Albums by Ken Vandermark
ALBUMSoundbridgesMartin Blume, Matthias Muche, Ken Vandermark & Thomas Lehn
ALBUMBlonk, Mallozzi & VandermarkJaap Blonk, Lou Mallozzi & Ken Vandermark
ALBUMKozmik BazaarKonstrukt & Ken Vandermark
ALBUMInvitation To a DreamSusan Alcorn, Joe McPhee & Ken Vandermark
ALBUMScreen OffKen Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love
ALBUMNoise of our TimeSylvie Courvoisier, Tom Rainey, Nate Wooley & Ken Vandermark
ALBUMParallax Sounds (Original Music)Ken Vandermark
ALBUMThe NowsPaul Lytton, Nate Wooley, Ikue Mori & Ken Vandermark
ALBUMLast Train to the First StationKen Vandermark, Mikolaj Trzaska, Reed Trio & Wacław Zimpel
ALBUMChicago VolumeKen Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love
Artist Biography
Ken Vandermark is a composer, improviser, tenor saxophonist, and clarinetist whose compositions and performances incorporate a wide breadth of stylistic influences. Across literally hundreds of recordings, his music draws from a range of traditions, from jazz, classical, and folk, to reggae, rock, funk, and African forms. He has been a fixture on the Chicago music scene since the early '90s and has earned critical praise for his playing, arranging, and compositions, which typically balance intricate orchestration with freewheeling improvisation. Beginning with Standards in 1995, on which he led four improvising trios, Vandermark has led groups ranging from duos to octets and even big bands.
Hometown
Warwick, RI, United States
Genre
Jazz