Extended Duos by Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love

"With their duo performance in Moscow on the first two discs Vandermark and Nilssen-Love present why they have always been one of the greatest reeds/drums duos on the scene, it is a marvelous state of the art, an exhibition of their excellent interplay, a summary of their art – in a nutshell: a reference to their own past. The last CD, another duo performance, points to the future. Compared to the Moscow concert, the duo seems changed and willing to go somewhere else. In between, with the literally extended and augmented duos, they present something different, something which shows them on new territory, where they have never been before – and especially here they show that they are willing to take that risk and explore that territory." -Martin Schray, The Free Jazz Collective
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Tracklist

1.	Moscow pt. 1 (Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark)	39:49
2.	Moscow pt. 2 (Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark)	19:33
3.	Moscow pt. 3 (Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark)	26:41

4.	Moscow pt. 4 (Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark)	4:07
5.	Tokyo pt. 1 (Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark & Masahiko Satoh)	14:47
6.	Tokyo pt. 2 (Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark & Masahiko Satoh)	8:55
7.	Tokyo pt. 3 (Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark & Masahiko Satoh)	6:19
8.	Tokyo pt. 4 (Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark & Jim O'Rourke)	8:23
9.	Tokyo pt. 5 (Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark & Jim O'Rourke)	15:45
10.	Tokyo pt. 6 (Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark & Jim O'Rourke)	7:37
11.	Tokyo pt. 7 (Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark, Jim O'Rourke & Masahiko Satoh)	25:08
12.	Tokyo pt. 8 (Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark, Jim O'Rourke, Akira Sataka & Masahiko Satoh)	7:13

13.	Tokyo pt. 9 (Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love)	6:52
14.	Tokyo pt. 10 (Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love)	8:51
15.	Tokyo pt. 11 (Ken Vandermark & Tamaya Honda)	13:14
16.	Tokyo pt. 12 (Ken Vandermark & Tamaya Honda)	11:10
17.	Tokyo pt. 13 (Paal Nilssen-Love, Akira Sakata & Michiyo Yagi)	11:24
18.	Tokyo pt. 14 (Paal Nilssen-Love, Akira Sakata & Michiyo Yagi)	14:40
19.	Tokyo pt. 15 (Paal Nilssen-Love, Akira Sakata & Michiyo Yagi)	11:16
20.	Chicago (Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark)	38:17

Credits

released December 12, 2014

6xCD + DVD box set co-released with Audiographic Records, featuring extended duos by Paal Nilssen-Love and Ken Vandermark with Akira Sakata, Mick Beck, Tamaya Honda, Jim O'Rourke, Masahiko Satoh and Michio Yagi, recorded live 2011-2014 in Russia, Japan, England and the USA.
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DISCS 1-2 (download tracks 1-4): RUSSIA
DOM Cultural Centre, Moscow, Russia, 31st of October 2011.
Recorded by Maxim Khaikin.
Thanks to Carina Khorkhordina and Kirill Polonsky.

DISCS 3--5 (download tracks 5-19): JAPAN
Pit Inn, Tokyo, Japan, 11th and 12th of September 2012.
Recorded by Yasuo Fujimura.
Thanks to Mark Rappaport and Kanji Suzuki.
In memoriam: Yasuo Fujimura.

DISC 6 (DVD - not included in download): ENGLAND
Paal Nilssen-Love and Ken Vandermark
1. Sheffield pt. 1 [22:20] 2. Sheffield pt. 2 [18:50]
Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark and Mick Beck
3. Sheffield pt. 3 [11:10]

Queens Social Club, Sheffield, UK, 22nd of October 2013.
Filmed and edited by Tinnitus Jukebox (Cathy Soren, Emma Vickers).
Live sound recording by Mark Hadman.
Post-production sound by Tinnitus Jukebox and Simon Reynell.
Thanks to Mick Beck, Jon Marshall, Fiona Kennedy, Nathan Bettany, Sarah Bettany and The Bingo Caller.

DISC 7 (download track 20): USA
The Hideout, Chicago, USA, 25th of June 2014.
Recorded by David Zuchowski.
Thanks to Mitch Cocanig, Tim and Katie Tuten.

All music by performers where indicated.

Paal Nilssen-Love (TONO) - drums and percussion
Ken Vandermark (Twenty First Mobile Music/ASCAP) - reeds
Mick Beck - tenor saxophone
Jim O'Rourke (Field Code Music/BMI) - electric guitar
Tamaya Honda (Hotwire Inc.) - drums
Akira Sakata (JASRAC) - alto saxophone and Bb clarinet
Masahiko Satoh (JASRAC) - piano
Michiyo Yagi (Hotwire Inc.) - electric 21-string koto and 17-string bass koto

Produced by Paal Nilssen-Love and Ken Vandermark.
Mastered by Lasse Marhaug. DVD authoring by Gry Marhaug.
Photos by Ken Vandermark. Art direction by Lasse Marhaug.

Audiographic Records AGR-003
PNL Records PNL026

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