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 Title:               Nine Ways to Read a Bridge

 By:                  Ken Vandermark

 Released in:   2014

 Format:          BOX-SET (6-CDs)

 Catalog No:    MW 920-2

 EAN:               5901549185829

 Price:             SOLD OUT

Nine Ways to Read a Bridge by Ken Vandermark box-set cover

Tracklist:

CD 1

Agusti Fernandez / Ken Vandermark duo 

 

     1. Probes [06:55]

     2. Clashing Particles [08:47]

     3. Points Versus Spheres [11:48]

     4. Absolute Space [08:45]

     5. Hyperconductive [05:15]

     6. Beyond Substance [04:22]

 

CD 2

Christof Kurzman / Ken Vandermark duo 

 

     1. Krakow Index Point 1 [05:10]

     2. Krakow Index Point 2 [06:21]

     3. Krakow Index Point 3 [06:48]

     4. Krakow Index Point 4 [10:01]

     5. Krakow Index Point 5 [09:34]

 

CD 3

Joe McPhee / Ken Vandermark duo 

 

     1. Milwaukee 1 [09:25]

     2. Milwaukee 2 [05:10]

     3. Milwaukee 3 [06:02]

     4. Milwaukee 4 [03:34]

     5. Milwaukee 5 [04:17]

     6. Milwaukee 6 [03:42]

     7. Milwaukee 7 [02:26]

     8. Milwaukee 8 [05:25]

     9. Milwaukee 9 [02:04]

 

CD 4

Joe Morris / Ken Vandermark duo 

 

     1. Chicago 1 [21:18]

     2. Chicago 2 [08:24]

     3. Chicago 3 [04:31]

     4. Chicago 4 [07:21]

 

CD 5

Paul Lytton / Nate Wooley / Ken Vandermark trio 

 

     1. Montreal 1 [13:53]

     2. Montreal 2 [10:48]

     3. Montreal 3 [08:47]

     4. Montreal 4 [03:25]

     5. Montreal 5 [05:13]

 

CD 6

Eddie Prevost / John Tilbury / Ken Vandermark trio 

 

     1. Hovikodden Index 1 [08:36]

     2. Hovikodden Index 2 [10:44]

     3. Hovikodden Index 3 [08:43]

     4. Hovikodden Index 4 [07:02]

     5. Hovikodden Index 5 [08:58]

     6. Hovikodden Index 6 [08:26]

 

Line-up:

Ken Vandermark - reeds

Agusti Fernandez - piano & prepared piano (Album 1)

Christof Kurzmann - electronics & voice (Album 2)

Joe McPhee - pocket trumpet, tenor & alto saxes, alto clarinet (Album 3)

Joe Morris - electric guitar (Album 4)

Nate Wooley - trumpet (Album 5)

Paul Lytton - drums & percussion (Album 5)

John Tilbury - piano (Album 6)

Eddie Prevost - percussion (Album 6)

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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.

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