Holy smoking reeds, Batman! I didn't get around to listening to the second half of the two disc set: DKV Trio Live at Wels & Chicago until tonight. As mentioned in the previous post, DKV is Hamid Drake on percussion, Kent Kessler on bass, and Ken Vandermark on reeds. I read somewhere that Vandermark is the greatest living jazz horn player. After listening to "Blues for Tomorrow", I can no longer dismiss that as hyperbole. The power of Vandermark's bluesy solo is simply breathtaking. He got a hold on my heart and squeezing it for nearly twenty minutes. Pretty much the same goes for the other two tracks on the second disc.
I uploaded the cut to my Live365 station. I think you can order the disc from Okkadisk. It seems to me a crime that no DKV recordings are available from eMusic or Amazon. I do not understand why. You'll have to wait for it to come around on my station, and there is almost nine hours of music on it now. Take my word for it and order the recording from Okkadisk. They are only asking 15 bucks. Meanwhile, here is a clip from YouTube
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