Territory Band 2 - Atlas
Label: okkadisk 12050 | Condition: New | Description:
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Musicians |
Ken Vandermark — reeds Jim Baker — piano Jeb Bishop — trombone Axel Dörner — trumpets Kevin Drumm — electronics Per-Åke Holmlander — tuba Kent Kessler — bass Fredrik Ljungkvist — reeds Fred Lonberg-Holm — cello Paul Lytton — drums Tim Mulvenna — percussion Dave Rempis — saxophones |
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Cover and Artwork |
Photos: Angeline Evans |
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Songs |
1. Add and Subtract [for Jean-Michel Basquiat] (13:01) |
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Recording Info |
Produced by: Ken Vandermark |
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...Vandermark fully exploits such disparate personalities; the band thrives on variety. Every few seconds, it seemed, a new combination of players came to the fore, then receded into the background, as another took its place, or some disarmingly pretty little melody rose above the fray. The risk with such episodic music is, the episodes are almost inevitably of uneven quality. Sometimes the short written horn fanfares made more of an impression than the improvisations they punctuated. Dörner, a very capable trumpet player, is rather too fond of blowing air through his horn without sounding a note. It’s become a schtick. Overall, Vandermark’s diverse gambits feel not like nervous hopping from one style to another, in the manner of 1980s postmodernism, but a gloriously expansive ensemble vocabulary. His one misstep is to let most pieces run on too long, covering too much territory, when one climax would be enough. But he learns by doing. Expect TB3 to be better yet. — Kevin Whitehead, Chicago Sun-Times |
