 The DKV Trio was assembled by Vandermak in the summer of 1994 for the recording project "Standards".The band's first album was the limited edition CD "DKV Live", recorded in December 26, 1996 at the Chicago Lunar Cabaret and also released on Okka Disk.In her review for AllMusic, Joslyn Layne states ""Baraka" may suffer a bit in comparison to the later, extraordinary "Live in Wels & Chicago", but it's still a terrific showcase of the trio and, overall, a great adventurous jazz album."