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- Artist: Ken Vandermark's Sound in Action Trio
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- Release Date: October 26, 1999
- Total Time: 70:22
- Genre: Jazz
Review
An excellent recording from Chicago jazzmen Ken Vandermark, Tim Mulvenna, and Robert Barry. The trio takes classic "out" tunes and originals and makes them sparkle, giving each a clean execution that's as much inspired energy as it is technique and craft. Barry interlaces with Mulvenna, achieving a complementary and balanced percussion section that sometimes acts as foil, sometimes impetus, for the directions of the reed playing. Easily one of Vandermark's best recorded dates yet (it's a treat to hear his clarinet work here, too), Design in Time is filled with that certain something that's sometimes missing from his studio recordings, but never from his live shows. Particularly hot tracks include the trio's takes on Thelonious Monk's "Green Chimneys" and Ornette Coleman's "Feet Music." Vandermark's piece for Billy Higgins, "Well Suited," is a lovely ballad, featuring warm saxophone and summer-shower drum solos. Design in Time is a very strong jazz release that becomes more wowing and impressive with each listen. ~ Joslyn Layne, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Law Years | Ornette Coleman | Ken Vandermark | (8:24) |
| Sounds and Something Else | Sun Ra | Ken Vandermark | (6:13) |
| One More Once | Duke Ellington, Ken Vandermark | Ken Vandermark | (6:05) |
| Well Suited | Ken Vandermark | Ken Vandermark | (7:21) |
| Cut to Fit | Ken Vandermark | Ken Vandermark | (5:13) |
| Angels | Albert Ayler | Ken Vandermark | (7:08) |
| Feet Music | Ornette Coleman | Ken Vandermark | (6:35) |
| The Thing | Don Cherry | Ken Vandermark | (5:26) |
| Top Shelf | Ken Vandermark | Ken Vandermark | (5:34) |
| Green Chimneys | Thelonious Monk | Ken Vandermark | (6:10) |
| Peace | Ornette Coleman | Ken Vandermark | (6:13) |
