I´ve seen the Berlin concert too and for me it was the highlight of the festival. The "onkyos" Kevin Drumm and Axel Dorner were integrated in a free bop orchestra sound - well done Mr. Vandermark. Other good concerts were Irene Schweizer Solo and The Thing w/ Joe McPhee. A perfect festival conclusion was Spaceways Incorporated. Altogether John Corbett compiled the best Berlin festival in decades. Andreas np: Ethnic Heritage Ensemble - Impressions (Red)
From: "Crowmeat Bob" <crowmeat@hotmail.com>
I've got their first (only?) record. Pretty dang cool. The compositions have a lot of variation in styles and good transitions between them. Obviously, Territory bears a lot of resemblance to Vandermark 5, but there's a lot more space and weirdness in there. Dorner might be one of those you could include in the onkyo-improv category, but he's also not afraid to just get busy in a groovy free-bop fashion. There's a trio record with him, Zerang and Lonberg-Holm that's very sweet and very out. --motewrac bob
np: Booker T & the MGs
From: "Artur Nowak" <arno@emd.pl>
I had the pleasure to see them performing live in Berlin last Saturday, it was just amazing. I didn't noticed comments about this band here, what do you Philozorners think about it?
BTW, Zorn will be playing in my (and Hans Bellmer) home-town, Katowice, Poland next Saturday! We had local elections recently, you could see posters on many walls "John Zorn - best Mayor for Katowice!". No doubt.
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