The Fire Each Time

by DKV Trio, Joe McPhee

About This Release

A six-CD box set of the DKV Trio joined by Joe McPhee, drawn from concerts across Europe and the United States. The addition of McPhee's saxophone and pocket trumpet turns the trio into a front-line partnership, he and Vandermark trading and entwining over Drake and Kessler's propulsion. Spread across six full performances, The Fire Each Time lives up to its name: the same combustible energy renewed night after night.

Tracklist

1Le Select > Chicago Defenders > Nation Time [Disc 1, Instants Chavirés, Paris]
2Rue De Tournon [Disc 1, Instants Chavirés, Paris]
3201 Chemin du Pilon > IMPRESSIONS OF KNOX: Variations on a theme by Joe McPhee [Disc 1, Instants Chavirés, Paris]
4CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE: Impressions Of A Theme By Thelonious Monk > 100 West Mosholu Parkway South [Disc 2, Klub Dragon, Poland]
5An Impression of SUMMERTIME by George Gershwin [Disc 2, Klub Dragon, Poland]
6Ebe Hanim [Disc 2, Klub Dragon, Poland]
7137 West 71st Street > Nation Time [Disc 2, Klub Dragon, Poland]
8An Impression of COME SUNDAY by Duke Ellington [Disc 2, Klub Dragon, Poland]
9West 128th Street [Disc 3, Divadlo 29, Czech Republic]
10CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE: Impression of a theme by Thelonious Monk > NATION TIME [Disc 3, Divadlo 29, Czech Republic]
11IMPRESSIONS OF KNOX: Variations on a theme by Joe McPhee [Disc 3, Divadlo 29, Czech Republic]
12L'Abbaye [Disc 4, The Sugar Maple, Milwuakee]
13P.S. 24 [Disc 4, The Sugar Maple, Milwuakee]
14For Trayvon Martin (Giving Voice To One Which Was Stolen) [Disc 4, The Sugar Maple, Milwuakee]
15Les Deux Magots [Disc 4, The Sugar Maple, Milwuakee]
16IMPRESSIONS OF KNOX: Variations on a theme by Joe McPhee [Disc 4, The Sugar Maple, Milwuakee]
1781 Horatio Street [Disc 5, Elastic Arts, Chicago]
18An Impression of OL' MAN RIVER by Jerome Kern [Disc 5, Elastic Arts, Chicago]
19Leukerbad [Disc 5, Elastic Arts, Chicago]
20IMPRESSIONS OF KNOX: Variations on a theme by Joe McPhee [Disc 5, Elastic Arts, Chicago]
21An Impression of BROWN RICE by Don Cherry [Disc 5, Elastic Arts, Chicago]
22Café de Flore [Disc 6, Elastic Arts, Chicago (#2)]
23Saint‑Paul‑de‑Vence [Disc 6, Elastic Arts, Chicago (#2)]
24IMPRESSIONS OF KNOX: Variations on a theme by Joe McPhee [Disc 6, Elastic Arts, Chicago (#2)]
25IMPRESSIONS OF OLD EYES: Variations on a theme by Joe McPhee > Nation Time [Disc 6, Elastic Arts, Chicago (#2)]

Line-up

Joe McPheereeds
Ken Vandermarkreeds
Kent Kesslerbass
Hamid Drakedrums

Critical Reception

There are no weak moments on these recordings.

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