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Acoustic Machine
   Ken Vandermark (tenor saxophone and clarinets)
   Dave Rempis (alto and tenor saxophones)
   Jeb Bishop (trombone)
   Kent Kessler (bass)
   Tim Mulvena (drums)

The V5's 2001 and fifth annual edition...and their most distilled effort yet.  Each album in the V5's discography has been captivating, tuneful, muscular & focused; and Bishop, Kessler, Mulvenna, Rempis and Vandermark continue to grow as a quintet and as individuals, by somehow simultaneously honing and widening their purview.  Beyond the previously acquired levels of technical mastery on display in Acoustic Machine, the telekinetic factors at play in the V5 are simply multiplying on an exponential level now- enabling group pursuit of greater compositional nuances and interplay that previously might have been more daunting.

As the tradition goes, Ken has chosen to dedicate each tune on Acoustic Machine to a particularly influential artist in his own development; the "HBF Series"- the first short pieces ever released by the group- are an homage to visionary minimalist composer Morton Feldman; Archie Shepp, Elvin Jones, Julius Hemphill, Stan Getz and Lester Young also "get theirs".

12 tracks in 74:43 minutes

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If you like this cd, we think you might also enjoy listening to the earlier V5 annual editions:

2000,  Burn the Incline

1999, Simpatico

1998, Target or Flag

1997, Single Piece Flow