| Stumble | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark |
| Cover: | Stumble_cover.jpeg |
| Released: | 1998 |
| Recorded: | January 17, 1998 |
| Venue: | Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 57:56 |
| Label: | Wobbly Rail |
| Chronology: | Ken Vandermark |
| Prev Title: | Target or Flag |
| Prev Year: | 1998 |
| Next Title: | Deep Telling |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
Stumble is the second album by the AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark, which was recorded live at Chicago's Unity Temple in 1998 and released on Wobbly Rail, a short-lived imprint started by Merge Records/Superchunk principal Mac McCaughan. AALY Trio is a Swedish free jazz band led by saxophonist Mats Gustafsson. Originally just a guest, Vandermark became a full member of the group.
In her review for AllMusic, Joslyn Layne states "These numbers are firmly entrenched in blues roots, carrying on a wailing, at times plaintive, blues spirit with conviction."
The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that "Vandermark and Gustafsson are formidably like-minded, at least in the way they want the band to make its impression, and the sound of the quartet in full flight has a harsh, narcotic edge to it."[1]
The JazzTimes review by Bill Shoemaker states "While there is plenty of wide-open blowing space for the two saxophonists (Vandermark also plays a good amount of pungent clarinets), and the flexible, fluent Janson and Nordeson, there is an overarching ensemble cohesion that holds this album together."[2]