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01. KEN VANDERMARK/MATS GUSTAFSSON - The Madness Of Branches
02. KEN VANDERMARK/MATS GUSTAFSSON - Ripolin
03. KEN VANDERMARK/MATS GUSTAFSSON - Fortunate Rust
04. KEN VANDERMARK/MATS GUSTAFSSON - I Never Dreamed
05. KEN VANDERMARK/MATS GUSTAFSSON - Beside Me, Images
06. KEN VANDERMARK/MATS GUSTAFSSON - We Turn The Page
ARTIST
TITLE
Verses
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
CVSD 009A-CD CVSD 009A-CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
9/22/2017

2013 release. Swedish saxophonist Mats Gustafsson and Chicago saxophonist and clarinetist Ken Vandermark have worked together extensively since the mid-1990s, in groups of their own and as members of the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet. Oddly, they had never performed duo before March 2013, when they squared off at the Corbett Vs. Dempsey gallery. The result was a delirious journey through extended techniques, intimate improvisation, and full-throttle flame-throwing, with an emphasis on the more delicate, sensitive side. The CD presents the entire concert, all six pieces in the order they were performed. A pair of today's master improvisers, at the top of their game, in a free music summit built for two. Recorded at Corbett Vs. Dempsey, Chicago on March 24th, 2013, by David Zuchowski. Mixed by David Zuchowski; Cover image by John Sparagana; Photography by Jim Dempsey.

"Verses is a paean to instantaneity. Quite surprisingly, this is the first time that longtime confederates Vandermark and Mats Gustafsson have played as a duo. But what comes across from the first note is the utter certitude of their playing. There's never any question that each can make sense of whatever the other plays, and from this security comes the confidence to take some thrilling individual risks." --Bill Meyer, Downbeat (Nov. 2013)