a r t i s t : Paal Nilssen-Love/ken Vandermark
t i t l e : Dual Pleasure 2
d a t e : 2004
l a b e l : Smalltown Supersound
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : May/2007
t r a c k s : 12
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 171,10 MB
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Vandermark and Nilssen-Love started their collaboration in
2000 when the group School Days was formed. One year later
they started FME, a trio with bass player Nate McBride. After
this it seemed very natural to define a duo. The first
occasion for this format was when they recorded the cd Dual
Pleasure in Oslo during the summer of 2002. Shortly after
this they performed their first duo concert at Molde
International Jazz Festival.
Dual Pleasure was released by the Norwegian label Smalltown
Supersound and has received excellent reviews, for example
this statement by the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet (Terje
Mosnes): This is free improvised music of very high energy.
Vandermark is stretching the tenor, baritone saxophone and Bb
clarinet in a continuous flow of tones and timbres, whilst the
Stavanger-drummer Nilssen-Love proves his reputation of being
the avant-garde jazz most powerful mallet and stick wizard.
However, Vandermarks logical lines stir the flow of energy.
Though tonal and rhythmic patterns/structures appear, the duo
does not seek simple solutions. This is raw music, with a
brutal beauty, which becomes more and more exhilarating the
more you let the music take control of body and mind and set
aside the normal understanding of nice and ugly.
Vandermark is also known for the work with his own quintet the
Vandermark 5, the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, the
Territory Band, Spaceways Inc., and the DKV Trio. In 1999
Vandermark was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, previous
recipients of this prize in the field of music include Cecil
Taylor, Anthony Braxton and Max Roach. He has also been was
voted Talent Deserving Wider Recognition in the critic's
poll of the American jazz magazine Down Beat, both as composer
and as a tenor saxophonist, every year since 2000.
Nilssen-Love has, during the last couple of years, established
himself on the international scene as a powerful drummer with
high energy and creativity. In 2002 he was "Artist in
Residence" at Molde International Jazz Festival, a title Chick
Corea and Pat Metheny held in previous years. After 7 days and
9 concerts at the festival, Down Beat stated, "His week at
Molde proved a revelation: Nilssen-Love is one of the most
innovative, dynamic and versatile drummers in jazz."
Their musical expression results from the influence of several
traditions, both geographic and historical. In this duo,
Vandermark and Nilssen-Love use free improvisation as a means
to explore all levels of dynamics, density, rhythm, timbre,
form and tonality. The results of their work are experienced
as intense, exhilarating, and boundary breaking.
Other recordings available with Vandermark and Nilssen-Love
are: School Days, "Crossing Division, Okkadisk OD 12037;
School Days, "In Our Times," Okkadisk OD 12041 - The Thing and
School Days, "The Music of Norman Howard, Anagram LP 001;
FME, "Live at Glenn Miller Café, Okkadisk OD 10007; FME,
"Underground, Okkadisk; Atomic School Days, "Nuclear Assembly
Hall," Okkadisk OD 12049; Territory Band-3, Map Theory,
Okkadisk.
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cd1
01-Train Hits The Station [08:32]
02-Finish Wood [03:47]
03-Look Left [05:31]
04-Never Leave Well Enough Alone [11:36]
05-Nice and Dry [03:43]
06-Short Terminal [06:57]
07-Non Chilled [06:31]
08-Living Kills [04:20]
09-There Is Nothing Left To Break [09:01]
cd2
01-Stray Dog [26:28]
02-Double Weight [28:16]
03-As It Goes [06:15]
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