Ken Vandermark Discography

	KEN VANDERMARK: DISCOGRAPHY by Seth Tisue / seth@tisue.net last update 29 September 2008 (see change log)
photo: Seth Tisue	Contents recording chronology solo collaborations guest appearances active groups: Vandermark 5, Powerhouse Sound, CINC, DKV Trio, Spaceways Inc., Territory Band, FME, Tripleplay, Free Fall, Sound in Action Trio, Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Sonore, Hoxha, Caffeine other groups: Bridge 61, School Days, AALY Trio, Witches and Devils, Steam, Cinghiale, Boxhead Ensemble, DK3, FJF, Barrage Double Trio, Steelwool Trio, The Crown Royals, NRG Ensemble, Vandermark Quartet, Waste Kings, Flying Luttenbachers, Lombard Street, Fourth Stream unrecorded groups liner notes interviews Official site kenvandermark.com is regularly updated with blog entries, tour dates, and so on. It includes a discography, less complete and detailed overall than this one, but sometimes with extra info. Documentary A documentary about Ken called Musician was released in 2007. It was made by Daniel Kraus as part of his “Work Series”. Follow the link for screening dates. A four minute excerpt is on YouTube. The documentary will be released on DVD by Facets Video in 2008. Photos Ken’s official site has a photos section. Many live photos from New York and Europe are on the Downtown Music site. Here are some live photos I took myself in September 2004: Territory Band-4, Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love. Other links The chi-improv group often includes discussion of Vandermark and the Chicago improvised music scene in general. Tushar Samant’s Now Is lists upcoming creative music events in Chicago, including Ken’s concerts. There’s an entry about Ken on Wikipedia. Consider taking a minute to correct or expand it. Notes On all recordings, Vandermark plays tenor saxophone, clarinet, and/or bass clarinet. On some recent recordings (2002 or newer), he also plays baritone saxophone. I am in the process of gradually adding recording dates and locations and track listings; at present most albums have this information, but not yet all. This a discography, not a sessionography; I don’t plan on expanding it to include not-officially-available material such as radio broadcasts, audience recordings, and unreleased studio sessions. If you want to put something like that together, feel free. Some out-of-date web browsers, such as Internet Explorer, will not display track listing information correctly (punctuation does not appear). I suggest switching to a modern browser such as Firefox (or Safari for Mac). Click on images for larger versions. Additions, corrections, and cover scans are welcome at seth@tisue.net. Thanks to Bruce Beatus, Jeb Bishop, Ben Bracken, Benjamin Brinkman, Rob Bunting, Jay Collins, Pedro Cruz, Joe Germuska, Pete Gianakopoulos, Dan Given, Krzysztof Gregorczyk, Jason Guthartz, Hans-Daniel, Eyal Hareuveni, Bruno Johnson, Anthony Lesanti, Rob Lim, Wawrzyniec Mąkinia, Frank Malczewski, Shawn McGrew, Carlos Mendoza, Bill Meyer, Curt Newton, Rob Pleshar, R. Lynn Rardin, Josh Ronsen, Adam Sonderberg, Ken Vandermark, Stu Vandermark, Darren Vassis, Weasel Walter, Eric Weddle, Marek Winiarski, and others who helped out.

	Recording chronology
	(This section is still being gradually filled out.) 2006 November 13–14: Powerhouse Sound, Oslo/Chicago: Breaks (disc 2) October 29: Jon Vanderlander Trio, 7″ September 27: Sonore, Only the Devil Has No Dreams August 24: Territory Band-6 with Fred Anderson, Collide August 1: Vandermark/Daisy Duo, August Music June 1–3: Broo/Lane/Nilssen-Love/Vandermark, 4 Corners May 28: Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, American Landscapes 1 and American Landscapes 2 January 14: Vandermark/Karayorgis, Foreground Music 2005 December 15–16: Vandermark 5, A Discontinuous Line November 23: Vandermark 5, Four Sides to the Story September 22–23: FME, Montage August 15–17: Powerhouse Sound, Oslo/Chicago: Breaks (disc 1) July 27–30: Bridge 61, Journal April 1: Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark, Seven March 21–22: Vandermark/Oleś/Oleś, Ideas January 12: Morris/Vandermark/Gray, Rebus 2004 Winter: Dropp Ensemble, Ingen Tid December 12: Hoxha, Hoxha November 21–22: Free Fall, Amsterdam Funk November 5–6: Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Be Music, Night October 25–26: FME, Cuts October 12 & 14: CINC, CINC September 27–28: Territory Band-4, Company Switch July 10–11: Vandermark 5, The Color of Memory June 11–12: Vandermark 5 vs. Atomic, International Summit: Live from the Green Mill March 15–19: Vandermark 5, Alchemia February: Vandermark 5, Free Kings: The Music of Roland Kirk 2003 December 16–17: FME, Underground November 3: Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Signs (track 1) November 3: Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Images (track 2) October 26: Sonore, No One Ever Works Alone September 22: Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark, Dual Pleasure 2 (disc 2) September 18–19: Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark, Dual Pleasure 2 (disc 1) September 1–4: Spaceways Inc./Zu, Radiale August 18–19: Tripleplay, Gambit August 13–4: Atomic/School Days, Nuclear Assembly Hall July 29–30: Sound in Action Trio, Gate July 9–10: Vandermark 5, Elements of Style/Exercises in Surprise January 24: Vandermark/Dibblee, Duets (second half) January: Vandermark 5, Six for Rollins 2002 October 16–17: Free Fall, Furnace September 23–24: Territory Band-3, Map Theory August 22–23: Vandermark 5, Airports for Light August 11–12: Gold Sparkle Trio with Ken Vandermark, Brooklyn Cantos August 12, 15, 19: Ken Vandermark, Furniture Music July 8–9: Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark, Dual Pleasure June 17–18: Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Signs (tracks 2 & 3) June 17–18: Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet, Images (track 1) February 22: FME, FME January 20: Vandermark/Dibblee, Duets (first half) 2001 December 3, 5: Vandermark/Strid/Sandell/Stackenäs/Nordeson, Two Days in December November 24–26: School Days, In Our Times August 12–13: Spaceways Inc., Version Soul May 12–13: Portastatic, The Perfect Little Door April 11: Carlo Actis Dato, USA Tour/April 2001/Live Spring: Vandermark 5, Free Jazz Classics Vol. 2 March 24, 31: DKV Trio, Trigonometry February 15–16: Territory Band-2, Atlas January 10–11: Vandermark 5, Acoustic Machine 2000 July 5: The Lightbox Orchestra, Two Lightboxes (side A) Spring: Vandermark 5, Free Jazz Classics May: Peter Kowald, Chicago Improvisations April 2: The Lightbox Orchestra, Two Lightboxes (side B) March 30–31: AALY Trio, I Wonder If I Was Screaming March 9–10: School Days, Crossing Division February 3–4: Territory Band-1, Transatlantic Bridge January 13–14: Spaceways Inc., Thirteen Cosmic Standards 1999 December 9–10: Vandermark 5, Burn the Incline September 23: AALY Trio/DKV Trio, Double or Nothing July 6–7: Sound in Action Trio, Design in Time Spring: Vandermark 5 w/ Wolter Wierbos, “8K” (on Hangin’ from the Devil’s Tree) April 14–15: Karayorgis/McBride/Vandermark, No Such Thing March 10: AALY Trio, Live at the Glen Miller Cafe 1998 December 12–13: Vandermark 5, Simpatico November & December: Vandermark 5, Vandermark 5 vs. Santo November 20–21: DKV Trio, Live in Wels & Chicago, 1998 (disc 2) November 8: DKV Trio, Live in Wels & Chicago, 1998 (disc 1) October 12: Misha Mengelberg, Two Days in Chicago September 3: Ken Vandermark’s Joe Harriott Project, Straight Lines May 4–5: The Crown Royals, Funky-Do! April 30: Joe Morris w/ DKV Trio, Deep Telling April 16–17: Tripleplay, Expansion Slang January–April: Jeb Bishop, 98 Duets January 17: AALY Trio, Stumble 1997 November 25: Boxhead Ensemble, “Two Ravens” (The Last Place to Go) November 20: Paul Lytton & Ken Vandermark, English Suites (disc 2) October 25–26: Vandermark 5, Target or Flag August & September: Vandermark 5, Live! at the Empty Bottle August 27: Witches and Devils, Live at the Empty Bottle March: DK3, Neutrons February 17, 19: DKV Trio, Baraka February 8–9: The Crown Royals, All Night Burner (tracks 1–8) January 11: Paul Lytton & Ken Vandermark, English Suites (disc 1) 1996 December 26: DKV Trio, DKV Live December 18: AALY Trio, Hidden in the Stomach December 3: Fred Anderson/DKV Trio, Fred Anderson/DKV Trio August 10–11: Vandermark 5, Single Piece Flow July 10: The Boxhead Ensemble, Dutch Harbor: Where the Sea Breaks Its Back June: Morris/Vandermark/Poppel, Like Rays April 5–6: Steam, Real Time February 15: Cinghiale, Hoofbeats of the Snorting Swine (some tracks) February 14: McPhee/Vandermark/Kessler, A Meeting in Chicago January 31: Cinghiale, Hoofbeats of the Snorting Swine (some tracks) 1995 November 11: The Crown Royals, All Night Burner (tracks 9–10) October 15: FJF, Blow Horn September 9–10: Barrage Double Trio, Utility Hitter August 8: Cinghiale, Hoofbeats of the Snorting Swine (some tracks) March 17: Cinghiale, Hoofbeats of the Snorting Swine (some tracks) January 30–31: NRG Ensemble, This is My House 1994 September 5–6: Steelwool Trio, International Front July 25–28: Ken Vandermark, Standards May 29–30: Vandermark Quartet, Solid Action 1993 November: NRG Ensemble, Calling All Mothers February 22–23: Vandermark Quartet, Big Head Eddie 1992 March 13: Ken Vandermark & Curt Newton, Concert for Jimmy Lyons

	Solo
	Ken Vandermark & Richard Hull [?] DVD forthcoming music by Ken Vandermark, visuals by Richard Hull see Ken’s blog for details on this possible future DVD release
	Ken Vandermark Furniture Music CD (OkkaDisk) 2003 Ken Vandermark studio tracks (1–13) recorded August 12 and 19, 2002, in Vandermark’s living room, Chicago live tracks (14–18) recorded August 15, 2002, at 3030, Chicago album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12046.html 1 Resistance Vandermark 2:08 for Evan Parker 2 Horizontal Weight Vandermark 3:22 for Peter Brötzmann 3 So is This Vandermark 3:58 for Michael Snow 4 Lines Vandermark 3:55 for Lennie Tristano 5 Immediate Action Vandermark 2:53 for Jackson Pollock 6 Panels Vandermark 3:10 for Piet Mondrian and Erik Satie 7 Color Fields to Darkness Vandermark 6:39 for Mark Rothko 8 Would a Proud Man Rather Break Than Bend Vandermark 3:23 for Mississippi Fred MacDowell 9 Beck and Fall Vandermark 3:47 for Samuel Beckett and Morton Feldman 10 Melodica Vandermark 3:20 for Joe McPhee 11 Indeterminate Action Vandermark 2:51 for John Cage 12 Leaves Vandermark 2:48 for Michelangelo Antonioni 13 (brüllt) Vandermark 4:29 after Jaap Blonk 14 Panels Vandermark 3:33 15 Immediate Action Vandermark 3:23 16 Horizontal Weight Vandermark 2:58 17 Color Fields to Darkness Vandermark 5:06 18 Would a Proud Man Rather Break Than Bend Vandermark 4:51

	Collaborations
	David Stackenäs, Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark [?] CD ([?]) forthcoming recorded October 2006
	Ab Baars Trio & Ken Vandermark [?] CD (Wig) forthcoming Ab Baars, Wilbert de Joode, Martin van Duynhoven, Ken Vandermark planned for release in December 2007
	Jon Vanderlander Trio 7″ (no label) 2008 Jon Fält, Ken Vandermark, Per-Åke Holmlander recorded October 29, 2006 limited edition of 325 I think this was self-released by Holmlander; no label information is given, but there is a catalog number “CS 07” and a contact address “carliot@telia.com” 1 Tom Säck Holmlander 3:28 2 Misha Leo Cuypers 4:15 3 1:st S.O.S. 5:07
	Vandermark/Daisy Duo August Music CD (self-released) 2007 Ken Vandermark, Tim Daisy recorded August 1, 2006, Empty Bottle, Chicago limited edition of 200; sold on the duo’s summer 2007 U.S. tour 1 Study for Mural 7:16 2 Half the Population 6:23 3 Hover 9:46 4 Red Box 7:20 5 Boiled and Fumed 8:55 6 2000 Hours 13:48
	Joe Morris, Ken Vandermark, Luther Gray Rebus CD (Clean Feed) 2007 recorded January 12, 2006, Firehouse 12 Studios, New Haven, Connecticut 1 Rebus 1 2 Rebus 2 3 Rebus 3 4 Rebus 4 5 Rebus 5 6 Rebus 6
	Ken Vandermark & Pandelis Karayorgis Foreground Music CD (OkkaDisk) 2007 recorded January 14, 2006, WGBH Studio, Boston album details and liner notes at http://karayorgis.com/Pages/CDPages/Foreground%20Music.html more album details at http://www.okkadisk.com/releases/od12065.html 1 Lifgatowy Karayorgis 4:17 2 United Forces of One Karayorgis 3:43 3 JCT Vandermark 4:23 for Sal Mosca 4 The Clincher Karayorgis 3:59 5 Dreamless Vandermark 7:43 for Derek Bailey 6 Betwixt Karayorgis 5:48 7 Title Without Year Vandermark 7:11 for Josef Albers 8 Of Two Minds Karayorgis 3:33 9 Absolute Camel Vandermark 5:44 for Misha Mengelberg
	Magnus Broo, Adam Lane, Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark 4 Corners CD (Clean Feed) 2007 recorded June 1–3, 2006 at Salão Brazil, Coimbra, Portugal 1 Alfama Vandermark 10:07 for Georges Braque 2 Spin with the EARth Adam Lane 9:58 3 Short Stop Vandermark 9:52 for Bobby Bradford 4 Lucia Adam Lane 11:01 5 Ashcan Rantings Adam Lane 9:39 6 Tomorrow Now Vandermark 8:53 for Lester Bowie 7 ChiChi Rides the Tiger Adam Lane 14:07
	Ken Vandermark & Paal Nilssen-Love Seven CD (Smalltown Supersound) 2006 Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love recorded April 1, 2005, Blå, Oslo 1 First Hit, Second Fall 26:36 2 Open Too Close 14:03 3 Universal Funeral 3:19
	Dropp Ensemble Ingen Tid 7″ (Tonschacht) 2005 Amy Cimini, Sam Dellaria, Steven R. Hess, Aram Shelton, Adam Sonderberg, Ken Vandermark, Katherine Young recorded Winter 2004, Chicago 1 Bewegungslos Dellaria/Sonderberg 3:42 2 It’s Not a Death Any Man Should Be Ashamed Of Dellaria/Sonderberg 3:47
	Ken Vandermark feat. Marcin Oleś & Bartłomiej Brat Oleś Ideas CD (Not Two) 2005 Ken Vandermark, Marcin Oleś, Bartłomiej Brat Oleś recorded March 21–22, 2005, Sonus Studio, Łomianki, Poland 1 One 12:32 2 Uncle B. 5:53 3 Ideas (Part One) 9:43 4 Ideas (Part Two) 6:56 5 Still Up 6:45 6 Layers 8:35 7 West Coast 4:42 8 Tightrope 2:59 9 Drumsax Country 4:16 10 Sonus 5:29
	Vandermark 5 vs. Atomic International Summit: Live from the Green Mill CD-R (Atavistic) 2004 tracks 1 & 2: Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Daisy tracks 3 & 4: Fredrik Ljungkvist, Magnus Broo, Håvard Wiik, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love tracks 5 & 6: above personnel combined recorded June 11–12, 2004, the Green Mill, Chicago this disc is available only as part of the “Flammable Material” box set of posters from the band’s 2004 North American tour, in a limited edition of 60 copies the poster for the Chicago shows is online at http://www.gigposters.com/posters.php?poster=31577 1 That Was Now Vandermark 9:50 for the Volcano Suns 2 Pieces of the Past Vandermark 10:54 for Joseph H. Lewis 3 Feet From Above Ljungkvist 8:19 4 Kerosene Ljungkvist 13:21 5 Happy House Ornette Coleman 11:43 6 Aggression Booker Little 11:17
	Gold Sparkle Trio with Ken Vandermark Brooklyn Cantos CD (Squealer) 2004 Andrew Barker, Adam Roberts, Charles Waters, Ken Vandermark recorded August 11–12, 2002, Rare Book Room, Brooklyn 1 People’s Republic Sirone 9:02 2 ’Burg Girl Waters 5:26 3 Marcella Variations #1 Barker 4:53 4 Game Over Waters 6:22 5 Architexture #12 (718) Waters 12:45 6 Autumn Ever Waters 5:59 7 Carpet Quarterbagger Barker 8:07
	Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark “[?]” on Norwegian New Jazz Compilation CD (After Hours) 2004? Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love included with After Hours issue 21 I don’t know whether this material is exclusive to this compilation, or if it comes from one of the Smalltown Supersound releases
	Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark Dual Pleasure 2 2CD (Smalltown Supersound) 2004 Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love disc 1 recorded September 18–19, 2003, Oslo (studio recording) disc 2 recorded September 22, 2003, Kampen Jazz, Oslo disc 1: 1 Train Hits the Station 8:31 2 Finish Wood 3:47 3 Look Left 5:30 4 Never Leave Well Enough Alone 11:36 5 Nice and Dry 3:43 6 Short Terminal 6:56 7 Non Chilled 6:30 8 Living Kills 4:19 9 There Is Nothing Left to Break 9:01 disc 2: 1 Stray Dog 26:27 2 Double Weight 28:15 3 As It Goes 6:15
	The Lightbox Orchestra Two Lightboxes LP (Locust) 2004 side A: The Peter Brötzmann Tentet (+2): Jeb Bishop, Peter Brötzmann, Roy Campbell, Hamid Drake, Mats Gustafsson, Kent Kessler, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Joe McPhee, William Parker, Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams, Michael Zerang side B: The Come Sunday Ensemble: Jeb Bishop, Mats Gustafsson, Kent Kessler, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Lou Mallozzi, Tim Mulvenna, Sebi Tramontana, Ken Vandermark, Michael Zerang side A recorded July 5, 2000, Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago side B recorded April 2, 2000, Einstein, Munich limited edition of 500 copies
	Ken Vandermark & Brian Dibblee Duets CD (Future Reference) 2003 Ken Vandermark, Brian Dibblee recorded January 20, 2002 and January 24, 2003, Vandermark residence, Chicago formerly also available as free 128Kbps MP3 downloads from http://www.futureref.com/
	Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark Dual Pleasure CD (Smalltown Supersound) 2002 Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love recorded July 8–9, 2002, Både Og Lydbyrå, Oslo 1 Flashpoint Nilssen-Love/Vandermark 11:54 2 Anno 1240 Nilssen-Love/Vandermark 14:31 3 Closed Doors, Open Windows Nilssen-Love/Vandermark 3:39 4 Storefront Materials Nilssen-Love/Vandermark 8:42 5 Jean S. Nilssen-Love/Vandermark 4:19 6 Dual Fiction Nilssen-Love/Vandermark 19:54
	Ken Vandermark Two Days in December 2CD (Wobbly Rail) 2002 Ken Vandermark, Raymond Strid (on half a disc); Ken Vandermark, Sten Sandell (on half a disc); Ken Vandermark, David Stackenäs (on half a disc); Ken Vandermark, Kjell Nordeson (on half a disc) recorded December 3 and 5, 2001, Atlantis Grammofon AB, Stockholm disc 1: 1 Tuting Strid/Vandermark 5:11 2 Rackarbajsare Strid/Vandermark 3:17 3 Knapp Strid/Vandermark 3:21 4 Dragnagel Strid/Vandermark 4:37 5 Hutt Strid/Vandermark 3:38 6 Parla Strid/Vandermark 2:36 7 Reeds and Hammers I Sandell/Vandermark 4:48 8 Reeds and Hammers II Sandell/Vandermark 4:42 9 Reeds and Hammers III Sandell/Vandermark 3:42 10 Reeds and Hammers IV Sandell/Vandermark 2:00 11 Reeds and Hammers V Sandell/Vandermark 3:20 12 Reeds and Hammers VI Sandell/Vandermark 2:15 13 Reeds and Hammers VII Sandell/Vandermark 3:54 14 Reeds and Hammers VIII Sandell/Vandermark 5:17 15 Reeds and Hammers IX Sandell/Vandermark 5:29 disc 2: 1 Tofsformade Boljemoln Stackenäs/Vandermark 2:14 2 Fjadermoln Med Krokar Stackenäs/Vandermark 1:50 3 Slojmoln Med Halo Stackenäs/Vandermark 7:01 4 Boljemoln Stackenäs/Vandermark 5:27 5 Bymoln Stackenäs/Vandermark 3:23 6 Skiktmoln Stackenäs/Vandermark 5:54 7 Upptornande Stackmoln Stackenäs/Vandermark 5:42 8 Pathways Nordeson/Vandermark 3:30 9 Where We Are Nordeson/Vandermark 3:14 10 Doorways Nordeson/Vandermark 4:31 11 Morning of Stagnelius Nordeson/Vandermark 5:07 12 Always Nordeson/Vandermark 3:35 13 Common Prints Nordeson/Vandermark 3:11 14 Sideways Nordeson/Vandermark 2:58 15 Evening in Ashland Nordeson/Vandermark 5:26
	AALY Trio/DKV Trio Double or Nothing CD (OkkaDisk) 2002 Mats Gustafsson, Kjell Nordeson, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Hamid Drake, Kent Kessler, Ken Vandermark album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12035.html recorded September 23, 1999, Airwave Recording Studios, Chicago 1 Left to Right Vandermark 13:15 for Henry Grimes 2a Angels Albert Ayler 21:12 2b Awake Nu Don Cherry 17:06
	Anna Linder cum pane film/DVD (Lisbet Gabrielsson Film AB) 2002 Mats Gustafsson, Kjell Nordeson, Peter Janson, Ken Vandermark this is a short (8 minute) documentary film with an improvised soundtrack by AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark DVD is limited edition of 500 copies
	Carlo Actis Dato USA Tour/April 2001/Live CD (Splasc(h)) 2002 Carlo Actis Dato, Ken Vandermark recorded April 11, 2001, Empty Bottle, Chicago Vandermark plays on three tracks; the given personnel and recording info is for those three tracks only 9 Clarbas 5:03 10 Bariten 4:11 11 Clabar 5:45
	Peter Kowald Chicago Improvisations video (Jazz-Muzzik/MC4) 2001 Peter Kowald, Ken Vandermark this 83 minute video by Laurence Petit-Jouvet includes some concert footage of this duo recorded May 2000, Chicago more details at http://www.fmp-online.de/fmpcds/VIDEO_CHICAGO_IMPROVISATIONS_Peter%20Kowald_d.htm
	Portastatic featuring Ken Vandermark & Tim Mulvenna The Perfect Little Door CD (Merge) 2001 Mac McCaughan, Ken Vandermark, Tim Mulvenna tracks 1-4 recorded May 13, 2001, Electrical Recording Studios, Chicago track 5 recorded May 12, 2001, Schuba’s, Chicago 1 Had McCaughan 8:13 2 Hey Salty McCaughan 5:03 3 Late Night Wait Around Vandermark/McCaughan 6:46 4 Broken Arm McCaughan 5:42 5 When You Crashed McCaughan 7:55
	Karayorgis/McBride/Vandermark No Such Thing CD (Boxholder) 2001 Pandelis Karayorgis, Nate McBride, Ken Vandermark recorded April 14–15, 1999, WGBH Studios, Boston 1 Skid Into the Turn Vandermark 6:38 for Andrew Hill 2 27 Valentine McBride 4:50 3 Summer Karayorgis 7:05 4 Disambiguation Karayorgis 6:13 5 Let Me Know Vandermark 5:48 for Lee Konitz 6 Pending McBride 10:01 7 SBL Karayorgis 6:30 8 Tripothetical Karayorgis 5:28 9 Taken Vandermark 8:07 for Jimmy Giuffre
	Paul Lytton & Ken Vandermark English Suites 2CD (Wobbly Rail) 2000 Paul Lytton, Ken Vandermark album details at http://www.wobblyrail.com/009.html disc 1 recorded January 11, 1999, WNUR Studio, Evanston, Illinois disc 2 recorded November 20, 1999, Club België, Hasselt, Belgium disc 1: 1 Radio 1 10:04 2 Radio 2 13:17 3 Radio 3 6:04 4 Radio 4 3:40 5 Radio 5 11:46 6 Radio 6 5:55 7 Radio 7 8:16 disc 2: 1 Film 1 4:58 2 Film 2 9:17 3 Film 3 6:39 4 Film 4 5:22 5 Film 5 4:54 6 Film 6 8:26 7 Film 7 9:39 8 Stage 1 5:36 9 Stage 2 7:23 10 Stage 3 4:38 11 Stage 4 4:00 12 Stage 5 2:45
	*no99* comp 5CD (Entartete Kunst) 2000 Ken Vandermark, Fred van Hove Ken Vandermark, Don Dietrich, Jim Sauter Ken Vandermark, Alan Licht, Jim O’Rourke, John Clement recorded live at the No Music Festival in 1999 the duos with van Hove include a 45 minute tenor sax/pipe organ set and a shorter clarinet/accordion track many other performers and combinations of performers are featured on the set as well limited edition of 500 copies album details at http://www.ek-records.com/nomusic99.htm
	Joe Morris w/DKV Trio Deep Telling CD (OkkaDisk) 1999 Joe Morris, Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler, Hamid Drake album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12027.html recorded April 30, 1998, Überstudio, Chicago 1 Standing Here Drake/Kessler/Vandermark/Morris 12:15 2 Bit Tenet Kessler/Morris 4:20 3 Hollow Curve Drake/Kessler/Morris 5:59 4 Narrative Drake/Kessler/Vandermark/Morris 7:33 5 Infix Kessler/Morris 3:27 6 Breathe Easily Drake/Vandermark/Morris 4:47 7 To and From the Core Kessler/Vandermark/Morris 3:17 8 Telling Suite Drake/Kessler/Vandermark/Morris 18:35
	Ken Vandermark’s Joe Harriott Project Straight Lines CD (Atavistic) 1999 Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Mulvenna recorded September 3, 1998, Airwave Recording Studios 1 Tonal Joe Harriott 6:59 2 Shadows Joe Harriott 6:17 3 Straight Lines Joe Harriott 11:39 4 Abstract Joe Harriott 6:27 5 Idioms Joe Harriott 8:13 6 Pictures Joe Harriott 9:01 7 Formation Joe Harriott 7:00
	Misha Mengelberg Two Days in Chicago 2CD (hatOLOGY) 1999 Misha Mengelberg, Ken Vandermark, Hamid Drake recorded October 12, 1998, AirWave Studio, Chicago Vandermark plays on two tracks; the given personnel is for those two tracks only disc 1: 1 Eronel Thelonious Monk 4:35 5 Off Minor Thelonious Monk 5:10
	Jeb Bishop 98 Duets CD (Wobbly Rail) 1998 Jeb Bishop, Ken Vandermark recorded January–April 1998, Überstudio, Chicago Vandermark plays on two tracks; the given personnel is for those two tracks only 7 4:05 9 4:49
	Joe Morris Like Rays CD (Knitting Factory Works) 1998 Joe Morris, Ken Vandermark, Hans Poppel recorded June 1996, Stephonia Studios, Concord, Massachusetts 1 Photon 1:20 2 New Fire 3:06 3 Within Reach 5:27 4 Like Rays 7:56 5 So as to Touch 7:32 6 Life Stuff 5:44 7 Parlance 4:54 8 I Can Live With That 6:22 9 Hand Signals 7:39 10 From Dreams 8:54 11 Levitate 2:05
	Joe McPhee A Meeting in Chicago CD (Eighth Day) 1997 CD (OkkaDisk) 1998 Joe McPhee, Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler many tracks are solo or duo, including a solo Vandermark piece the OkkaDisk reissue has different cover art (shown on the right) album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12016.html recorded February 14, 1996, Überstudio, Chicago 1 A Meeting in Chicago McPhee/Vandermark/Kessler 5:12 2 Heart of the Matter McPhee/Vandermark/Kessler 2:25 3 Matter of the Heart McPhee/Vandermark/Kessler 4:55 4 Soft Circles McPhee 2:28 5 Breakneck Ridge Vandermark/Kessler 2:12 6 Central Wisconsin Double Wide Kessler 4:43 7 Hard Circles McPhee/Vandermark 6:06 8 Zahava McPhee/Vandermark 3:26 9 Menga Kala Koota McPhee/Vandermark/Kessler 3:04 10 Empty Bottle Blues McPhee/Vandermark/Kessler 5:06 11 Lalibela McPhee/Vandermark/Kessler 8:53 12 Fourteen Years Later Vandermark 2:28 13 I Leave You Love McPhee/Kessler 4:10
	Fred Anderson Fred Anderson/DKV Trio CD (OkkaDisk) 1997 Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake, Kent Kessler, Ken Vandermark recorded December 3, 1996, Airwave Recording Studios, Chicago album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12014.html 1 Planet E Anderson 8:30 2 Aaron’s Tune Anderson 5:55 3 Black Woman Anderson 6:09 4 Our Theme Anderson 5:56 5 Dark Day Anderson 10:54 6 Lady’s In Love Anderson 10:30
	Ken Vandermark Standards CD (Quinnah) 1995 Ken Vandermark, Hamid Drake, Kent Kessler (tracks 1–3); Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams, Michael Zerang (tracks 4–6); Ken Vandermark, Jim Baker, Daniel Scanlan (tracks 7–9); Ken Vandermark, Kevin Drumm, Steve Hunt (tracks 10–12) album details at http://home.earthlink.net/~quinnah/Q08.html recorded July 25–28, 1994, Sparrow Sound Design, Chicago 1 From the Force of the Term 7:02 2 Spirit of the Staircase 5:27 3 Out of Mere Impulse 8:52 4 Variant Reading 7:16 5 Experiment: Trial 6:09 6 A Sick Man’s Dreams 6:26 7 Year of His Age 5:07 8 It Is Solved by Walking 3:54 9 Nostalgia for the Mud 4:12 10 To Draw Back in Order to Make a Better Jump 4:30 11 Rage for Speaking 4:45 12 Word for Word and Letter for Letter 4:42
	Ken Vandermark & Curt Newton Concert for Jimmy Lyons cassette (Stoidal Circus) 1992 recorded March 13, 1992, SouthEnd MusicWorks, Chicago

	Guest appearances
	Guillermo Gregorio Coplanar CD (New World) 2005 Vandermark plays bass clarinet on “Coplanar 5” album details at http://www.newworldrecords.org/album.cgi?rm=view&album_id=15053
	Yakuza Way of the Dead CD (Century Media) 2002 Vandermark plays tenor sax on one track
	Lord High Fixers The Beginning of the End—The End of the Beginning CD (In the Red) 2002
	Zu Igneo CD (Amanita) 2002 Jeb Bishop and Fred Lonberg-Holm also appear
	Sinister Luck Ensemble Anniversary CD (Perishable) 2002
	Jim O’Rourke Insignificance CD/LP (Drag City) 2001 Vandermark plays on the track “Therefore, I Am”
	The Nomads Up-Tight CD (Sympathy for the Record Industry) 2001 CD/LP (White Jazz) 2001 Vandermark plays on one track
	Chamber Strings Month of Sundays CD (Bobsled) 2001
	Simon Joyner The Lousy Dance CD (Atavistic) 1999
	Superchunk Come Pick Me Up CD (Merge) 1999 “Hello Hawk” is also available as a CD single with four non-album tracks; I don’t know if Vandermark plays on those tracks
	Common Rider Last Wave Rockers CD (Lookout) 1999
	Jim O’Rourke Eureka CD/LP (Drag City) 1999 Vandermark plays on the track “Through the Night Softly”
	Alan Licht & Loren Mazzacane Connors Hoffman Estates CD/LP (Drag City) 1998
	Pinetop Seven Rigging the Toplights CD/LP (Atavistic) 1998
	Gastr del Sol Camoufleur CD/LP (Drag City) 1998 Vandermark plays on the track “Black Horse”
	“Suicide Suite” on The Last Time I Committed Suicide soundtrack CD (Blue Note) 1997 Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Brad Goode, Jamie Passman, Kent Kessler, Alex Locascio soundtrack to the 1997 film
	Falstaff II CD (Homestead) 1996
	The Metronomes Meditation Suite I-III 7″ (Searchlight) 1996 written, arranged, and recorded by Barry Phipps Vandermark plays bass clarinet
	Denison/Kimball Trio Soul Machine CD (Skin Graft) 1995 Vandermark plays on the track “Blue Ball”
	Denison/Kimball Trio “Landshark”/“Whirlpool” 7″ (Sub Pop) 1995 Vandermark plays on A-side only
	Maestro Subgum and the Whole Don’t Flirt CD (Ponk) 1995 Vandermark plays bass clarinet on three tracks
	Coctails “Lights on a Satellite” on Wavelength Infinity: A Sun Ra Tribute comp 2CD (Rastascan) 1994
	Syl Johnson with Hi Rhythm Back in the Game CD/cassette (Delmark) 1994 produced by Pete Nathan Vandermark arranged five tracks, and plays on nine (of fourteen total) album details at http://delmark.com/delmark.674.htm
	Coctails Long Sound LP (Hi Ball) CD (Carrot Top) 1993 Vandermark plays on three tracks two of the three tracks were reissued on Popcorn Box 3CD (Carrot Top) 2004

	with the Vandermark 5 Notes: See the Collaborations section for a disc the group made in collaboration with Atomic. Note that Fred Lonberg-Holm has replaced Jeb Bishop in the lineup. The new lineup’s first performances were in September 2005.
	Beat Reader CD (Atavistic) forthcoming Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Tim Daisy recorded December 19–20, 2006, Semaphore Recording, Chicago first 1500 copies will include a bonus CD called New York Suite
	Four Sides to the Story 2LP (Not Two) 2006 Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Tim Daisy recorded November 23, 2005, Alchemia, Cracow, Poland limited edition of 1000 disc 1, side A: 1 Vehicle Vandermark 8:55 for Magnus Broo 2 That Was Now Vandermark 9:30 for the Volcano Suns disc 1, side B: 1 Camera Vandermark 14:11 for Edward Weston 2 Suitcase Vandermark 7:18 for Ray Charles, Elvin Jones, and Steve Lacy disc 2, side A: 1 Convertible Vandermark 8:47 for Charles Eames 2 Burn Nostalgia Vandermark 7:01 for Art Pepper disc 2, side B: 1 Some Not All Vandermark 14:44 for Phillip Wilson 2 Reciprocal Vandermark 6:44 for Santiago Calatrava
	A Discontinuous Line CD (Atavistic) 2006 Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Tim Daisy recorded December 15–16, 2005, Semaphore Recording, Chicago 1 Convertible, Version One Vandermark 8:39 for Charles Eames 2 Reciprocal Vandermark 7:40 for Santiago Calatrava 3 La Dernier Cri Vandermark 7:48 for Elliott Carter 4 Some Not All Vandermark 13:46 for Phillip Wilson 5 Aperture Vandermark 6:45 for Walker Evans 6 Morricone Vandermark 7:00 for Sergio Leone 7 Convertible, Version Two Vandermark 6:26 for Charles Eames 8 The Ladder Vandermark 10:50 for Giorgio de Chirico
	Free Jazz Classics Vols. 3 & 4 2CD (Atavistic) 2006 Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Daisy this is a reissue of the bonus discs Free Kings: The Music of Roland Kirk (included with early copies of Elements of Style/Exercises in Surprise) and Six for Rollins (included with early copies of Acoustic Machine)
	The Color of Memory 2CD (Atavistic) 2005 Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Daisy recorded July 10–11, 2004, Semaphore Recording, Chicago disc 1: 1 That Was Now Vandermark 10:38 for the Volcano Suns 2 Suitcase Vandermark 7:49 for Ray Charles, Elvin Jones, and Steve Lacy 3 Road Work Vandermark 6:38 for Merce Cunningham 4 Burn Nostalgia Vandermark 7:10 for Art Pepper 5 Chance Vandermark 10:35 for Nino Rota disc 2: 1 Vehicle Vandermark 8:42 for Magnus Broo 2 Camera Vandermark 18:55 for Edward Weston 3 Pieces of the Past Vandermark 10:04 for Joseph H. Lewis
	Alchemia 12CD (Not Two) 2005 Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Daisy, plus (on discs 11 and 12) Marcin Oleś, Bartłomiej Brat Oleś recorded March 15–19, 2004, Alchemia, Cracow, Poland disc 1 (March 15, first set): 1 Telefon Vandermark 8:36 for Glenn Gould 2 Other Cuts Vandermark 12:57 for Curtis Mayfield 3 Staircase Vandermark 10:45 for John Cassavetes 4 Strata Vandermark 13:43 for Max Beckmann 5 Free King’s Suite: Meeting on Termini’s Corner/Three for the Festival/A Handful of Fives Roland Kirk 12:09 disc 2 (March 15, second set): 1 Outside Ticket Vandermark 11:03 for John Gilmore 2 Money Down Vandermark 6:33 for Rahsaan Roland Kirk 3 Camera Vandermark 16:53 for Edward Weston 4 Roulette Vandermark 4:33 for Nate McBride 5 Cruz Campo Vandermark 10:31 for Gerhard Richter 6 The Black and Crazy Blues Roland Kirk 8:36 disc 3 (March 16, first set): 1 Confluence Vandermark 8:17 for Sonny Rollins 2 Rip Rig and Panic Suite Roland Kirk 14:14 3 Camera Vandermark 18:51 for Edward Weston 4 Both Sides Vandermark 9:11 for Budd Johnson 5 Knock Yourself Out Vandermark 7:18 for Jean-Michel Basquiat disc 4 (March 16, second set): 1 The Cooler Vandermark 9:19 for Pandelis Karayorgis 2 That Was Now Vandermark 11:32 for the Volcano Suns 3 Six of One Vandermark 22:48 for Bogdan Benigar, Hans Falb, Mauro Pezzente, Martin Revheim, Mate Skugor, Wolfgang Wasserbauer... 4 Silverlization/Volunteered Slavery Roland Kirk 10:42 5 There Is the Bomb Don Cherry 11:04 disc 5 (March 17, first set): 1 That Was Now Vandermark 10:46 for the Volcano Suns 2 Seven Plus Five Vandermark 8:13 3 The Bridge Sonny Rollins 6:54 4 Gyllene Vandermark 9:34 for Lars Gullin 5 Auto Topography Vandermark 12:58 for Archie Shepp disc 6 (March 17, second set): 1 The Freedom Suite, Part 2 Sonny Rollins 6:20 2 Telefon Vandermark 11:23 for Glenn Gould 3 Initials Vandermark 7:12 for Jean Tinguely 4 Camera Vandermark 18:03 for Edward Weston 5 Other Cuts Vandermark 13:36 for Curtis Mayfield 6 The Black and Crazy Blues Roland Kirk 9:04 7 Knock Yourself Out Vandermark 6:47 for Jean-Michel Basquiat disc 7 (March 18, first set): 1 Money Down Vandermark 5:36 for Rahsaan Roland Kirk 2 The Inflated Tear Roland Kirk 6:55 3 Wherever June Bugs Go Archie Shepp 12:24 4 Camera Vandermark 15:42 for Edward Weston 5 Cruz Campo Vandermark 9:28 for Gerhard Richter disc 8 (March 18, second set): 1 Pieces of the Past Vandermark 9:47 for Joseph H. Lewis 2 That Was Now Vandermark 11:53 for the Volcano Suns 3 Long Term Fool Vandermark 9:57 for Otis Redding 4 Strata Vandermark 11:25 for Max Beckmann 5 Silverlization/Volunteered Slavery Roland Kirk 11:45 6 The Bridge Sonny Rollins 7:37 disc 9 (March 19, first set): 1 Conquistador, Part 2 Cecil Taylor 8:26 2 Knock Yourself Out Vandermark 7:22 for Jean-Michel Basquiat 3 Pieces of the Past Vandermark 9:47 for Joseph H. Lewis 4 Camera Vandermark 18:02 for Edward Weston 5 Cruz Campo Vandermark 10:16 for Gerhard Richter disc 10 (March 19, second set): 1 That Was Now Vandermark 11:38 for the Volcano Suns 2 Gyllene Vandermark 10:55 for Lars Gullin 3 Telefon Vandermark 9:49 for Glenn Gould 4 Six of One Vandermark 22:49 for Bogdan Benigar, Hans Falb, Mauro Pezzente, Martin Revheim, Mate Skugor, Wolfgang Wasserbauer... 5 Other Cuts Vandermark 13:42 for Curtis Mayfield 6 The Black and Crazy Blues Roland Kirk 8:20 disc 11 (“Jam Session One”, March 17): 1 Free Jam 1 11:35 2 Free Jam 2 5:17 3 Free Jam 3 12:27 4 East Broadway Run Down / Elephantasy/Complete Communion Sonny Rollins / Don Cherry 11:17 5 Theme for Alchemia 12:27 6 Bemsha Swing Thelonious Monk & Denzil Best 12:27 disc 12 (“Jam Session Two”, March 18): 1 Round Trip Ornette Coleman 22:50 2 Free Jam 5 17:38 3 Free Jam 6 12:26 4 Togo Ed Blackwell 4:09 5 Lonely Woman Ornette Coleman 8:53
	Elements of Style/Exercises in Surprise CD (Atavistic) 2004 Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Daisy first 1500 copies include the bonus live CD Free Kings: The Music of Roland Kirk recorded July 9–10, 2003, Semaphore Recording, Chicago bonus disc recorded February 2004, the Empty Bottle and the Green Mill, Chicago main disc: 1 Outside Ticket Vandermark 9:23 for John Gilmore 2 Knock Yourself Out Vandermark 6:03 for Jean-Michel Basquiat 3 Intagliamento Vandermark 5:31 for Zu 4 Telefon Vandermark 7:23 for Glenn Gould 5 Gyllene Vandermark 8:32 for Lars Gullin 6 Strata Vandermark 8:26 for Max Beckmann 7 Six of One Vandermark 20:10 for Bogdan Benigar, Hans Falb, Mauro Pezzente, Martin Revheim, Mate Skugor, Wolfgang Wasserbauer... bonus disc: 1 The Black and Crazy Blues Roland Kirk 8:18 2 The Free King’s Suite: Meeting on Termini’s Corner/Three for the Festival/A Handful of Fives Roland Kirk 10:27 3 The Inflated Tear Roland Kirk 6:55 4 Rip, Rig and Panic Suite: From Bechet, Byas and Fats/Rip, Rig and Panic/No Tonic Press Roland Kirk 13:42 5 Silverization/Volunteered Slavery Roland Kirk 11:12
	Airports For Light CD (Atavistic) 2003 Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Daisy first 1500 copies include Six for Rollins, a bonus live CD with tunes by Sonny Rollins recorded August 22–23, 2002, Semaphore Recording, Chicago bonus disc recorded January 2003, the Empty Bottle and the Green Mill, Chicago main disc: 1 Cruz Campo Vandermark 8:58 for Gerhard Richter 2 Staircase Vandermark 8:23 for John Cassavetes 3 7 Plus 5 Vandermark 7:05 for Fredrik Ljungkvist 4 Money Down Vandermark 5:33 for Rahsaan Roland Kirk 5 Both Sides Vandermark 8:06 for Budd Johnson 6 Initials Vandermark 5:05 for Jean Tinguely 7 Other Cuts Vandermark 11:12 for Curtis Mayfield 8 Long Term Fool Vandermark 8:50 for Otis Redding 9 Confluence Vandermark 6:16 for Sonny Rollins bonus disc: 1 Bridge Sonny Rollins 5:43 2 Strode Rode Sonny Rollins Freedom Suite 3 Freedom Suite Sonny Rollins 6:39 4 John J. Sonny Rollins 11:28 5 East Broadway Rundown Sonny Rollins 9:25 6 Alfie Suite: He’s Younger Than You Are / Little Malcolm Loves His Dad / Street Runner with Child Sonny Rollins 10:07
	Free Jazz Classics Vols. 1 & 2 2CD (Atavistic) 2002 Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Mulvenna this is a reissue of the bonus discs included with early copies of Burn the Incline and Acoustic Machine
	Acoustic Machine CD (Atavistic) 2001 Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Mulvenna the first 1500 copies included a bonus CD called Free Jazz Classics Vol. 2 with live versions of tunes by Archie Shepp, Jimmy Giuffre, Julius Hemphill, et al recorded January 10–11, 2001, Airwave Recording Studios, Chicago bonus disc recorded Spring 2001, the Empty Bottle, Chicago the tracks “Hbf 1” through “Hbf 5” are also available on Morton Feldman Jazz Tributes comp CD (Villars Edition) 2005 main disc: 1 Hbf 4 Vandermark 1:35 for Morton Feldman 2 Auto Topography Vandermark 9:35 for Archie Shepp 3 Fall to Grace Vandermark 13:44 for Elvin Jones 4 Hbf 2 Vandermark 0:44 for Morton Feldman 5 License Complete Vandermark 7:43 for Julius Hemphill 6 Coast to Coast Vandermark 7:08 for Stan Getz 7 Hbf 3 Vandermark 0:29 for Morton Feldman 8 Close Enough Vandermark 12:23 for Robert Capa 9 Hbf 1 Vandermark 0:25 for Morton Feldman

KEN VANDERMARK: DISCOGRAPHY

Contents

Official site

Documentary

Photos

Other links

Notes

Recording chronology

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

1995

1994

1993

1992

Solo

Collaborations

Guest appearances

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