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Vandermark 5: Special Edition Live Recording at The Green Mill in Chicago, June 19-20 |
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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 |
 Vanermark 5 © Joel Wanek
Kev Vandermark will be leading a special, expanded edition of Vandermark 5 for two nights of live recordings for a new album at the Green Mill in CHicago on Friday, June 20th and Saturday, June 21st. Vandermark was selected as a MacArthur Fellow (a.k.a. the "genius award") in 1999. And in 1998 2was elected as one of the "25 For The Future," the most significant improvising musicians under the age of 40 by Down Beat Magazine. For the past 20 years, Ken Vandermark has been working to expand the possibilities of improvised and composed music in North America and Europe, both as a performer and organizer. After several years of Vandermark 5 performances of Vandermark's arrangements of works by Sonny Rollins, Joe McPhee, Cecil Taylor, and others, they stared to focus exclusivly on Vandermarks own compositions. For this live recording Vandermark 5 will be featuring Ken Vandermark on reeds, Magnus Broo on trumpet, Dave Rempis on saxophone, Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello, Haavard Wiik on piano, Kent Kessler on bass, and Tim Daisy on drums. For only a $12 cover you can be a part of this exciting recording project.
 Ken Vandermark © Mireia Bordonada
Since moving to Chicago from Boston in 1989, Vandermark has played 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, 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 Territory Band, Free Fall, and the Resonance Ensemble. In addition, he performs on a regular basis with the total improvisation units Sonore, the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, separate duos with the percussionists Paal Nilssen-Love and Tim Daisy, Lean Left, and iTi. In December of 2008 he recorded his first soundtrack, for the documentary film, Roads of Water, directed by Augusto Contento.
Ken has made many significant and highly respected contributions to both the local and international jazz/improvised music scenes through organizing concerts in Chicago and sponsoring North American tours with various ensembles. In 1996, he and writer John Corbett began organizing the Empty Bottle "Wednesday Night Jazz Series," concerts that brought musicians from Chicago, North America, and Europe to audiences on a weekly basis for nearly a decade. From April 2006 to October 2008, he continued this work by co-directing the "Immediate Sound Series" with Mitch Cocanig at the Hideout; and since the autumn of 2005 he has been a member of Umbrella Music, a musician based group of organizers collaborating in Chicago, which is currently preparing its fourth intercontinental music festival for Jazz and Improvised Music.
He spends more than half of each year on the road, working on a regular basis in North America, Europe, and Japan. Both his performances and recordings have been critically acclaimed by the international music community.
The Green Mill is located at 4802 N. Broadway; set times and information at www.greenmilljazz.com; 773-878-5552.
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