Mark Tokar

Musicians from Poland, Sweden, Ukraine, and U.S. meet to play and record new compositions by Ken Vandermark for the Chicago Jazz Fest.

In order for the Resonance Ensemble to come to Chicago at the end of August to rehearse, record, and then perform new music composed by Ken Vandermark at the 2012 Chicago Jazz Festival on September 1st, the group needs to pay for visa and flight expenses to bring the players from Poland, Sweden, and the Ukraine into the United States. Although these costs, and the musician fees, will be covered by the budget provided by the festival, outside resources will be required to pay for studio time needed to document the compositions showcased in a world premier at the Chicago concert. The goal of raising $5,000 with your help to record this new material during the Resonance Ensemble's presence in Chicago is an essential component to the overall success of the venture- it is rare to assemble such a large, international project, and this will allow the group to leave a document of the band's latest material for all the listeners who can't be there at the performance.

Pasja Project

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Op Der Schmelz Live

Roby Glod (ss, as) Roberta Piket (p) Mark Tokar (b) Klaus Kugel (dr) Recorded by Boris Thomé at Centre Culturel OP DER SCHMELZ in Dudelange, Luxembourg, February-25 2010 Nemu records 2013

REVIEWS

The Resonance Ensemble – Kafka In Flight

The Resonance Ensemble's music has advanced Vandermark's composing methods for large groups, work that started with the early music of Peter Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet, and then continued with his Territory Bands. Much of the new material combines his interest in “suite forms” (perhaps most influenced by Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus) and a collaging approach to improvising structures that he began with the Territory Band. The project provided Vandermark with the first opportunity in his career to do nothing but compose for a week. In September of 2009, he began a new … ..