Ken Vandermark – tenor & baritones saxes, clarinet | Marcin Oleś – double bass | Bartłomiej Brat Oleś – drums
Recorded by Michal Rosicki at Sonus Studio Lomianki, Poland on March 21-22, 2005. Mixed: August 29-31, 2005 by Michal Rosicki, Marcin Oles and Bartlomiej Brat Oles at MAQ Records Studio, Poland. Cover photo and design by Blanka Tomaszewka. Producers: Marcin Oles and Bartlomiej Brat Oles. Executive producer: Marek Winiarski
Tracklist: 1. One [12:32] 2. Uncle B. [05:53] 3. Ideas (part one) [09:43] 4. Ideas (part two) [06:56] 5. Still Up [06:45] 6. Layers [08:35] 7. West Coast [04:42] 8. Tightrope [02:59] 9. Drumsax County [04:16] 10. Sonus [05:29]
Our first contact with Ken Vandermark
was just a handshake – at one of the concerts in Poland of the DKV formation. Marek Winiarski, the boss of NotTwo Records, introduced us to each other. Some time passed until we had the chance to play together for the first time. When the Vandermark Five gave a concert, at the Cracow music club Alchemia,we got together after and jammed. The idea of recording an album together was with us before the evening had ended. We had prepared original compositions for the recording session, but we talked before going into the studio, and after Ken Vandermark’s suggest we decided for the recording to be one of the free improvisation. We normally work in different musical fields and despite that, or maybe just because of that, every meeting like this brings about a new experience, even a kind of journey into the unknown… Marcin & Bartlomiej Brat Oles (album’s original linear notes)
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