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 Title:               Alchemia

 By:                  Vandermark 5

 Released in:   2005

 Format:          BOX-SET (12-CDs)

 Catalog No:    MW 750-2

 Price :             0 EUR

OUT OF PRINT

CD 1

Day One: Monday, March 15, 2004, Set One 

 

     1. Telefon (Vandermark) [08:36]

     2. Other Cuts (Vandermark) [12:57]

     3. Staircase (Vandermark) [10:45]

     4. Strata (Vandermark) [13:43]

     5. Free King's Suite (Roland Kirk) - Meeting On Termini's Corner; Three For The Festival; A Handful Of Fives [12:09]

 

CD 2

Day One: Monday, March 15, 2004, Set Two 

 

     1. Outside Ticket (Vandermark) [11:03]

     2. Money Down (Vandermark) [06:33]

     3. Camera [FIRST PERFORMANCE] (Vandermark) [16:53]

     4. Roulette (Vandermark) [04:33]

     5. Cruz Campo (Vandermark) [10:31]

     6. The Black And Crazy Blues (Roland Kirk) [Encore] [08:36]

 

CD 3

Day Two: Tuesday, March 16, 2004, Set One 

 

     1. Confluence (Vandermark) [08:17]

     2. Rip Rig And Panic Suite (Roland Kirk) - From Bechet, Byas And Fats; Rip, Rig And Panic; No Tonic Press [14:14]

     3. Camera (Vandermark) [18:51]

     4. Both Sides (Vandermark) [09:11]

     5. Knock Yourself Out (Vandermark) [07:18]

 

CD 4

Day Two: Tuesday, March 16, 2004, Set Two 

 

     1. The Cooler (Vandermark) [09:19]

     2. That Was Now [FIRST PERFORMANCE] (Vandermark) [11:32]

     3. Six Of One (Vandermark) [22:48]

     4. Silverlization/Volunteered Slavery (Roland Kirk) [10:42]

     5. There Is The Bomb (Don Cherry) [11:04]

 

CD 5

Day Three: Wednesday, March 17, 2004, Set One 

 

     1. That Was Now (Vandermark) [10:46]

     2. Seven Puls Five (Vandermark) [08:13]

     3. The Bridge (Sonny Rollins) [06:54]

     4. Gyllene (Vandermark) [09:34]

     5. Auto Topography (Vandermark) [12:58]

 

CD 6

Day Three: Wednesday, March 17, 2004, Set Two 

 

     1. The Freedom Suite, Part 2(Sonny Rollins) [06:20]

     2. Telefon (Vandermark) [11:23]

     3. Initials (Vandermark) [07:12]

     4. Camera (Vandermark) [18:03]

     5. Other Cuts (Vandermark) [13:36]

     6. The Black And Crazy Blues (Roland Kirk) [Encore] [09:04]

     7. Knock Yourself Out (Vandermark) [Encore] [06:47]

 

CD 7

Day Four: Thursday, March 18, 2004, Set One 

 

     1. Money Down (Vandermark) [05:36]

     2. Inflated Tear (Roland Kirk) [06:55]

     3. Wherever June Bugs Go (Archie Shepp) [12:24]

     4. Camera (Vandermark) [15:42]

     5. Cruz Campo (Vandermark) [09:28]

 

CD 8

Day Four: Thursday, March 18, 2004, Set Two 

 

     1. Pieces Of The Past [FIRST PERFORMANCE] (Vandermark) [09:47]

     2. That Was Now (Vandermark) [11:53]

     3. Long Term Fool (Vandermark) [09:57]

     4. Strata (Vandermark) [11:25]

     5. Silverlization/Volunteered Slavery (Roland Kirk) [11:45]

     6. The Bridge (Sonny Rollins) [Encore] [07:37]

 

CD 9

Day Five: Friday, March 19, 2004, Set One 

 

     1. Conquistador, Part 2 (Cecil Taylor) [08:26]

     2. Knock Yourself Out (Vandermark) [07:22]

     3. Pieces Of The Past (Vandermark) [09:47]

     4. Camera (Vandermark) [18:02]

     5. Cruz Campo (Vandermark) [10:16]

 

CD 10

Day Five: Friday, March 19, 2004, Set Two 

 

     1. That Was Now (Vandermark) [11:38]

     2. Gyllene (Vandermark) [10:55]

     3. Telefon (Vandermark) [09:49]

     4. Ken's final speach [02:03]

     5. Six Of One (Vandermark [22:49]

     6. Other Cuts (Vandermark) [Encore] [13:42]

     7. The Black And Crazy Blues (Roland Kirk) [08:20]

 

CD 11

Jam Session One, Wednesday, March 17, 2004 

 

     1. Free Jam 1 (Vandermark/Bishop/M.OleÅ›/B.B.OleÅ›) [11:35]

     2. Free Jam 2 (Vandermark/Bishop/M.OleÅ›/B.B.OleÅ›) [05:17]

     3. Free Jam 3 (Vandermark/Rempis/Daisy/Bishop/M.OleÅ›) [12:27]

     4. East Broadway Run Down (Sonny Rollins), Elephantasy/Complete Communion (Don Cherry) [11:17]

     5. Theme For Alchemia (Vandermark/Rempis/Daisy/Kessler) [08:55]

     6. Bemsha Swing (Thelonious Monk) [10:54]

 

CD 12

Jam Session Two, Thursday, March 18, 2004 

 

     1. Round Trip (Ornette Coleman) [22:50]

     2. Free Jam 5 (Vandermark/Bishop/Kessler/M.OleÅ›) [17:38]

     3. Free Jam 6 (Vandermark/Bishop/M.OleÅ›/B.B.OleÅ›) [12:26]

     4. Togo (based on a Ghanese traditional, Ed Blackwell) [04:09]

     5. Lonely Woman (Ornette Coleman) [08:53]

 

Line-up:

Ken Vandermark - reeds

Dave Rempis - saxophones

Jeb Bishop - trombone

Kent Kessler - double bass

Tim Daisy - drums

Marcin OleÅ› (on #11, 12 only) - double bass

Bartłomiej Brat Oleś (on #11, 12 only) - drums

 

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