PIVOT by MATS GUSTAFSSON, KEN VANDERMARK, TOMEKA REID, CHAD TAYLOR
Mats Gustafsson: baritone and tenor saxophones, flutes
Ken Vandermark: tenor saxophone, Bb and bass clarinets
Tomeka Reid: cello
Chad Taylor: drums
Tracklist
| 1. | The Sensation of Sliding | 7:49 |
| 2. | Blowing out from Chicago | |
| 3. | Epistemological Glide | |
| 4. | Drops of Sorrow. Accelerating | 6:48 |
| 5. | PIVOT Duos 1 | |
| 6. | PIVOT Duos 2 | 1:49 |
| 7. | PIVOT Duos 3 | |
| 8. | PIVOT Duos 4 | |
| 9. | PIVOT Duos 5 | |
| 10. | PIVOT Duos 6 | |
| 11. | Unmeasured Mile | |
| 12. | I am aware. Standing in Snow. | |
| 13. | Drifting against the Wind. | 5:58 |
| 14. | Popular Music Theory | |
Credits
releases June 10, 2025
Compositions: 1, 4, 12 & 13 by Mats Gustafsson (STIM/N©B); 2, 3, 11 & 14 by Ken Vandermark (Twenty First Mobile Music Publishing/ASCAP, AUME/Published by Cien Fuegos); 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 by Mats Gustafsson (STIM/N©B), Ken Vandermark (Twenty First Mobile Music Publishing/ ASCAP, AUME/Published by Cien Fuegos), Tomeka Reid (Peoples Child Publishing/ASCAP) and Chad Taylor (ctorb/ ASCAP)
Recorded by Greg Norman on December 10th and 11th 2024, at Electrical Audio, Chicago, IL, USA
Mixed by Greg Norman, Ken Vandermark and Mats Gustafsson on Dec 12th, 2024, at Electrical Audio, Chicago, IL, USA
Mastered by Martin Siewert and Mats Gustafsson on Feb 3rd, 2025, Vienna
Liner notes: John Corbett
Photo: John Corbett
Produced by Mats Gustafsson and Lars-Olof Gustavsson
Executive producer for Silkheart Records is Lars-Olof Gustavsson
Cover art: Stanley Whitney
Untitled, 2013, graphite on paper, 67 x 73 cm
Photo by Carl Henrik Tillberg
Courtesy of Stanley Whitney
Titles of 1, 4, 12 and 13 inspired by the writings of Inger Christensen
Thanks to Taylor Hales, Joe McPhee, John Corbett, Terri Kapsalis & Zelma. Special thanks to Lars-Olof Gustavsson for making everything possible!
Compositions: 1, 4, 12 & 13 by Mats Gustafsson (STIM/N©B); 2, 3, 11 & 14 by Ken Vandermark (Twenty First Mobile Music Publishing/ASCAP, AUME/Published by Cien Fuegos); 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 by Mats Gustafsson (STIM/N©B), Ken Vandermark (Twenty First Mobile Music Publishing/ ASCAP, AUME/Published by Cien Fuegos), Tomeka Reid (Peoples Child Publishing/ASCAP) and Chad Taylor (ctorb/ ASCAP)
Recorded by Greg Norman on December 10th and 11th 2024, at Electrical Audio, Chicago, IL, USA
Mixed by Greg Norman, Ken Vandermark and Mats Gustafsson on Dec 12th, 2024, at Electrical Audio, Chicago, IL, USA
Mastered by Martin Siewert and Mats Gustafsson on Feb 3rd, 2025, Vienna
Liner notes: John Corbett
Photo: John Corbett
Produced by Mats Gustafsson and Lars-Olof Gustavsson
Executive producer for Silkheart Records is Lars-Olof Gustavsson
Cover art: Stanley Whitney
Untitled, 2013, graphite on paper, 67 x 73 cm
Photo by Carl Henrik Tillberg
Courtesy of Stanley Whitney
Titles of 1, 4, 12 and 13 inspired by the writings of Inger Christensen
Thanks to Taylor Hales, Joe McPhee, John Corbett, Terri Kapsalis & Zelma. Special thanks to Lars-Olof Gustavsson for making everything possible!
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