| Single Piece Flow | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | The Vandermark 5 |
| Cover: | Single_piece_flow_cover.jpeg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | 1997 |
| Recorded: | August 10 & 11, 1996 |
| Studio: | Überstudio, Chicago |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 58:07 |
| Label: | Atavistic |
| Chronology: | Ken Vandermark |
| Prev Title: | Real Time |
| Prev Year: | 1997 |
| Next Title: | Fred Anderson / DKV Trio |
| Next Year: | 1997 |
Single Piece Flow is an album by American jazz reedist Ken Vandermark, which was recorded in 1996 and released on Atavistic. It was the debut of the Vandermark 5, which features Mars Williams on reeds, Jeb Bishop on trombone and guitar, Kent Kessler on bass and Tim Mulvenna on drums.
In his review for AllMusic, Brian Olewnick states "The musicians are all up to the task... But the 'stars' of the album are the compositions themselves, probing and muscular, offering a fresh way through the stasis that was building in some circles of avant jazz by the mid-'90s."
The Penguin Guide to Jazz says "Almost temperate in parts, there's some exemplary use of the group as a unit, with a piece like 'The Mark Inside' offering a sort of jaundiced twist on jazz tradition."[1]
The Down Beat review by Aaron Cohen notes that "Vandermark's themes are often based around endearing riffs that are never merely cute and provide a lively framework for each performer's agility."[2]
All compositions by Ken Vandermark