a r t i s t : Free Fall
t i t l e : Amsterdam Funk
d a t e : 2005
l a b e l : Smalltown Superjazzz
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : May/2007
t r a c k s : 13
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 70,9 MB
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Ken Vandermark - clarinets
Hovard Wiik - piano
Ingebrigt Hoker Flaten - doublebass
The trio Free Fall was organized by bassist Ingebrigt Haker
Flaten, reedist Ken Vandermark, and pianist Haavard Wiik in
2001 as an opportunity to work together in a chamber music
environment without percussion. Inspired in part by Jimmy
Giuffre's classic group with Paul Bley and Steve Swallow, the
group quickly found its own way of working with velocity,
space, sound and time, after it first met. The trio has always
only performed their original compositions, and released its
first album of this material, called ôFurnace,ö to great
acclaim in 2002. The album was released on Mac`s (of the
punkrock group Superchunk) jazz label, Wobbly Rail (an imprint
of Merge Records). After playing in Europe and the United
States, Free Fall went back into the studio during November,
2004, to record its second album, this time for the Norwegian
label Smalltown Superjazzz. Entitled ôAmsterdam Funk,ö the new
album highlights the development of communication and
compositional strategies by the band over the last few years.
In addition, the recording includes freely improvised
performances for the first time. On the tour previous to these
studio sessions the band used pure improvisations as their
encores, and it made a good deal of sense to include Free
Fall's approach to this kind of material on ôAmsterdam Funkö
as it represents a parallel and equally powerful way of
performing by the trio.
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01-accidents with ladders (for nate mcbride) [04:52]
02-framework 4 [00:56]
03-november (for jeb bishop) [08:14]
04-framework 6 [01:32]
05-turn[s] (for terrie ex) [10:21]
06-framework 9 [02:09]
07-291 (for jimmy giuffre) [03:40]
08-framework 5 [02:15]
09-lonnie [05:12]
10-framework 3 [03:04]
11-still life (for willem de kooning) [07:41]
12-framework 10 [03:08]
13-mythologies [07:56]
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61:00 min