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Prime Cuts #2: “Money Jungle” (Originally issued on LP by United Artists Jazz, 1963; reissued on LP by Blue Note, 1986, first reissue on CD, 1987, corrected reissue on CD, 2002), Duke Ellington. 

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Ken Vandermark
Money Jungle

This is the second in a series of essays that are meant to explore the impact two pieces of music can have when lined up back-to-back on an album, and […]

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Prime Cuts #1: “Monk’s Music” (Riverside, 1957), Thelonious Monk

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Ken Vandermark
Prime Cuts #1: “Monk’s Music” (Riverside, 1957), Thelonious Monk. 

I thought it would be interesting to start a series of write-ups about specific aspects of recordings that I find remarkable, also regarding cinema.  After seeing the new […]

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What Would Ellington Do? Pt. 2

Posted on March 7, 2025 by Ken Vandermark
What Would Ellington Do? Pt. 2

What Would Ellington Do? Pt. 2: As the work continues on composing for Edition XL- a new project with Josh Berman, Erez Dessel, Lily Finnegan, Nick Macri, and Beth McDonald- […]

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Posted in Notes from the field, Observations

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Chicago Jazz: The Art Ensemble of Chicago

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Ken Vandermark
5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Chicago Jazz: The Art Ensemble of Chicago

Very flattered to have been asked by Giovanni Russonello of the New York Times to contribute to “5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Chicago Jazz” alongside Dee Alexander, […]

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Edition Redux/Edition XL

Posted on March 3, 2025 by Ken Vandermark
Edition Redux/Edition XL

Many thanks to Bill Meyer for his February 27 review in Dusted magazine of “Broadcast Transformer” by Edition Redux.  Though it’s always gratifying to get a […]

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What Would Ellington Do?

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Ken Vandermark
What Would Ellington Do?

“What would Ellington do?”  I grabbed that idea from director Billy Wilder (“Double Indemnity”, “Sunset Boulevard”, “Ace in the Hole”, “Some Like It […]

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