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
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.