Burn the Incline

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Atavistic

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CD, Digital, Stream

Description

Straight up funk grooves erupt into shrieking noisefests, only to subside into gentle ballad swing. The members of the V5 cooperate under his leadership on Burn the Incline to produce these amazing effects: the twin sax lead of Vandermark and Rempis powers forward under the propulsion of the versatile rhythm section of Kessler and Mulvenna. Bassist Kent Kessler gets his own time in the lead, and he uses it to advantage shaping the flow of the music.

“The V5 is arguably Ken Vandermark’s most widely renowned group. Of all of the Chicago reedman’s projects it certainly has the most miles under its belt in terms of touring and the voices that round out it’s ranks are among the vanguard of the city’s still expanding creative music scene. What this adds up to in the way of studio work is a quincunx of players that is well accustomed to each other’s idiosyncratic preferences and interests. What it means in terms of the music itself is anything goes. Rock, funk, free improv, blues, soul- all the musical lineages of their adopted Windy City home- everything is tossed into the pot, sometimes even during the course of a single piece. Such an all inclusive approach can be both liberating and unexpectedly limiting.” -Derek Taylor, All About Jazz