Ken Vandermark – Furniture Music

Musicians

Ken Vandermark tenor sax, baritone sax, clarinet, bass clarinet

Cover and Artwork

Cover image and furniture: Nate McBride, cmfurnituremakers.com
Graphic design: Louise Molnar
Tray photo: Malachi Ritscher
Booklet photo: Angeline Evans

Songs

Studio:

1. Resistance [for Evan Parker] 2:08

2. Horizontal Weight [for Peter Brtzmann] 3:22

3. So Is This [for Michael Snow] 3:58

4. Lines [for Lennie Tristano] 3:54

5. Immediate Action [for Jackson Pollock] 2:53

6. Panels [for Piet Mondrian and Erik Satie] 3:09

7. Color Fields to Darkness [for Mark Rothko] 6:38

8. Would a Proud Man Rather Break Than Bend [for Mississippi Fred MacDowell] 3:23

9. Beck and Fall [for Samuel Beckett and Morton Feldman] 3:47

10. Melodica [for Joe McPhee] 3:19

11. Indeterminate Action [for John Cage] 2:51

12. Leaves [for Michelangelo Antonioni] 2:47

13. (brllt) after Jaap Blonk 4:29

Live:
14. Panels [live] 3:33
15. Immediate Action [live] 3:22
16. Horizontal Weight [live] 2:58
17. Color Fields to Darkness [live] 5:05
18. Would a Proud Man Rather Break Than Bend [live] 4:50

clarinet
bass clarinet
baritone sax
tenor sax

Total time: 66:34

All compositions by Ken Vandermark/ASCAP

Recording Info

Recorded: in my living room and at 3030 in Chicago by Malachi Ritscher in 2002, August 12 and 19, and August 15 respectively

Mastered by: Malachi Ritscher

Producer: Ken Vandermark

Executive Producer: Bruno Johnson

Many thanks to Dave Rempis and the crew at Elastic Revolution Productions. Special acknowledgment to Ken Christiansen and John Hardy. Special thanks to Ellen Major, Bruno Johnson, the Vandermark clan, and Malachi Ritscher for their ongoing inspiration and support.