Ken Vandermark
Unexpected Alchemy (7CD Box)
LabelNot Two RecordsGenreJazz & Improvisation
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Polish label Not Two presents a massive 7CD set of unreleased recordings by Ken Vandermark in various combinations, featuring duo, trios and quartets with John Butcher, Joe McPhee and Mette Rasmussen on reeds and brass, Nate Wooley on trumpet, John Tilbury on piano, Ikue Mori on laptop, Kent Kessler on contrabass and Hamid Drake, Eddie Prevost and Steve Noble on drums and percussion.
Disk One:
Ken Vandermark / Nate Wooley duo
1. Deeply Discounted 16:07
2. Sequences of Snow 19:17
Steve Noble solo
3. Part 1 23:41
4. Part 2 6:21
Disk Two:
Ikue Mori / Mette Rasmussen duo
1. Part 1 26:35
2. Part 2 2:50
John Butcher / Nate Wooley duo
3. Set 2 25:14
Disk Three:
Ikue Mori / Steve Noble / Ken Vandermark trio
1. Part 1 26:49
2. Part 2 5:48
Joe McPhee solo
3. Set 1 24:00
Disk Four:
John Butcher / Ken Vandermark duo
1. Part 1 7:43
2. Part 2 5:12
3. Part 3 8:25
4. Part 4 4:52
Kent Kessler / Steve Noble / Mette Rasmussen / Nate Wooley quartet
5. Part 1 15:44
6. Part 2 10:53
Disk Five:
Kent Kessler / Joe McPhee duo
1. Part 1 3:52
2. Part 2 9:38
3. Part 3 4:19
John Butcher / John Tilbury duo
3. Part 1 29:59
Disk Six:
Hamid Drake / Eddie Prévost / Ken Vandermark trio
1. Set 3 36:01
Disk Seven:
Eddie Prévost / John Tilbury / Ken Vandermark
1. Set 1 63:03
Release notes
CD's 1-6 : recorded live at Hevre and Alchemia, Kraków on 7-10 November, 2017, featuring various artists in different configurations; CD 7 (Eddie Prévost / John Tilbury / Ken Vandermark) : recorded live in Munich, Black Box im Gasteig, on May 14, 2018.
| 1-1 | Deeply Discounted | 16:07 | |
| 1-2 | Sequences Of Snow | 19:17 | |
| 1-3 | Part 1 | 23:41 | |
| 1-4 | Part 2 | 6:41 | |
| 2-1 | Part 1 | 26:35 | |
| 2-2 | Part 2 | 2:50 | |
| 2-3 | Set 2 | 25:14 | |
| 3-1 | Part 1 | 26:49 | |
| 3-2 | Part 2 | 5:48 | |
| 3-3 | Set 1 | 24:00 | |
| 4-1 | Part 1 | 7:43 | |
| 4-2 | Part 2 | 5:12 | |
| 4-3 | Part 3 | 8:25 | |
| 4-4 | Part 4 | 4:52 | |
| 4-5 | Part 1 | 15:44 | |
| 4-6 | Part 2 | 10:33 | |
| 5-1 | Part 1 | 3:52 | |
| 5-2 | Part 2 | 9:58 | |
| 5-3 | Part 3 | 4:19 | |
| 5-4 | Part 1 | 29:59 | |
| 6-1 | Set 3 | 36:01 | |
| Bonus Disc | |||
| 7-1 | Untitled | 63:03 | |
- Mette Rasmussen
- Alto Saxophone (2-1, 2-2, 4-5, 4-6)
- Kent Kessler
- Bass (4-5 to 5-3)
- Ikue Mori
- Computer [Laptop], Electronics (2-1, 2-2, 3-1, 3-2)
- Małgorzata Lipińska
- Design
- Eddie Prévost
- Drums (6-1, 7-1)
- Hamid Drake
- Drums (6-1)
- Steve Noble
- Drums (1-3, 1-4, 3-1, 3-2, 4-5, 4-6)
- Marek Winiarski
- Executive-Producer
- David Zuchowski
- Mixed By, Mastered By (1-1 to 6-1)
- John Tilbury
- Piano (5-4, 7-1)
- Ken Vandermark
- Producer, Liner Notes, Reeds (1-1, 1-2, 3-1, 3-2, 4-1 to 4-4, 6-1)
- Rafal Drewniany
- Recorded By (1-1 to 6-1)
- John Butcher
- Saxophone [Saxophones] (2-3, 4-1 to 4-4, 5-4)
- Joe McPhee
- Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet (3-3, 5-1 to 5-3)
- Nate Wooley
- Trumpet (1-1, 1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 4-6)
