Ken vandermark

It is not an overstatement to say that Ken Vandermark is an unavoidable figure in the north-American jazz of the last two decades.

If you already sensed that the free bop style played by Ken Vandermark has roots in rhythm 'n' blues, here is the recording that confirms your impression.

Documented at the end of their first tour, this is the first set of material recorded at their Bimhuis show on March 19th, 2008. The musicians began each concert as a duo (guitars or drums/reeds), then would continue as a quartet.

Free Fall takes its name, of course, from the final studio recording of clarinetist Jimmy Giuffre’s trio with pianist Paul Bley and bassist Steve Swallow, and The Point in a Line is their third disc together.

"This brand new 2CD documents an expanded Vandermark 5 at Chicago's Green Mill club in June of 2009. The quintet is assisted by Scandinavian stalwarts Magnus Broo (trumpet) and Håvard Wiik (piano), both members of Atomic who previously worked with several members of the Chicago outfit. The album once again proves that the Vandermark catalogue for this band is an awe-inspiring work-in-progress.

Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and bandleader Ken Vandermark has led his flagship ensemble, the Vandermark 5, through a decade's worth of personnel changes. Despite the band's rotating roster, the ensemble's sound has remained remarkably consistent.