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Fans of Chicago’s incredibly prolific Ken Vandermark will no doubt appreciate the fresh angle his V5 group has placed on these nine tunes, each dedicated to a distinct artist from independent-minded filmmaker John Cassavetes to R&B hero Otis Redding.

“Airports for Light is the Vandermark Five’s sixth record, and will be of interest to anyone who has enjoyed their previous five. In fact, the familiarity can be distracting: the playing is spot-on, all the time, especially from Bishop and Vandermark, both of whom display a fairly intimidating mastery of styles and timbres. The music ranges from European-styled free improvisation, rock and funk moves, sudden bursts of activity and all the cohesion you’d expect from a band of players who’d been together for much of the past decade. But if things occasionally seem a little too familiar, it’s not for lack of interesting ideas.” -Dominique Leone, Pitchfork

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