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Ken Vandermark
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For the past 20 years, Ken Vandermark has been exploring and working to expand the possibilities of improvised and composed music in North America and Europe. Since moving to Chicago from Boston in 1989, he's performed and recorded in a variety of contexts, and with many internationally renowned musicians. Past groups of significance include the NRG Ensemble, the DKV Trio, AALY, FME, the Vandermark Quartet, Spaceways Inc., School Days, Cinghiale, Witches & Devils, Steam, and Caffeine. Currently, the majority of his work as a composer and improviser has been directed toward the Vandermark 5, Powerhouse Sound, the Frame Quartet, the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Sonore, and separate duos with the percussionists Tim Daisy and Paal Nilssen-Love, the Territory Band, CINC, and Free Fall
Broadcast Transformer
Label: Audiographic Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Other Nichols Other Dimes (for Herbie Nichols and The Minutemen) / Salto (for Jacob
Lawrence) / Pony Up (for Rebecca Morris); Autochrome (for Faith Ringgold) / Scratch Vocal
(for Scratch Acid) / Clockwise (for Peter Greenaway) / Velocity Dub (for Joel Sternfeld); Text
Tile/Entre Chien Et Loup/Slate Arrangement/Shinkansen Dream; Winged Jaguar (for Bill
Dixon and Cecil Taylor) / Flipside (for Diane Arbus and Lisette Model) / Five Dollars In A $3
World (for Lester Bowie).
Fourth Atlas
Label: Not Two Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Stray; In Low Light; Cardboard; Plates With Glass; Discrete Charm; Sight Derail; Tapies; 3/4 Of The Time.
PIVOT
Label: Silkheart Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Sensation of Sliding; Blowing out from Chicago; Epistemological Glide; Drops of Sorrow.
Accelerating; PIVOT Duos 1; PIVOT Duos 2; PIVOT Duos 3; PIVOT Duos 4; PIVOT Duos 5;
PIVOT Duos 6; Unmeasured Mile; I am aware. Standing in Snow.; Drifting against the Wind.;
Popular Music Theory.
Sound & Gravity: Chicago's New Home For Poignant Creative Music
by Hrayr Attarian
The inaugural 2025 edition of the ambitious Sound & Gravity Festival took place from September 10th through September 14th at seven different venues on Chicago's Northwest Side. Over 50 musicians, from several countries, performed works spanning genres from contemporary Western classical to jazz, experimental music, and indie rock. The not-for-profit Constellation Performing Arts, which drummer Mike ...
A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz: Part 4
by Ian Patterson
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 The fourth installment of A Brief Guide To Ukrainian Jazz--a series developed with the cooperation of the Ukrainian Institute--introduces four more highly talented jazz artists/groups from Ukraine. The vast range of personal musical identities attests to the strength, depth and originality of contemporary ...
Scheen Jazzorkester & Fredrik Ljungkvist: Framat!
by Mark Corroto
Scandinavian large ensembles have much to teach their more conservative American counterparts about reinventing the jazz orchestra for the 21st century. Framåt! by Scheen Jazzorkester is a powerful affirmation of this idea. This Norwegian ensemble has consistently pushed the boundaries of large ensemble jazz, and Framåti--their tenth release since forming in 2010--is another compelling addition to ...
Svetlost with Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-Love at Jazzbina Pula
by Petra Cvelbar
Tim Daisy and Ken Vandermark: Fourth Atlas
by John Sharpe
True to its title, Fourth Atlas is the fourth album by the Chicago twosome of reedman Ken Vandermark and drummer Tim Daisy. Daisy was a member of the esteemed Vandermark 5 from 2002 to its demise in 2010, and the association has only deepened since. More than shared history, they enjoy a a shared aesthetic and ...
Svetlost, Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love at MKC, Skopje
by Nenad Georgievski
Svetlost, Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love MKC, Skopje Skopje, Macedonia April 16th, 2025 There was no prelude, no soft landing. The first notes of “Puma in the Corner" leapt into the air like a wild animal, chaotic and alert. A shriek above our heads--someone channeling emotion so openly it felt like ...
