Design in Time

by Ken Vandermark

Overview

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 sometimes missing from his studio recordings, but never from his live shows. Particularly hot tracks include the trio's takes on Thelonious Monk's "Green Chimneys" and Ornette Coleman's "Feet Music." Vandermark's piece for Billy Higgins, "Well Suited," is a lovely ballad, featuring warm saxophone and summer-shower drum solos. Design in Time is a very strong jazz release that becomes more wowing and impressive with each listen.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/26/1999
Label:	Delmark
UPC:	0038153051624
catalogNumber:	516
Rank:	122359

Tracks

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

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ken Vandermark   Primary Artist,Clarinet,Tenor Saxophone
Robert Barry   Drums
John McCortney   Recorder
Tim Mulvenna   Drums

Technical Credits

Robert Barry   Producer
Ornette Coleman   Composer
Duke Ellington   Composer
Robert G. Koester   Producer
Bob Koester   Producer
Ken Vandermark   Producer
Brandtner   Artwork
John McCortney   Engineer
Tim Mulvenna   Producer
Sound in Action Trio   Producer
Peter Margasak   Liner Notes
Steve Wagner   Producer