Ken Vandermark's first large ensemble recording in more than four years brings together ten vanguard improvisers in acoustic and ea-improv forms--Dieb13, Elisabeth Harnik, Steve Heather, Terrie Hessels, Didi Kern, Mette Rasmussen, Jasper Stadhouders, Joe Williamson, and Nate Wooley--recording 3 long-form compositions live in concert, dedicated in sequence to musician Ikue Mori, sculptor Richard Serra, and painter, poet & typographist Francis Picabia.
Label: Audiographic Records Catalog ID: AGR-017 Squidco Product Code: 28294
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2019 Country: USA Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold Music recorded live in concert ... at the Artacts Festival for Jazz and Improvised Music, at St. Johann in Tirol , Austria, on March 11th, 2018, by Karl Wienand and Markus Massinger.
"Soigne Ta Droite, Ken Vandermark's first large ensemble recording in more than four years. The band is called Entr'acte and is a veritable "who's who" of the most interesting and important musicians currently working in the field of experimental music: Dieb13, Elisabeth Harnik, Steve Heather, Terrie Hessels, Didi Kern, Mette Rasmussen, Jasper Stadhouders, Joe Williamson, and Nate Wooley. The material was recorded in March of 2018 at the Artacts Festival for Jazz and Improvised Music in St. Johann, Austria, during a performance that garnered a standing ovation from the audience.
Soigne Ta Droite includes all the music performed on that occasion, three long-form compositions that highlight the innovative characteristics of the musicians involved and which focus on large scale group interplay.
The release of Soigne Ta Droite coincides with the appearance of Entr'acte during Ken Vandermark's residency at the Krakow Jazz Autumn in October. This new group builds on the knowledge Vandermark has gained through his long term passion for large ensembles and composing for them. It's a thread of creative activity that goes back for more than two decades and includes performances and recordings by the Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet, the Territory band, the Resonance Ensemble, and Audio One."-Audiographic Records