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by caga tio
I got to see Ken Vandermark's Edition Redux at the Cat's Cradle last Friday and they were great! Good jazz groups don't come through the Chapel Hill/Durham/Raleigh area too often so it was a nice surprise. This band is fantastic- the drummer kills, and the tuba (sometimes pedal enhanced) and keyboard play alternately wild and tight at the drop of a hat. Vandermark jumped between baritone, tenor and clarinet through out the set which flirted with a grab-bag of styles from Meters-like funk, to free, to repetitive minimalism to, as my partner pointed out, Lenox Avenue Breakdown-era Arthur Blythe. If you folks in Chicago get a chance, check them out on 3/1. It won't disappoint. (I know this thread is a about seeing our shows so sorry about not having pics, I don't carry a phone around on me normally.)