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11/29: 1st night of real sleep since the beginning of Lean Left tour; caught up on work; nice Spanish dinner with band and Disco Hoek!
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11/28: Final gig w/Lean Left- Rotterdam. Perhaps best show of tour; despite lack of sleep band very focused and energy super concentrated.
6:03 AM Nov 29th
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11/27: Lean Left plays in Warsaw, packed house, 1 longer set and encore; have to reset my thinking from the night before, learn again...
1:05 PM Nov 28th
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11/26: Concert in Ljubljana- 2 sets, excellent crowd, encore. Think I figure out a better way to play w/group, lines shifting/"Ethiopian."
12:01 PM Nov 27th
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11/25: Lean Left play in Zagreb. Despite Andy's amp breaking at the start of the concert, things pull together; 2nd half + encore very good.
10:18 AM Nov 26th
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11/23: Lean Left (a/Terrie Ex, Andy Moor, Paal Nilssen-Love) start tour at the Bimhuis- 2 strong sets, 2nd really opens, tons of energy.
10:27 AM Nov 24th
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11/22: Duo tour ends on a tough gig- acoustics DEAD, right ear DEAD, overtones DEAD, etc. But Paal and I slug it out, and get to some sound.
3:01 AM Nov 23rd
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11/21: Duo plays the Servolo Jazz Meeting/Venice. Completely burned out, no sleep in Vienna, but nearly 300 people give us creative energy.
9:13 AM Nov 22nd
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@ Hey, glad you were there and enjoyed the music so much! Tough to head to Venice the next day, hard to leave the club early...
9:10 AM Nov 22nd
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11/20: Vienna/Blue Tomato- what can be said? This club and Alchemia/Krakow remain 2 of the finest places to play in Europe; stunning crowd!
10:25 PM Nov 20th
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11/19: Last gig on the Polish stretch of duo tour (Poznan, Dragon Klub) is stronger and more exploratory; good to move on with a step up.
10:23 PM Nov 20th
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11/18: Another incredible audience, this time Warsaw at POWIEKSZENIE. Challenging gig, Paal and I less in tune mostly due to exhaustion...
8:51 AM Nov 19th
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11/17: 2 trains/2 planes, smashed suitcase enroute to Krakow and Alchemia- fantastic night, Paal playing amazing, standing ovation, 2 encore
2:07 AM Nov 18th
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@ Wanted to thank you for coming to so many concerts this autumn, great that you've followed the groups so closely!
2:05 AM Nov 18th
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11/16: Play at Manufactur in Schorndorf ("we may be ugly but we have the music"), superb audience (2 encores after 2 sets), music developing
3:27 AM Nov 17th
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11/15: Duo plays in Oslo at Kampen, super crowd and 2 sets of exploratory music. B. Johnson interview:
9:00 AM Nov 16th
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11/14: Duo in Drammen, an afternoon gig which feels a bit odd, got into some very high velocity playing. Listened to albums until 4am.
4:55 AM Nov 15th
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11/13: Duo hits Stavanger- 2 sets at Galleri Sult, where Terry Nilssen-Love's paintings are exhibited; best show and crowd of tour so far.
7:54 AM Nov 14th
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11/12: Duo with Paal plays in Bergen on a double bill w/Lê Quan Ninh/Michel Doneda, impressed by Ninh's versatility w/bass drum. Duo strong
2:38 AM Nov 13th
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@ Oh, Paal and I will be awake for the Vienna show; DEFINITELY! See you there, got the new duo albums with us.
2:31 AM Nov 13th
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- Name Ken Vandermark
- Location Chicago and on tour
- Web http://kenvanderm...
- Bio Musician (improviser/composer) who works with a variety of styles and artists, focusing on Jazz and Improvised Music.
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