''Single Piece Flow'' is an album by American jazz reedist Ken Vandermark, which was recorded in 1996 and released on

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. It was the debut of the Vandermark 5, which features

Mars Williams Mars Williams (born May 29, 1955) is an American jazz and rock saxophonist. Exposed to big band and dixieland jazz by his trumpet-playing father, Williams played classical clarinet for ten years, then migrated to saxophone in his last year of hig ...

on reeds,

Jeb Bishop Jeb Bishop (born 1962) is an American jazz trombone player. He grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, and attended Jesse O. Sanderson High School. He has studied music (classical trombone performance) at Northwestern University, engineering and ...

on trombone and guitar,

Kent Kessler Kent Kessler (born January 28, 1957) is an American jazz double-bassist. Career Although born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, Kessler grew up on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He began playing trombone at age ten. When he was thirteen, he moved with his f ...

on bass and Tim Mulvenna on drums.

Reception

In his review for

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, Brian Olewnick states "The musicians are all up to the task... But the 'stars' of the album are the compositions themselves, probing and muscular, offering a fresh way through the stasis that was building in some circles of avant jazz by the mid-'90s." '' The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' says "Almost temperate in parts, there's some exemplary use of the group as a unit, with a piece like 'The Mark Inside' offering a sort of jaundiced twist on jazz tradition." The ''

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'' review by Aaron Cohen notes that "Vandermark's themes are often based around endearing riffs that are never merely cute and provide a lively framework for each performer's agility."Cohen, Aaron. ''Single Piece Flow'' review. ''Down Beat'' June 97: page 54. Print.

Track listing

:''All compositions by Ken Vandermark'' # "Careen" – 7:00 # "Momentum" – 7:16 # "Fence" – 7:01 # "Data Janitor" – 9:42 # "The Mark Inside" – 6:45 # "Wood-Skin Metal" – 6:10 # "Billboard" (Jim Baker) – 4:57 # "Limited Edition" – 9:16

Personnel

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trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the Standing wave, air column ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

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bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

*Tim Mulvenna –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* Ken Vandermark – reeds *

– reeds

References

{{Authority control 1997 albums Ken Vandermark albums Atavistic Records albums