Simpatico (The Vandermark 5 album)

Simpatico
Studio album by The Vandermark 5
Released 1999
Recorded December 12 & 13, 1998
Studio Airwave, Chicago
Genre Jazz
Length 65:06
Label Atavistic
Producer The Vandermark 5
Ken Vandermark chronology
Live in Wels & Chicago, 1998
(1999)Live in Wels & Chicago, 19981999		 Simpatico
(1999)		 Live at the Glenn Miller Café
(1999)Live at the Glenn Miller Café1999

Simpatico is an album by American jazz reedist Ken Vandermark, which was recorded in 1998 and released on Atavistic. It was the third recording of the Vandermark 5, the first with Dave Rempis replacing former saxophonist Mars Williams.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[2]

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states "Using American jazzmen for their spiritual inspiration and the European model of free jazz improv, Vandermark and company have come up with something entirely their own: a solid, gritty, soulful funk and squall band who holds within their collective grasp the souls of Sun Ra, Steve Lacy, Albert Ayler, and James Brown's JBs."[1]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that "Rempis is a surprise substitute for Williams, and since he plays only alto it slightly narrows the tonal palette - though this supercharges and superbly focuset set is surely the group's best to date."[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Ken Vandermark
  1. "Vent" – 6:57
  2. "Fact and Fiction" – 8:48
  3. "Full Deck" – 5:17
  4. "Anywhere Else" – 9:54
  5. "STHLM" – 9:06
  6. "Cover to Cover" – 8:26
  7. "Point Blank" – 8:37
  8. "Encino" – 8:01

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. The Vandermark 5 – Simpatico: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  2. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 1488. ISBN 0140515216.
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