a r t i s t : Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-Love
t i t l e : Seven
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : Smalltown Superjazzz
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Jul/2007
t r a c k s : 03
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 60,7 MB
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Seven is the third recorded collaboration between Vandermark
and Nilssen-Love, following Dual Pleasure (2002) and Dual
Pleasure 2 (2004), both on Smalltown Supersound. It's the most
concise to date in the series, running to only three tracks
and 44 minutes playing time. The album was recorded live at
the duo's home base, the Blσ club in Oslo, on April 1, 2005.
As is to be hoped with such excellent players, the session
finds both in top form, with a constant sense of urgency,
passion and adventure, and with plenty to say. The opening
track, ôFirst Hit, Second Fallö (26 minutes long), alternates
between condensed, fiery interplay and more abstract passages
where the duo investigate the myriads of tones and timbres of
instruments. Nilssen-Love enjoys twisting time patterns, and
he manages to push Vandermark into stratospheric flights even
when he's only playing his cymbals. Vandermark erupts with
ideas and his charged playing keeps the music fresh and
surprising. The fourteen-minute piece ôOpen Too Closeö is a
muscular, sometimes even brutal tour-de-force in the great
tradition of saxophone/drums duos created by John Coltrane and
Rashied Ali. Experiencing such boundless energy can leave the
listener breathless (but satisfied). Vandermark usually
finishes his concerts with a short piece on his clarinet, and
this album's closing track, ôUniversal Funeral,ö is one of
thoseùbut Nilssen-Love decorates the mournful theme with
metallic background noises that deny any possibility of
accepting the piece as a simple elegy. Seven is dedicated to
the late Norwegian bass player Bj°rnar Andresen, one of the
icons of the Norwegian jazz community, who passed away three
weeks after the Crimetime Orchestra's last recording session.
Vandermark and Nilssen-Love prove yet again that they can
create a very expressive painting, full of different colors
and textures, and one that is fresh and relevant.
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01-First Hit, Second Fall [26:37]
02-Open Too Close [14:04]
03-Universal Funeral [03:20]
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44:01 min