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Kent Kessler (28 Jan 1957 - )

Male Person - United States

Releases (1)

Official

Album

  1. Bull Fiddle 2002

Relationships (9)

Member Of

  1. Sinister Luck Ensemble
  2. DKV Trio
  3. NRG Ensemble
  4. Michael Zerang & The Blue Lights double bass
  5. The Vandermark 5
  6. Territory Band
  7. Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet bass
  8. Brötzmann Chicago Octet
  9. Steelwool Trio

Recordings by (12)

  1. Monon Line 2:47 (2002)
  2. Spillway 1:01 (2002)
  3. Batum Schrag 3:35 (2002)
  4. Word (Edgewise) 1:11 (2002)
  5. Sugar Creek 5:17 (2002)
  6. Furthermore 1:47 (2002)
  7. Waddy Peytona 3:48 (2002)
  8. That Is 2:54 (2002)
  9. Central Wisconsin Double Wide 10:40 (2002)
  10. Out of Iowa 5:29 (2002)
  11. Gilman Chatsworth 3:24 (2002)
  12. Pikeville Girl 4:43 (2002)

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Monica's Having a Baby 5:58 NRG Ensemble (1991) bass guitar, didgeridoo, bass
  2. Mars Theme 9:47 NRG Ensemble (1991) bass guitar, didgeridoo, bass
  3. Dance of the Spider People 4:22 NRG Ensemble (1991) bass guitar, didgeridoo, bass
  4. Aila / 35 Basic 7:17 NRG Ensemble (1991) bass guitar, didgeridoo, bass
  5. Ten Letters of Love 4:51 NRG Ensemble (1991) bass guitar, didgeridoo, bass
  6. Temporarily 9:39 NRG Ensemble (1991) bass guitar, didgeridoo, bass
  7. Raining Violets 5:02 NRG Ensemble (1991) bass guitar, didgeridoo, bass
  8. For MC 3:27 NRG Ensemble (1991) bass guitar, didgeridoo, bass
  9. Linda's Rock Vamp 4:04 NRG Ensemble (1991) bass guitar, didgeridoo, bass
  10. Hal the Weenie 7:33 NRG Ensemble (1991) bass guitar, didgeridoo, bass
  11. From the Force of the Term 7:02 Ken Vandermark (1995) bass
  12. Out of Mere Impulse 8:52 Ken Vandermark (1995) bass
  13. Spirit of the Staircase 5:27 Ken Vandermark (1995) bass
  14. The Suicide Suite 7:58 red fish blue fish (29 Jul 1997) double bass
  15. Breakneck Ridge 2:12 Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Kent Kessler (1998) bass
  16. Matter of the Heart 4:55 Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Kent Kessler (1998) bass
  17. Heart of the Matter 2:25 Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Kent Kessler (1998) bass
  18. Central Wisconsin Double Wide 4:43 Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Kent Kessler (1998) bass
  19. Makapoor 12:57 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (1998) bass
  20. I Leave You Love 4:12 Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Kent Kessler (1998) bass
  21. Divide by Zero 10:40 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (1998) bass
  22. Burning Spirit (For Kazuka Shiraishi) 29:43 Brötzmann Chicago Octet (1998) bass
  23. A Meeting in Chicago 5:12 Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Kent Kessler (1998) bass
  24. Foolish Infinity 26:44 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (1998) bass
  25. Old Bottles, No Wine 9:24 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (1998) bass
  26. Lalibela 8:53 Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Kent Kessler (1998) bass
  27. Other Brothers 24:38 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (1998) bass
  28. Menga Kala Koota 3:04 Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Kent Kessler (1998) bass
  29. Empty Bottle Blues 5:06 Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Kent Kessler (1998) bass
  30. Aziz 9:46 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (1998) bass
  31. Immediate Music 13:51 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (1998) bass
  32. Nodality 4:53 Georg Gräwe Quartett (1999) bass
  33. Trajectory 7:17 Georg Gräwe Quartett (1999) bass
  34. Imaginary Portrait I 6:56 Georg Gräwe Quartett (1999) bass
  35. Passing Scopes 7:11 Georg Gräwe Quartett (1999) bass
  36. Fringe Factor 11:01 Georg Gräwe Quartett (1999) bass
  37. Improvisation 1 40:43 Georg Gräwe Quartett (1999) bass
  38. Something From Your Heart 17:04 Brötzmann, Drake, Kessler (1999) bass
  39. Improvisation 3 10:36 Georg Gräwe Quartett (1999) bass
  40. Multiversum 5:59 Georg Gräwe Quartett (1999) bass
  41. Improvisation 2 2:45 Georg Gräwe Quartett (1999) bass
  42. Memory of Wings II 17:55 Georg Gräwe Quartett (1999) bass
  43. Crest of the Wave 41:02 Brötzmann, Drake, Kessler (1999) bass
  44. Stone/Water 38:44 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (2000) double bass
  45. Hold That Thought 17:24 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (2002) bass
  46. Ellington 13:16 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (2002) bass
  47. Lightbox 15:21 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (2002) bass
  48. Stonewater 42:37 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (2002) bass
  49. Broken English (For Franz Kline) 24:10 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (2002) bass
  50. Short Visit to Nowhere 25:12 Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet (2002) bass

Credited as (14)

  1. Kent Kessler
  2. Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark & Kent Kessler
  3. Peter Brötzmann, Joe McPhee, Kent Kessler & Michael Zerang
  4. Joe McPhee, Peter Brötzmann, Kent Kessler & Michael Zerang
  5. Jeb Bishop / Joe McPhee / Mars Williams / Jason Adasiewicz / Kent Kessler / Tamaya Honda
  6. Brötzmann, Drake, Kessler
  7. Daniele D'Agaro, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Robert Barry
  8. Rodrigo Amado, Joe McPhee, Kent Kessler & Chris Corsano
  9. Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Nate McBride, Wilbert De Joode
  10. Kent Kessler, Ken Vandermark
  11. Hamid Drake / Kent Kessler / Ken Vandermark / Mats Gustafsson / Paal Nilssen-Love / Massimo Pupillo
  12. Hamid Drake / Kent Kessler / Ken Vandermark
  13. Georg Graewe, Kent Kessler, Hamid Drake
  14. Eberhard/Rempis/Kessler/Reed

Works (7)

Composed

  1. Nodality
  2. Imaginary Portrait I
  3. Passing Scopes
  4. Trajectory
  5. Fringe Factor
  6. Multiversum
  7. Memory of Wings II

Events (1)

Main Performer At

  1. OKKA Fest 6, Day 2: The Sugar Maple time

Links (8)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14647346d
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/1069146897
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00037778
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no00037778

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/309506

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000083338

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/278770116

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1739032