23 novembre 2024

 

Oltre a curare con l'infaticabile Wolfgang Wasserbauer il programma dell'Unlimited di quest'anno a Wels ('The Future In Both Directions') e ad animarlo nei giorni del suo svolgimento, Ken Vandermark ne è stato diretto protagonista con diverse sue proposte musicali, tenendo in conclusione di scaletta quella che al momento sembra interessarlo maggiormente: il quartetto Edition Redux con gli ottimi Erez Dessel, Beth McDonald e Lily Finnegan, di cui è recentissimo il debutto su Catalytic Sound con l'album Better A Rook Than A Pawn. Dice Vandermark: "This music utilizes a "cinematic" approach to organizing the pieces, a system which allows me to reconfigure the material for every performance, leading to new paths for the music during the compositions and in open sections as well as self-determined free improvisation between them. This methodology can be challenging to work with because each player needs to keep in mind where they've been, where they are, and where they're going regarding the compositional sequences, as well as what needs to take place during each piece."