re exploring chaos or silence. It’s a pleasure to witness such strong musical intelligence at work and play, and altogether Letter to a Stranger is a treat, a powerful CD full of courageous and inventive music.” -Florence Wetzel
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Ken Vandermark : tenor and baritone saxophone / A and bass clarinet
Paal Nilssen-Love : drums and percussion

All music composed by Paal Nilssen-Love (TONO) and Ken Vandermark (Twenty First Mobile Music / ASCAP)

Recorded at Strobe Recording, Chicago, by Nick Broste on January 3rd, 2011
Mixed and mastered by Thomas Hukkelberg at desibel.no in September, 2011
Produced by Paal Nilssen-Love and Ken Vandermark
Executive Producer Joakim Haugland

Photos by Ken Vandermark
Design by Rune Mortensen

Thanks to Tim Daisy for the drums.

Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love

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Paal Nilssen-Love: Drums
Ken Vandermark: Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone

Tracks 1-1 to 1-9 recorded 18th and 19th of September 2003, Oslo.
Tracks 2-1 to 2-3 recorded live 22nd of September 2003 at Kampen Jazz, Oslo.

There are index points in tracks 2-1 and 2-2 for the listeners convenience.

Thanks to Heidi Skjerven for being the perpetual hostess.
Thanks also to Jørgen Munkeby for lending the bass clarinet.

Joakim Haugland: Producer
Thomas Hukkelberg: Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
Rune Mortensen: Sleeve Design

Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love

6 Tracks

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Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet [Bb] – Ken Vandermark
Drums – Paal Nilssen-Love

Co-producer – Joakim Haugland
Design – Rune Mortensen
Photography By [Photo] – Trygve Indrelid
Producer – Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love

Recorded July 8th & 9th, 2002, mixed and mastered August 19th, 2002 at Både Og Lydbyrå, Oslo by Thomas Hukkelberg

Thanks to Heidi Skjerven, Ellen Major, Håvard Wiik, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Terry Nilssen-Love, Martin Revheim, George Hayman.

Joe Morris Trio

10 Tracks

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Acoustic Bass – Sebastian Steinberg
Drums – Jerry Deupree
Guitar – Joe Morris

Tracks 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9 recorded at Outpost Studios, Stoughton, Massachusetts by Jim Siegal
Tracks 4 and 10 recorded live at the Middle East, Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Eric Motte

Edited at Random Access, Boston, Massachusetts by Jonathan Wyner
Cover art and layout by Anne Marcotty Morris