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Ken Vandermark (22 Sep 1964 - )

Male Person - United States

Releases (11)

Official

Album

  1. Standards 1995
  2. Furniture Music 2003
  3. Mark in the Water Nov 2011
  4. Site Specific 2015
  5. Paul Lytton & Ken Vandermark: English Suites 04 Nov 2016
  6. Momentum 2 & 3 11 Dec 2017
  7. Momentum 5: Stammer (triptych) 10 Dec 2021
  8. The Field Within a Line 13 Dec 2021

Album - Soundtrack

  1. Strade D'Acqua / Roads of Water 2010

Album - Live

  1. Momentum 1: Stone: Six Encounters in New York 15 Dec 2016

Album - Compilation

  1. Momentum 4 (Consequent Duos: 2015>2019) 06 Aug 2019

Relationships (30)

Member Of

  1. Made to Break (2012) original, reeds
  2. Chicago Reed Quartet (2013) original, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, clarinet
  3. Marker (Sep 2016) original, reeds
  4. Shelter (2017) original, reeds
  5. Mat Maneri / Joe McPhee / Ken Vandermark Trio (06 Jan 2016) reeds
  6. Tom Rainey / Ned Rothenberg / Ken Vandermark / Håvard Wiik Quartet (06 Jan 2016) reeds
  7. Ikue Mori / Joe Morris / Ken Vandermark / Nate Wooley Quartet (07 Jan 2016)
  8. The Flying Luttenbachers
  9. NRG Ensemble
  10. Cinc reeds
  11. Spaceways Incorporated
  12. A Merge Group
  13. The Denison/Kimball Trio
  14. Free Fall
  15. Territory Band
  16. Double Tandem reeds
  17. FME
  18. Eric Revis' 11:11 reeds
  19. Brötzmann Chicago Octet
  20. The Vandermark 5
  21. Boxhead Ensemble
  22. Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet bass saxophone, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet
  23. DKV Trio
  24. DEK Trio reeds
  25. Sonore
  26. Tripleplay
  27. Bridge 61
  28. School Days
  29. Steelwool Trio
  30. Side A reeds

Recordings by (115)

  1. From the Force of the Term 7:02 (1995)
  2. Spirit of the Staircase 5:27 (1995)
  3. Out of Mere Impulse 8:52 (1995)
  4. Variant Reading 7:16 (1995)
  5. Experiment: Trial 6:09 (1995)
  6. A Sick Man's Dreams 6:26 (1995)
  7. Year of His Age 5:07 (1995)
  8. It Is Solved by Walking 3:54 (1995)
  9. Nostalgia for the Mud 4:12 (1995)
  10. To Draw Back in Order to Make a Better Jump 4:30 (1995)
  11. Rage for Speaking 4:45 (1995)
  12. Word for Word and Letter for Letter 4:42 (1995)
  13. Resistance [For Evan Parker] 2:08 (2003)
  14. Horizontal Weight [For Peter Brötzmann] 3:22 (2003)
  15. So Is This [For Michael Snow] 3:58 (2003)
  16. Lines [For Lennie Tristano] 3:55 (2003)
  17. Immediate Action [For Jackson Pollack] 2:53 (2003)
  18. Panels [For Piet Mondrian and Erik Satie] 3:10 (2003)
  19. Color Fields to Darkness [For Mark Rothko] 6:39 (2003)
  20. Would a Proud Man Rather Break Than Bend [For Mississippi Fred McDowall] 3:23 (2003)
  21. Beck and Fall [For Samuel Beckett and Morton Feldman] 3:47 (2003)
  22. Melodica [For Joe McPhee] 3:20 (2003)
  23. Indeterminate Action [For John Cage] 2:51 (2003)
  24. Leaves [For Michelangelo Antonioni] 2:48 (2003)
  25. (Brüllt) After Jaap Blonk 4:29 (2003)
  26. Panels 3:53 (2003)
  27. Immediate Action 2:58 (2003)
  28. Horizontal Weight 3:22 (2003)
  29. Color Fields to Darkness 5:06 (2003)
  30. Would a Proud Man Rather Break Than Bend 4:51 (2003)
  31. One More Once 6:02 (2003)
  32. Further (for Anselm Kiefer) ?:?? (2010)
  33. Blue Over Green (for Mark Rothko) ?:?? (2010)
  34. Sieve Of The Soul (for Bruce Naumann) ?:?? (2010)
  35. Dust Town (for William Eggleston) ?:?? (2010)
  36. Austral Cartography (for Cormac McCarthy) ?:?? (2010)
  37. Signal (for Franz Kline) ?:?? (2010)
  38. Dusk Meridian (for William Faulkner) ?:?? (2010)
  39. Lead Bird (For Peter Brotzmann) ?:?? (Nov 2011)
  40. Dekooning (Portrait of Coleman Hawkins) ?:?? (Nov 2011)
  41. Steam Giraffe (Portrait of Evan Parker) ?:?? (Nov 2011)
  42. Personal Tide (Portrait of Anthony Braxton) ?:?? (Nov 2011)
  43. White Lemon (For Jimmy Giuffre) ?:?? (Nov 2011)
  44. The Pride of Time (For Fred McDowell) ?:?? (Nov 2011)
  45. Burning Air (For John Carter) ?:?? (Nov 2011)
  46. Future Perfect (For Eric Dolphy) ?:?? (Nov 2011)
  47. Soul in the Sound (For Steve Lacy) ?:?? (Nov 2011)
  48. Looking Back (For Joe McPhee) ?:?? (Nov 2011)
  49. Soundible Bells ?:?? (2014)
  50. Air Steps ?:?? (2014)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. [untitled] 5:23 Ken Vandermark - Curt Newton (1992) reeds
  2. The Indiscreet Notion 7:20 The Flying Luttenbachers (01 Aug 1994) reeds
  3. Pointed Stick - 93B 6:33 The Flying Luttenbachers (01 Aug 1994) reeds
  4. Brainstorm 5:29 The Flying Luttenbachers (01 Aug 1994) reeds
  5. Fist Through Glass 2:58 The Flying Luttenbachers (01 Aug 1994) reeds
  6. The Critic Stomp 4:18 The Flying Luttenbachers (01 Aug 1994) reeds
  7. Playing in the Dumpster 3:38 The Flying Luttenbachers (01 Aug 1994) reeds
  8. Coffeehouse in Flames 6:37 The Flying Luttenbachers (01 Aug 1994) reeds
  9. Eaten by Sharks 5:53 The Flying Luttenbachers (01 Aug 1994) reeds
  10. From the Force of the Term 7:02 Ken Vandermark (1995) reeds
  11. Experiment: Trial 6:09 Ken Vandermark (1995) reeds
  12. A Sick Man's Dreams 6:26 Ken Vandermark (1995) reeds
  13. Out of Mere Impulse 8:52 Ken Vandermark (1995) reeds
  14. Variant Reading 7:16 Ken Vandermark (1995) reeds
  15. Year of His Age 5:07 Ken Vandermark (1995) reeds
  16. It Is Solved by Walking 3:54 Ken Vandermark (1995) reeds
  17. Nostalgia for the Mud 4:12 Ken Vandermark (1995) reeds
  18. Word for Word and Letter for Letter 4:42 Ken Vandermark (1995) reeds
  19. To Draw Back in Order to Make a Better Jump 4:30 Ken Vandermark (1995) reeds
  20. Spirit of the Staircase 5:27 Ken Vandermark (1995) reeds
  21. Rage for Speaking 4:45 Ken Vandermark (1995) reeds
  22. Turn Your Head 4:49 Ken Vandermark, Barrage Double Trio (1996) reeds
  23. There Is No Reason 8:51 Ken Vandermark, Barrage Double Trio (1996) reeds
  24. Polarity 6:12 Ken Vandermark, Barrage Double Trio (1996) reeds
  25. Over and Both 5:15 Ken Vandermark, Barrage Double Trio (1996) reeds
  26. Chicago Trio 2:39 Ken Vandermark, Barrage Double Trio (1996) reeds
  27. Bass Duo 3:14 Ken Vandermark, Barrage Double Trio (1996) reeds
  28. Tenor Duo 1:56 Ken Vandermark, Barrage Double Trio (1996) reeds
  29. Drum Duo 3:31 Ken Vandermark, Barrage Double Trio (1996) reeds
  30. East River Suite 12:40 Ken Vandermark, Barrage Double Trio (1996) reeds
  31. Boston Trio 2:19 Ken Vandermark, Barrage Double Trio (1996) reeds
  32. Agamemnon Sleeps 15:46 Ken Vandermark, Barrage Double Trio (1996) reeds
  33. The Suicide Suite 7:58 red fish blue fish (29 Jul 1997) tenor saxophone
  34. Albumblatt Again 1:47 AALY Trio & Ken Vandermark (1997) reeds
  35. Structure À La Malle 13:34 AALY Trio & Ken Vandermark (1997) reeds
  36. Why I Don't Go Back 10:14 AALY Trio & Ken Vandermark (1997) reeds
  37. Song for Che 9:00 AALY Trio & Ken Vandermark (1997) reeds
  38. Unknown Title 8:27 AALY Trio & Ken Vandermark (1997) reeds
  39. Ghosts / Spirits 11:56 AALY Trio & Ken Vandermark (1997) reeds
  40. A Meeting in Chicago 5:12 Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Kent Kessler (1998) reeds
  41. Heart of the Matter 2:25 Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Kent Kessler (1998) reeds
  42. Matter of the Heart 4:55 Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Kent Kessler (1998) reeds
  43. Breakneck Ridge 2:12 Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Kent Kessler (1998) reeds
  44. Lalibela 8:53 Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Kent Kessler (1998) reeds
  45. Song for Che 14:29 AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark (1998) reeds
  46. Zahava 3:26 Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Kent Kessler (1998) reeds
  47. Hommage Á Lillen 6:24 AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark (1998) reeds
  48. Burning Spirit (For Kazuka Shiraishi) 29:43 Brötzmann Chicago Octet (1998) reeds
  49. Other Brothers 24:38 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (1998) reeds
  50. Foolish Infinity 26:44 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (1998) reeds

Credited as (122)

  1. Mars Williams & Ken Vandermark
  2. Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Kent Kessler
  3. Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark
  4. AALY Trio & Ken Vandermark
  5. Ab Baars Trio & Ken Vandermark
  6. Vandermark, Nagl, Thomas, Reisinger
  7. The Thing with Ken Vandermark
  8. Joe Morris/Ken Vandermark/Luther Gray
  9. Ken Vandermark
  10. Zu + Ken Vandermark
  11. Vandermark / Nilssen-Love
  12. Michael Thieke - Tim Daisy - Ken Vandermark
  13. Courvoisier / Corsano / Laubrock / Vandermark
  14. Maneri / McPhee / Vandermark
  15. Rainey / Rothenberg / Vandermark / Wiik
  16. Mori / Morris / Vandermark / Wooley
  17. Kurzmann / Lee / Rosenfeld / Vandermark
  18. Nilssen-Love / Parker / Swell / Vandermark /
  19. Nate Wooley / Ken Vandermark
  20. Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love
  21. Paal Nilssen-Love and Ken Vandermark
  22. Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark and Masahiko Satoh
  23. Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark and Jim O’Rourke
  24. Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love, Jim O’Rourke and Masahiko Satoh
  25. Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love, Jim O’Rourke, Akira Sakata and Masahiko Satoh
  26. Ken Vandermark and Tamaya Honda
  27. Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark and Mick Beck
  28. Adam Lane, Ken Vandermark, Magnus Broo & Paal Nilssen-Love
  29. Ken Vandermark / Paal Nilssen-Love
  30. The Thing & Ken Vandermark
  31. Kurzmann / Vandermark
  32. Ken Vandermark, Nate Wooley, Sylvie Courvoisier & Tom Rainey
  33. Vandermark / Gustafsson
  34. Paul Lytton / Ken Vandermark
  35. Konstrukt & Ken Vandermark
  36. Ken Vandermark, Barrage Double Trio
  37. AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark
  38. Joe Morris, Ken Vandermark, Hans Poppel
  39. Tripleplay - Nate McBride, Curt Newton, Ken Vandermark
  40. Pandelis Karayorgis / Nate McBride / Ken Vandermark
  41. Two Days in December : Ken Vandermark / Raymond Strid / Sten Sandell / David Stackenas / Kjell Nordeson
  42. Ken Vandermark, Brian Dibblee
  43. Gold Sparkle Trio With Ken Vandermark
  44. Tripleplay: Nate McBride, Curt Newton, Ken Vandermark
  45. Ken Vandermark / Marcin Oleś / Bartłomiej Brat Oleś
  46. Cinc: Paul Lytton, Ken Vandermark, Phillipp Wachsmann
  47. Cinc: Paul Lytton, Ken Vandermark, Phillipp Wachsmann
  48. Ken Vandermark, Pandelis Karayorgis
  49. Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Nate McBride, Wilbert De Joode
  50. Kent Kessler, Ken Vandermark
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Works (280)

Arranged

  1. Capital Black - for Helen Frankenthaler and Joan Mitchell (11 Mar 2013)
  2. The Other Lottery - For Helen Levitt and Susan Meiselas (11 Mar 2013)
  3. Sans Serif - for Betty Davis and Sleater Kinney (11 Mar 2013)
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Composed

  1. Moscow Pt. 2 (31 Oct 2011)
  2. Moscow Pt. 1 (31 Oct 2011)
  3. Moscow Pt. 3 (31 Oct 2011)
  4. Moscow Pt. 4 (31 Oct 2011)
  5. Tokyo Pt. 11 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  6. Tokyo Pt. 7 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  7. Tokyo Pt. 9 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  8. Tokyo Pt. 12 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  9. Tokyo Pt. 4 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  10. Tokyo Pt. 5 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  11. Tokyo Pt. 6 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  12. Tokyo Pt. 1 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  13. Tokyo Pt. 2 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  14. Tokyo Pt. 3 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  15. Tokyo Pt. 8 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  16. Tokyo Pt. 10 (11 Sep 2012 - 12 Sep 2012)
  17. Sheffeld Pt. 1 (22 Oct 2013)
  18. Sheffeld Pt. 2 (22 Oct 2013)
  19. Sheffeld Pt. 3 (22 Oct 2013)
  20. Chicago (25 Jun 2014)
  21. Tuesday Stone: Part One (05 Jan 2016)
  22. Tuesday Stone: Part Two (05 Jan 2016)
  23. Wednesday Stone (Late): Part Two (06 Jan 2016)
  24. Wednesday Stone (Early): Part Six (06 Jan 2016)
  25. Wednesday Stone (Late): Part One (06 Jan 2016)
  26. Wednesday Stone (Early): Part Four (06 Jan 2016)
  27. Wednesday Stone (Early): Part Five (06 Jan 2016)
  28. Wednesday Stone (Early): Part Two (06 Jan 2016)
  29. Wednesday Stone (Early): Part Three (06 Jan 2016)
  30. Wednesday Stone (Early): Part One (06 Jan 2016)
  31. Wednesday Stone (Late): Part Three (06 Jan 2016)
  32. Thursday Stone (07 Jan 2016)
  33. Saturday Stone (Late): Part One (09 Jan 2016)
  34. Saturday Stone (Late): Part Two (09 Jan 2016)
  35. Saturday Stone (Early) (09 Jan 2016)
  36. Wednesday Stone (Late): Part Two (09 Jan 2016)
  37. Wednesday Stone (Late): Part Three (09 Jan 2016)
  38. Wednesday Stone (Late): Part One (09 Jan 2016)
  39. Other Brothers
  40. ESS 2G
  41. Capital Black (for Helen Frankenthaler and Joan Mitchell)
  42. House 1 [For Paul Rutherford]
  43. House 2 [For Derek Bailey]
  44. House 3 [For Evan Parker]
  45. House 4 [For Barre Phillips]
  46. House 5 [For Philipp Wachsmann]
  47. House 6 [For Paul Lytton]
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Events (8)

Host At

  1. New York/United States/Europe

Main Performer At

  1. New York/United States/Europe: 1/7 Thursday time
  2. New York/United States/Europe: 1/5 Tuesday time
  3. Catalytic Sound Festival 2022: Chicago, Day 2 time
  4. New York/United States/Europe: 1/10 Sunday time, reeds
  5. New York/United States/Europe: 1/8 Friday, 8pm time, reeds
  6. New York/United States/Europe: 1/9 Saturday time, reeds
  7. New York/United States/Europe: 1/9 Saturday time, reeds

Links (17)

Official Homepages

  1. http://kenvandermark.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/ken_vandermark
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/13523459X
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no98075029
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14235684d
  5. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98075029
  6. https://www.muziekweb.nl/Link/M00000113313/

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/505714

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/254018

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000766454

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/32209664

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1360707

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/55Wpgt1Y1RISpita5RLxGm

Biographies

  1. http://kenvandermark.com/media_bio.php?index=12

Picture

  1. http://kenvandermark.com/admin_tools/images/kenvandermarkbyzigakoritnik_1.jpg
  2. http://kenvandermark.com/admin_tools/images/b61-23_1.jpg

Discography Pages

  1. http://tisue.net/vandermark/