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01. Ken Vandermark & Hamid Drake - Solidarity
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02. Ken Vandermark & Hamid Drake - Elephantasy
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03. Ken Vandermark & Hamid Drake - El Corazón
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04. Ken Vandermark & Hamid Drake - Guinea
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05. Ken Vandermark & Hamid Drake - Brown Rice
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06. Ken Vandermark & Hamid Drake - Mopti
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07. Ken Vandermark & Hamid Drake - Complete Communion
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ARTIST
VANDERMARK & HAMID DRAKE, KEN
TITLE
Eternal River
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
CORBETT VS. DEMPSEY
CATALOG #
CVSDLP 005LP
CVSDLP 005LP
GENRE
JAZZ
RELEASE DATE
7/7/2023
On their first stand-alone record as a duo,
Ken Vandermark
and
Hamid Drake
celebrate their 30+ year playing relationship with an electrifying live set of pieces, all featuring music composed by legendary free jazz musician
Don Cherry
. Restricting himself here to tenor saxophone, Vandermark has developed an almost telepathic understanding with Drake, whose masterful work on the drum kit has rarely been more focused and relaxed. The music was recorded in Corbett vs. Dempsey's main space on the closing day of the gallery's exhibition of work by
Moki Cherry
, Don's partner in the
Organic Music Society
, whose powerful tapestries and paintings were often key elements in the Cherry's performances. Drake and his family in fact lived with the Cherry family in their home in rural southern Sweden in the 1970s, and the drummer's personal experiences with her visual art added a special depth to the concert with Vandermark, diving into music from across the great trumpeter's songbook. The program, some of which runs as medleys of different tunes, comes from as far back as Cherry's groundbreaking '60s Blue Note LPs (
Elephantasy
,
Complete Communion
), up through the title track of the killer 1975 A&M side
Brown Rice
, and more culled from later LPs on ECM, including the band
Old And New Dreams
(
Guinea
,
Mopti
) and Cherry's beautiful duo album with drummer
Ed Blackwell
(
El Corazón
,
Solidarity
). During the concert, mid-set, Drake stopped playing to tell the story of his time with Don Cherry, including his harrowing experience contracting malaria while playing in Africa; this stirring narrative is transcribed as the liner text in the LP's gatefold. Gorgeously recorded, with Moki Cherry's tapestry "Spirit" on the cover,
Eternal River
keeps flowing with the ease and wonder of two brilliant Chicago musicians at the top of their game, in their hometown, playing the music they love.
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