Straight Lines (album)

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Straight Lines
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Studio album by
Ken Vandermark
Released1999
RecordedSeptember 3, 1998
StudioAirwave, Chicago
GenreJazz
Length55:36
LabelAtavistic
ProducerJohn Corbett
Ken Vandermark chronology
Funky-Do!
(1999) 		Straight Lines
(1999) 		Live in Wels & Chicago, 1998
(1999)

Straight Lines is an album by American jazz reedist Ken Vandermark, which was recorded in 1998 and released on Atavistic. The Joe Harriott Project, a pianoless quartet with four members of the Vandermark 5, plays the music of the Jamaican saxophonist Joe Harriott, transcribed and arranged by Vandermark. Three tunes are from the album Free Form and four from Abstract.[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz3/4 stars[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Tim Sheridan states "The tunes are filled with odd time signiatures, quirky stops and meaty lines that make for excellent improvisation on the part of Vandermark, Jeb Bishop on trombone, Kent Kessler on bass and Tim Mulvenna on drums. A strong tribute."[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz says that "the record is under-rehearsed and unfinished in feel. It could be that the grouo are a shade too respectful of Harriott's themes, since their playing feels a bit stiff and uncertain, something that a Vandermark record has never been in the past."[3]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Joe Harriott
  1. "Tonal" – 6:59
  2. "Shadows" – 6:17
  3. "Straight Lines" – 11:39
  4. "Abstract" – 6:27
  5. "Idioms" – 8:13
  6. "Pictures" – 9:01
  7. "Formation" – 7:00

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Original Liiner Notes by Steve Beresford
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Sheridan, Tim. Ken Vandermark – Straight Lines: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b 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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