Design in Time (1999)

About this title: An excellent recording from Chicago jazzmen Ken Vandermark, Tim Mulvenna, and Robert Barry. The trio takes classic "out" tunes and originals and makes them sparkle, giving each a clean execution that's as much inspired energy as it is technique and craft. Barry interlaces with Mulvenna, achieving a complementary and balanced percussion section that sometimes acts as foil, sometimes impetus, for the directions of the reed playing. Easily one of Vandermark's best recorded dates yet (it's a treat to hear his clarinet work here, too), Design in Time is filled with that certain something that's ... read more

Tracks:

1. Law Years [Coleman]
2. Sounds and Something Else [Ra]
3. One More Once [Vandermark]
4. Well Suited [Vandermark]
5. Cut to Fit [Vandermark]
6. Angels [Ayler]
7. Feet Music [Coleman]
8. The Thing [Cherry]
9. Top Shelf [Vandermark]
10. Green Chimneys [Monk]
11. Peace [Coleman]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.