KEN VANDERMARK DISCOGRAPHY
(1984–2006)

Status

This is, I hope, complete and accurate through 2006. (Some 2007 releases are also included.) This will stay online and I will fix any mistakes that are found.

For releases after 2006, and for more complete details on releases listed here, try kenvandermark.com and Discogs.

Want to be Ken’s next discographer? Go right ahead! You can use everything here.



photo: Seth Tisue

Contents

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 never finished adding recording dates and locations and track listings. Most albums have this information, but not all.

This a discography, not a sessionography. It does not include not-officially-available material such as radio broadcasts, audience recordings, and unreleased studio sessions.

Click on images for larger versions.

Additions (if I missed any releases from 2006 or before) and corrections 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 was never finished and remains incomplete.)

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

[cover]
  • 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

[cover]
  • 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
[cover]
  • 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
[cover]
  • 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
[cover]
  • 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
[cover]
  • 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
[cover]
  • 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
[cover]
  • 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
[cover]
  • 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
[cover]
  • 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
[cover]
  • 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
[cover]
  • 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/
[cover]
  • 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
[cover]
  • 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
[cover]
  • 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
[cover]
  • 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
[cover]
  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Ken Vandermark & Curt Newton
  • Concert for Jimmy Lyons
  • cassette (Stoidal Circus) 1992
  • recorded March 13, 1992, SouthEnd MusicWorks, Chicago

Guest appearances

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  • Yakuza
  • Way of the Dead
  • CD (Century Media) 2002
  • Vandermark plays tenor sax on one track
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  • Lord High Fixers
  • The Beginning of the End—The End of the Beginning
  • CD (In the Red) 2002
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  • Zu
  • Igneo
  • CD (Amanita) 2002
  • Jeb Bishop and Fred Lonberg-Holm also appear
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  • Sinister Luck Ensemble
  • Anniversary
  • CD (Perishable) 2002
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  • Jim O’Rourke
  • Insignificance
  • CD/LP (Drag City) 2001
  • Vandermark plays on the track “Therefore, I Am”
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  • Chamber Strings
  • Month of Sundays
  • CD (Bobsled) 2001
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  • Simon Joyner
  • The Lousy Dance
  • CD (Atavistic) 1999
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  • 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
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  • Common Rider
  • Last Wave Rockers
  • CD (Lookout) 1999
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  • Jim O’Rourke
  • Eureka
  • CD/LP (Drag City) 1999
  • Vandermark plays on the track “Through the Night Softly”
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  • Alan Licht & Loren Mazzacane Connors
  • Hoffman Estates
  • CD/LP (Drag City) 1998
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  • Pinetop Seven
  • Rigging the Toplights
  • CD/LP (Atavistic) 1998
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  • Gastr del Sol
  • Camoufleur
  • CD/LP (Drag City) 1998
  • Vandermark plays on the track “Black Horse”
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  • “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
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  • Falstaff
  • II
  • CD (Homestead) 1996
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  • The Metronomes
  • Meditation Suite I-III
  • 7″ (Searchlight) 1996
  • written, arranged, and recorded by Barry Phipps
  • Vandermark plays bass clarinet
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  • Denison/Kimball Trio
  • Soul Machine
  • CD (Skin Graft) 1995
  • Vandermark plays on the track “Blue Ball”
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  • Denison/Kimball Trio
  • “Landshark”/“Whirlpool”
  • 7″ (Sub Pop) 1995
  • Vandermark plays on A-side only
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  • Maestro Subgum and the Whole
  • Don’t Flirt
  • CD (Ponk) 1995
  • Vandermark plays bass clarinet on three tracks
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  • Coctails
  • “Lights on a Satellite”
  • on Wavelength Infinity: A Sun Ra Tribute comp
  • 2CD (Rastascan) 1994
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  • 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
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  • 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.

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  • 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
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  • 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
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  • 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)
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  • 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
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  • 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
[cover]
  • 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
[cover]
  • 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
[cover]
  • 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
[cover]
  • 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
      • 10
      • Wind Out
      • Vandermark
      • 10:28
      • for William Klein
      • 11
      • Stranger Blues
      • Vandermark
      • 9:15
      • for Lester Young
      • 12
      • Hbf 5
      • Vandermark
      • 0:48
      • for Morton Feldman
    • bonus disc:
      • 1
      • Wherever June Bugs Go
      • Archie Shepp>
      • 11:44
      • 2
      • King Korn/Calls
      • Carla Bley
      • 9:05
      • 3
      • The Earth/Jerry (The Moon)
      • Frank Wright
      • 12:30
      • 4
      • Scootin’ About
      • Jimmy Giuffre
      • 7:05
      • 5
      • C.M.E./G Song
      • Julius Hemphill
      • 10:21
      • 6
      • There Is the Bomb
      • Don Cherry
      • 10:29
[cover]
  • Vandermark 5 w/ Wolter Wierbos
  • “8K (for Peter Brötzmann)”
  • on Hangin’ From the Devil’s Tree comp
  • 2CD (Your Flesh) 2001
  • Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Mulvenna, Wolter Wierbos
  • recorded spring 1999, Empty Bottle, Chicago
      • 13
      • 8K
      • Vandermark
      • 8:57
      • for Peter Brötzmann
[cover]
  • Burn the Incline
  • CD (Atavistic) 2000
  • Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Mulvenna
  • the first 1000 copies included a bonus CD called Free Jazz Classics with live versions of tunes by Ornette Coleman, Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor, et al
  • recorded December 9–10, 1999, Airwave Recording Studios, Chicago
  • bonus disc recorded Spring 2000, the Empty Bottle, Chicago
    • main disc:
      • 1
      • Distance
      • Vandermark
      • 9:08
      • for Joe Morris
      • 2
      • The Cooler
      • Vandermark
      • 6:11
      • for Pandelis Karayorgis
      • 3
      • Late Night Wait Around
      • Vandermark
      • 9:12
      • for Ab Baars
      • 4
      • Roulette
      • Vandermark
      • 4:22
      • for Nate McBride
      • 5
      • Accident Happening
      • Vandermark
      • 8:38
      • for William Parker
      • 6
      • In Focus
      • Vandermark
      • 9:27
      • for Per Henrik Wallin
      • 7
      • The Trouble Is
      • Vandermark
      • 5:21
      • for Misha Mengelberg
      • 8
      • Ground
      • Vandermark
      • 6:54
      • for The Ex
    • bonus disc:
      • 1
      • Happy House
      • Ornette Coleman
      • 11:46
      • 2
      • 69L
      • Anthony Braxton
      • 6:46
      • 3
      • Conquistador Pt. 2
      • Cecil Taylor
      • 7:42
      • 4
      • Goodbye Tom B.
      • Joe McPhee
      • 7:19
      • 5
      • Saturn
      • Sun Ra
      • 6:55
      • 6
      • Gazzelloni
      • Eric Dolphy
      • 7:31
      • 7
      • New York Is Full of Lonely People
      • Lester Bowie
      • 15:06
[cover]
  • “Distance”
  • on Chicago 2018—It’s Gonna Change comp
  • 2CD (Clearspot) 2000
[cover]
  • Simpatico
  • CD (Atavistic) 1999
  • Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Mulvenna
  • recorded December 12–13, 1998, Airwave Recording Studios, Chicago
      • 1
      • Vent
      • Vandermark
      • 6:57
      • for Glenn Spearman
      • 2
      • Fact and Fiction
      • Vandermark
      • 8:48
      • for Curtis Counce
      • 3
      • Full Deck
      • Vandermark
      • 5:17
      • for Jack Montrose
      • 4
      • Anywhere Else
      • Vandermark
      • 9:54
      • for Sheila Major
      • 5
      • STHLM
      • Vandermark
      • 9:06
      • for Mats Gustafsson
      • 6
      • Cover to Cover
      • Vandermark
      • 8:26
      • for Frank Butler
      • 7
      • Point Blank
      • Vandermark
      • 8:37
      • for Frank Rosolino
      • 8
      • Encino
      • Vandermark
      • 8:01
      • for John Carter
[cover]
  • Vandermark 5 vs. Santo
  • CD-R (Savage Sound Syndicate) 1999
  • Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Mulvenna
  • out of print
  • recorded November & December 1998, Empty Bottle, Chicago
      • 1
      • STHLM
      • Vandermark
      • 8:21
      • for Mats Gustafsson
      • 2
      • Cover to Cover
      • Vandermark
      • 9:28
      • for Frank Butler
      • 3
      • Full Deck
      • Vandermark
      • 6:19
      • for Jack Montrose
      • 4
      • Point Blank
      • Vandermark
      • 8:33
      • for Frank Rosolino
      • 5
      • 4 4 4
      • Vandermark
      • 14:17
      • 6
      • Lost and Found
      • Vandermark
      • 6:28
      • 7
      • Vent
      • Vandermark
      • 7:16
      • for Glenn Spearman
[cover]
  • Target or Flag
  • CD (Atavistic) 1998
  • Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Mulvenna
  • recorded October 25–26, 1997, Airwave Recording Studios, Chicago
  • cover art is based on Jasper Johns’ “Target With Four Faces” (1955)
      • 1
      • Sucker Punch
      • Vandermark
      • 7:14
      • for Phelps (Catfish) Collins
      • 2
      • Attempted, Not Known
      • Vandermark
      • 11:19
      • for Derek Bailey and George Lewis
      • 3
      • The Start of Something
      • Vandermark
      • 8:07
      • for Ellen Major
      • 4
      • Super Opaque
      • Vandermark
      • 8:55
      • for Cecil Taylor
      • 5
      • Last Call
      • Vandermark
      • 7:58
      • for Eddie Hazel
      • 6
      • New Luggage
      • Vandermark
      • 6:31
      • for Shelly Manne
      • 7
      • 8K
      • Vandermark
      • 6:41
      • for Peter Brötzmann
      • 8
      • Fever Dream
      • Vandermark
      • 8:45
      • for Dan Grzeca
[cover]
  • Live! at the Empty Bottle
  • CD-R (Savage Sound Syndicate) 1997
  • Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Mulvenna
  • out of print
  • recorded August & September 1997, Empty Bottle Chicago
      • 1
      • Super Opaque
      • Vandermark
      • 9:03
      • for Cecil Taylor
      • 2
      • New Luggage
      • Vandermark
      • 9:48
      • for Shelly Manne
      • 3
      • Fever Dream
      • Vandermark
      • 9:29
      • for Dan Grzeca
      • 4
      • Attempted, Not Known
      • Vandermark
      • 13:10
      • for Derek Bailey and George Lewis
      • 5
      • The Start of Something
      • Vandermark
      • 8:46
      • for Ellen Major
      • 6
      • Exit Now
      • Vandermark
      • 6:15
[cover]
  • Single Piece Flow
  • CD (Atavistic) 1997
  • Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Mulvenna
  • recorded August 10–11, 1996, Überstudio, Chicago
      • 1
      • Careen
      • Vandermark
      • 7:00
      • dedicated to Jackie Chan
      • 2
      • Momentum
      • Vandermark
      • 7:16
      • dedicated to Alan Dawson
      • 3
      • Fence
      • Vandermark
      • 7:01
      • dedicated to Robert Hendry
      • 4
      • Data Janitor
      • Vandermark
      • 9:42
      • dedicated to Jim Baker
      • 5
      • The Mark Inside
      • Vandermark
      • 6:45
      • dedicated to Johnny Hodges
      • 6
      • Wood-Skin-Metal
      • Vandermark
      • 6:10
      • dedicated to Jerry Deupree
      • 7
      • Billboard
      • Vandermark
      • 4:57
      • dedicated to Bill Barron
      • 8
      • Limited Edition
      • Vandermark
      • 9:16
      • dedicated to Gil Evans
[cover]
  • “Limited Edition”
  • on Out of Their Mouths Mk. 2 comp
  • 2CD (Atavistic) 1996
  • Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams, Jeb Bishop, Kent Kessler, Tim Mulvenna
  • studio recording; not the same version as on Single Piece Flow

with Powerhouse Sound

Notes: Two different versions of this band exist, a quintet with three Norwegian members and an all-Chicago quartet.

[cover]
  • Oslo/Chicago: Breaks
  • disc 1: Ken Vandermark, Lasse Marhaug, Nate McBride, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love
  • disc 2: Ken Vandermark, Jeff Parker, Nate McBride, John Herndon
  • 2CD (Atavistic) 2007
  • disc 1 recorded August 15–17, 2005, Oslo
  • disc 2 recorded November 13–14, 2006, Semaphore Recording, Chicago
    • disc 1 (Oslo Version):
      • 1
      • Shocklee
      • Vandermark
      • 11:58
      • for Hank Shocklee
      • 2
      • King to Crown
      • Vandermark
      • 9:28
      • for King Tubby
      • 3
      • Coxsonne
      • Vandermark
      • 6:41
      • for Coxsonne Dodd
      • 4
      • 2-1-75
      • Vandermark
      • 8:06
      • for Miles Davis
      • 5
      • Acid Scratch
      • Vandermark
      • 8:18
      • for Lee Perry
      • 6
      • Exit-Salida
      • Vandermark
      • 6:35
      • for Burning Spear
      • 7
      • New Dirt
      • Vandermark
      • 9:51
      • for The Stooges
    • disc 2 (Chicago Version):
      • 1
      • Old Dictionary
      • Vandermark
      • 7:51
      • for Bernie Worrell
      • 2
      • 7:10
      • 2a
      • King to Crown part 1
      • Vandermark
      • for King Tubby
      • 2b
      • Acid Scratch part 2
      • Vandermark
      • for Lee Perry
      • 3
      • Coxsonne
      • Vandermark
      • 8:20
      • for Coxsonne Dodd
      • 4
      • 22:39
      • 4a
      • Acid Scratch part 2
      • Vandermark
      • for Lee Perry
      • 4b
      • Shocklee
      • Vandermark
      • for Hank Shocklee
      • 4c
      • Exit-Salida
      • Vandermark
      • for Burning Spear
      • 5
      • 2-1-75
      • Vandermark
      • 6:05
      • for Miles Davis
      • 6
      • 11:57
      • 6a
      • New Dirt
      • Vandermark
      • for The Stooges
      • 6b
      • King to Crown part 2
      • Vandermark
      • for King Tubby

with CINC

Notes: This group is the successor to the Lytton/Vandermark duo, which recorded English Suites.

[cover]
  • CINC
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 2006
  • Paul Lytton, Ken Vandermark, Phil Wachsmann
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/odl10009.html
  • track 1 recorded October 14, 2004, Carré Bleu, Poitiers, France
  • tracks 2–5 recorded October 12, 2004, Gromica, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • limited edition of 999 copies
      • 1
      • Poitiers 3
      • 12:42
      • 2
      • Ljubljana 2
      • 12:00
      • 3
      • Ljubljana 3
      • 9:55
      • 4
      • Ljubljana 4
      • 29:46
      • 5
      • Ljubljana 6
      • 3:32

with Bridge 61

Notes: This group’s first live shows were at the Empty Bottle in December 2004. The group ceased to exist sometime in 2006.

[cover]
  • Journal
  • CD (Atavistic) 2006
  • Ken Vandermark, Jason Stein, Nate McBride, Tim Daisy
  • recorded July 27–30 2005, Key Club Recording, Benton Harbor, Michigan
      • 1
      • Various Fires
      • Vandermark
      • 11:05
      • for This Heat
      • 2
      • Superleggera
      • McBride
      • 7:11
      • 3
      • Atlas
      • Daisy
      • 10:46
      • 4
      • Nothing’s Open
      • McBride
      • 7:37
      • 5
      • 29 Miles of Black Snow
      • Vandermark
      • 9:06
      • for Jackson Pollock
      • 6
      • A=A/b=b
      • Vandermark
      • 7:18
      • for Antonio Tapiés
      • 7
      • Dark Blue
      • Daisy
      • 11:06
      • 8
      • Shatter
      • Vandermark
      • 7:49
      • for Sonny Sharrock

with DKV Trio

Notes: The trio, before it was officially named, recorded several cuts on Vandermark’s Standards CD (c.f.). See the Collaborations section for discs the trio made in collaboration with Fred Anderson, Joe Morris, and AALY Trio.

[cover]
  • Trigonometry
  • 2CD (OkkaDisk) 2002
  • Hamid Drake, Kent Kessler, Ken Vandermark
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12042.html
  • disc 1 recorded March 24, 2001, Bug Jar, Rochester, New York
  • disc 2 recorded March 31, 2001, Harvey’s on the Mall, Kalamazoo, Michigan
    • disc 1:
      • 1
      • Awake Nu
      • Don Cherry
      • 20:22
      • 2
      • The Thing
      • Don Cherry
      • 7:10
      • 3
      • Brown Rice
      • Don Cherry
      • 4:33
      • 4
      • Good-Bye Tom B.
      • Joe McPhee
      • 17:44
      • 5
      • Lift
      • Drake/Kessler/Vandermark
      • 12:34
    • disc 2:
      • 1
      • East Broadway Run Down
      • Sonny Rollins
      • 10:44
      • 2
      • Elephantasy
      • Don Cherry
      • 14:07
      • 3
      • Awake Nu
      • Don Cherry
      • Take the Coltrane
      • Duke Ellington
      • 7:25
      • 4
      • Brown Rice
      • Don Cherry
      • 10:30
      • 5
      • Red and Black
      • Drake/Kessler/Vandermark
      • 11:17
      • 6
      • Love Cry
      • Albert Ayler
      • 3:17
      • 7
      • The Thing
      • Don Cherry
      • 7:55
[cover]
  • Live in Wels & Chicago, 1998
  • 2CD (OkkaDisk) 1999
  • Hamid Drake, Kent Kessler, Ken Vandermark
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12030.html
  • disc 1 includes the theme “Complete Communion” composed by Don Cherry; the rest of the music is improvised
  • disc 1 recorded November 8, 1998, Alter Schl8hof, Wels, Austria
  • disc 2 recorded November 20–21, 1998, Velvet Lounge, Chicago
    • disc 1:
      • 1
      • Complete Communion Suite, Part 1
      • 7:12
      • 2
      • Complete Communion Suite, Part 2
      • 4:58
      • 3
      • Complete Communion Suite, Part 3
      • 13:53
      • 4
      • Complete Communion Suite, Part 4
      • 4:17
      • 5
      • Complete Communion Suite, Part 5
      • 9:22
      • 6
      • Memory Sketch
      • 4:10
      • for Don Cherry
    • disc 2:
      • 1
      • Open Door
      • 30:52
      • 2
      • Blues for Tomorrow
      • 19:12
      • 3
      • Burning Sky
      • 23:05
[cover]
[cover]
  • Baraka
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 1997
  • Hamid Drake, Kent Kessler, Ken Vandermark
  • recorded February 17 and 19, 1997, Überstudio, Chicago
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12012.html
      • 1
      • Double Holiday
      • Drake/Kessler/Vandermark
      • 10:46
      • 2
      • Soft Gamma Ray Repeater
      • Drake/Kessler/Vandermark
      • 8:14
      • 3
      • Baraka
      • Drake/Kessler/Vandermark
      • 35:58
      • 4
      • Figure It Out
      • Drake/Kessler/Vandermark
      • 7:16
      • 5
      • Consequence
      • Drake/Kessler/Vandermark
      • 9:27

with AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark

Notes: Originally just a guest, Vandermark became a full member of the group, which was billed as “AALY Trio + Ken Vandermark”. See the Collaborations section for discs the group made in collaboration with DKV Trio and Anna Linder. The group is now defunct.

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  • “Unit Character”
  • on Look at the Music comp
  • CD (Olof Bright) 2002
  • Mats Gustafsson, Kjell Nordeson, Peter Janson, Ken Vandermark, plus guests Conny Nimmersjo and John Essing
  • this was one of two CD’s issued to accompany the catalog for the Look at the Music/SeeSound festival coproduced by Neon Gallery
[cover]
  • I Wonder If I Was Screaming
  • CD (Crazy Wisdom) 2000
  • Mats Gustafsson, Kjell Nordeson, Peter Janson, Ken Vandermark
  • recorded March 30–31, 2000, Soundtrade Studios, Stockholm
      • 1
      • 3 on 2
      • Fred Anderson
      • 6:30
      • 2
      • There Is a Balm in Gilead
      • traditional
      • 8:12
      • 3
      • In Between Films
      • Vandermark
      • 10:09
      • for Bruce Conner
      • 4
      • Left to Right
      • Vandermark
      • 7:55
      • for Henry Grimes
      • 5
      • Sand
      • Vandermark
      • 9:10
      • for Lucky Thompson
      • 6
      • Würzburg
      • Janson
      • 10:39
[cover]
  • Live at the Glenn Miller Cafe
  • CD (Wobbly Rail) 1999
  • Mats Gustafsson, Kjell Nordeson, Peter Janson, Ken Vandermark
  • recorded March 10, 1999, Glenn Miller Cafe, Stockholm
      • 1
      • Unit Character
      • Vandermark
      • 8:56
      • for Jimmy Lyons
      • 2
      • Ghosts
      • Albert Ayler
      • 17:42
      • 3
      • Alva Jo
      • Gustafsson
      • 12:21
      • 4
      • Idioms
      • Joe Harriott
      • 11:55
[cover]
  • Stumble
  • CD (Wobbly Rail) 1998
  • Mats Gustafsson, Kjell Nordeson, Peter Janson, Ken Vandermark
  • recorded live January 17, 1998, Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois
      • 1
      • Stumble
      • Vandermark
      • 11:52
      • for Pee Wee Russell
      • 2
      • Umeå
      • Janson
      • 11:28
      • 3
      • Hommage à Lillen
      • Gustafsson/Nordeson
      • 6:24
      • 4
      • Song for Che
      • Charlie Haden
      • 14:29
      • 5
      • Why I Don’t Go Back
      • Vandermark
      • 13:40
[cover]
  • Hidden in the Stomach
  • CD (Silkheart) 1998
  • Mats Gustafsson, Kjell Nordeson, Peter Janson, Ken Vandermark
  • album details at http://www.silkheart.se/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/silk/silk.cgi?shcd149
  • recorded December 18, 1996, Europa Studios, Stockholm
      • 1
      • Structure à la Malle
      • Gustafsson
      • 13:37
      • 2
      • Why I Don’t Go Back
      • Vandermark
      • 10:00
      • 3
      • Song for Che
      • Charlie Haden
      • 8:52
      • 4
      • Unknown Title
      • Vandermark
      • 8:25
      • 5
      • Albumblatt Again
      • 1:46
      • 6
      • Ghosts/Spirits
      • Albert Ayler
      • 11:52

with Spaceways Inc.

[cover]
  • Spaceways Inc. / Zu
  • Radiale
  • CD (Atavistic) 2004
  • Ken Vandermark, Jacopo Battaglia, Massimo Pupillo, Luca T. Mai (tracks 1–4)
  • Ken Vandermark, Hamid Drake, Nate McBride, Jacopo Battaglia, Massimo Pupillo, Luca T. Mai (tracks 5–8)
  • recorded September 1–4, 2003, Semaphore Recording, Chicago
      • 1
      • Canicula
      • Zu/Vandermark
      • 5:44
      • 2
      • Thanatocracy
      • Zu/Vandermark
      • 5:29
      • 3
      • Vegetalista
      • Zu/Vandermark
      • 3:41
      • 4
      • Pharmakon
      • Zu/Vandermark
      • 4:26
      • 5
      • Trash A-Go-Go
      • George Clinton
      • 5:06
      • 6
      • Theme de Yoyo
      • ??? Beasley/Lester Bowie/Malachi Favors/Roscoe Mitchell
      • 5:12
      • 7
      • You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks
      • George Clinton/Bernie Worrell/Judie Jones
      • 4:40
      • 8
      • We Travel the Spaceways/Space Is the Place
      • Sun Ra
      • 8:10
[cover]
  • Version Soul
  • CD (Atavistic) 2002
  • Ken Vandermark, Hamid Drake, Nate McBride
  • recorded August 12 and 13, 2001, Semaphore Recording, Chicago
      • 1
      • Back of a Cab
      • Vandermark
      • 7:20
      • for Jackie Mittoo
      • 2
      • Reasonable Hour
      • Vandermark
      • 7:30
      • for Serge Chaloff
      • 3
      • Size Large
      • Vandermark
      • 3:55
      • for Larry Graham
      • 4
      • Journeyman
      • McBride
      • 9:20
      • 5
      • She Just Got Here
      • McBride
      • 6:00
      • 6
      • Clocked
      • Vandermark
      • 6:47
      • for Joseph “Zigaboo” Modeliste
      • 7
      • Rothko Sideways
      • Vandermark
      • 12:04
      • for Mark Rothko
      • 8
      • Force at a Distance
      • Vandermark
      • 8:54
      • for Frank Wright
      • 9
      • All Frequencies
      • McBride
      • 6:47
[cover]
  • Thirteen Cosmic Standards
  • CD (Atavistic) 2000
  • Ken Vandermark, Hamid Drake, Nate McBride
  • recorded January 13–14, 2000, Überstudio, Chicago
      • 1
      • Tapestry From an Asteroid
      • Sun Ra
      • 6:51
      • 2
      • Alice in My Fantasies/Cosmic Slop
      • George Clinton/Grace Cook, George Clinton/Bernie Worrell
      • 5:23
      • 3
      • Street Named Hell
      • Sun Ra
      • 5:34
      • 4
      • Trash A-Go-Go
      • George Clinton
      • 3:51
      • 5
      • Bassism
      • Sun Ra
      • 6:56
      • 6
      • Red Hot Mama/Super Stupid
      • Bernie Worrell/George Clinton/Eddie Hazel, Eddie Hazel/Billy Nelson/Tawl Ross/George Clinton
      • 7:35
      • 7
      • El Is a Sound of Joy
      • Sun Ra
      • 5:57
      • 8
      • Future
      • Sun Ra
      • 5:15
      • 9
      • You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks/Hit It and Quit It
      • George Clinton/Bernie Worrell/Clarence Haskins/William Nelson/J. Jones, George Clinton/Bernie Worrell/William Nelson/G. Shila
      • 8:20
      • 10
      • We Travel the Spaceways
      • Sun Ra
      • 6:02

with Territory Band

[cover]
  • Territory Band-6 with Fred Anderson
  • Collide
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 2007
  • Fred Anderson, Ken Vandermark, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Dave Rempis, Axel Dörner, David Stackenäs, Per-Åke Holmlander, Jim Baker, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Lasse Marhaug, Kent Kessler, Paul Lytton, Paal Nilssen-Love
  • recorded August 24, 2006, Millenium Park, Chicago
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12090.html
      • 1
      • Collide Part 1
      • Vandermark
      • 10:39
      • 2
      • Collide Part 2
      • Vandermark
      • 9:49
      • 3
      • Collide Part 3
      • Vandermark
      • 7:24
      • 4
      • Collide Part 4
      • Vandermark
      • 11:13
      • 5
      • Collide Part 5
      • Vandermark
      • 12:55
[cover]
  • Territory Band-5
  • A New Horse for the White House
  • 3CD (OkkaDisk) 2006
  • Ken Vandermark, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Dave Rempis, Axel Dörner, Johannes Bauer, Per-Åke Holmlander, Jim Baker, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Lasse Marhaug, Kent Kessler, Paul Lytton, Paal Nilssen-Love
  • discs 1 & 2 (studio) recorded October 18–19, 2005, Fattoria Musica, Osnabrück, Germany
  • disc 3 (live) recorded October 15, 2005, Donaueschingen, Germany
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12080.html
    • disc 1:
      • 1
      • Fall with a Vengeance
      • Vandermark
      • 20:13
      • for Park Chanwook
      • 2
      • Untitled Fiction
      • Vandermark
      • 18:05
      • for Charles Mingus
    • disc 2:
      • 1
      • Corrosion
      • Vandermark
      • 16:43
      • for Barnett Newman
      • 2
      • Cards
      • Vandermark
      • 25:30
      • for Jorge Luis Borges
    • disc 3:
      • 1
      • Fall with a Vengeance
      • Vandermark
      • 17:33
      • for Park Chanwook
      • 2
      • Untitled Fiction
      • Vandermark
      • 16:12
      • for Charles Mingus
      • 3
      • Corrosion
      • Vandermark
      • 17:37
      • for Barnett Newman
      • 4
      • Cards
      • Vandermark
      • 24:39
      • for Jorge Luis Borges
[cover]
  • Territory Band-4
  • Company Switch
  • 2CD (OkkaDisk) 2005
  • Ken Vandermark, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Dave Rempis, Axel Dörner, Jeb Bishop, Jim Baker, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Lasse Marhaug, Kent Kessler, Paul Lytton, Paal Nilssen-Love
  • recorded September 27–28, 2004, Wall to Wall, Chicago
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12070.html
    • disc 1:
      • 1
      • Killing Floor
      • Vandermark
      • 17:25
      • for Sebastião Salgado
      • 2
      • Reverse One
      • Vandermark
      • 8:15
      • for Abdul Wadud
      • 3
      • Franja
      • Vandermark
      • 20:55
      • for Dr. Franja Bojc
    • disc 2:
      • 1
      • Vertical 8
      • Vandermark
      • 11:55
      • for Milton Babbitt
      • 2
      • Reverse Two
      • Vandermark
      • 9:45
      • for David Tudor
      • 3
      • Local Works
      • Vandermark
      • 19:10
      • for Stanley Kubrick
[cover]
  • Territory Band-3
  • Map Theory
  • 2CD (OkkaDisk) 2004
  • Ken Vandermark, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Dave Rempis, Axel Dörner, Per-Åke Holmlander, Jeb Bishop, Jim Baker, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kevin Drumm, Kent Kessler, Paul Lytton, Paal Nilssen-Love
  • recorded September 23–24, 2002, Airwave Recording Studio, Chicago
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12060.html
    • disc 1:
      • 1
      • A Certain Light
      • Vandermark
      • 16:10
      • for Peter Kowald
      • 2
      • Framework
      • Vandermark
      • 16:30
      • for Rob Vandermark
      • 3
      • Slides #3
      • Vandermark
      • 8:25
      • for Bernard Parmegiani
    • disc 2:
      • 1
      • Towards Abstraction
      • Vandermark
      • 12:20
      • for Gil Evans
      • 2
      • Slides #1
      • Vandermark
      • 7:25
      • for Kevin Drumm
      • 3
      • Image as Text
      • Vandermark
      • 19:06
      • for Richard Hull
[cover]
  • Territory Band-2
  • Atlas
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 2002
  • Ken Vandermark, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Dave Rempis, Axel Dörner, Per-Åke Holmlander, Jeb Bishop, Jim Baker, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kevin Drumm, Kent Kessler, Paul Lytton, Tim Mulvenna
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12050.html
  • recorded February 15–16, 2001, Airwave Recording Studios, Chicago
      • 1
      • Add and Subtract
      • Vandermark
      • 13:01
      • for Jean-Michel Basquiat
      • 2
      • Neiger
      • Vandermark
      • 16:31
      • for Michael Snow
      • 3
      • Catalog
      • Vandermark
      • 12:13
      • for Fred Lonberg-Holm
      • 4
      • Now
      • Vandermark
      • 18:21
      • for Samuel Beckett
[cover]
  • Territory Band-1
  • Transatlantic Bridge
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 2001
  • Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Axel Dörner, Jeb Bishop, Jim Baker, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Paul Lytton, Tim Mulvenna
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12040.html
  • recorded February 3–4, 2000, Airwave Recording Studios, Chicago
      • 1
      • Collage
      • Vandermark
      • 14:21
      • for Kurt Schwitters
      • 2
      • RM
      • Vandermark
      • 21:20
      • for Marcel Duchamp
      • 3
      • Mobile
      • Vandermark
      • 17:19
      • for Alexander Calder
      • 4
      • Stabile
      • Vandermark
      • 17:19
      • for Hans Hofmann

with School Days

Notes: The group is now defunct except as part of the combined Atomic/School Days ensemble.

[cover]
  • Atomic/School Days
  • Nuclear Assembly Hall
  • 2CD (OkkaDisk) 2004
  • Ken Vandermark, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Magnus Broo, Jeb Bishop, Håvard Wiik, Kjell Nordeson, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love
  • recorded August 13–14, 2003, NRK Studio, Oslo
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12049.html
    • disc 1:
      • 1
      • W Meets A
      • Ljungkvist
      • 6:46
      • 2
      • Transparent Taylor
      • Broo
      • 6:45
      • 3
      • Green Wood
      • Håker Flaten
      • 7:43
      • 4
      • Ink Worm
      • Nordeson
      • 8:42
      • 5
      • Kerosene
      • Ljungkvist
      • 10:40
    • disc 2:
      • 1
      • Conjugations
      • Bishop
      • 15:16
      • 2
      • Dogdays
      • Nilssen-Love
      • 10:06
      • 3
      • Light Compulsion
      • Wiik
      • 7:21
      • 4
      • Bulletin
      • Vandermark
      • 19:17
      • for Weegee
[cover]
  • School Days / The Thing
  • The Music of Norman Howard
  • LP (Anagram) 2002
  • Mats Gustafsson, Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Kjell Nordeson, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love
  • limited edition of 750 copies
  • side A is credited to School Days with Mats Gustafsson, side B to The Thing with guests (since the regular membership of the two groups overlap, the same collective personnel can be described both ways)
[cover]
  • In Our Times
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 2002
  • Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Kjell Nordeson, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12041.html
  • recorded November 24–26, 2001, Blå, Oslo
      • 1
      • Another Double
      • Vandermark
      • 8:26
      • for Håvard Wiik
      • 2
      • Off the Top
      • Vandermark
      • 9:39
      • for Larry Young
      • 3
      • What About
      • Vandermark
      • 9:17
      • for Bobby Hutcherson
      • 4
      • Shift
      • Vandermark
      • 11:54
      • for Miles Davis
      • 5
      • Octopus
      • Bishop
      • 8:00
      • 6
      • Loose Blues
      • Bill Evans
      • 8:13
      • 7
      • Elephantasy
      • Don Cherry
      • 7:22
[cover]
  • Crossing Division
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 2000
  • Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12037.html
  • recorded March 9–10, 2000, Airwave Recording Studios, Chicago
      • 1
      • Bookworm
      • Bishop
      • 9:06
      • 2
      • Counteraction
      • Vandermark
      • 7:51
      • for Takeshi Kitano
      • 3
      • Broad Daylight
      • Vandermark
      • 7:22
      • for Mal Waldron
      • 4
      • Passenger
      • Vandermark
      • 6:24
      • for Harry Carney
      • 5
      • Rosmosis
      • Roswell Rudd
      • 14:12
      • 6
      • Get On the Plane
      • Vandermark
      • 8:21
      • for Teddy Charles
      • 7
      • Smoke Rings
      • Bishop
      • 7:24
      • 8
      • Keep Your Heart Right
      • Roswell Rudd
      • 7:21

with FME

Notes: The initials stand for Free Music Ensemble.

[cover]
  • Montage
  • 2CD (OkkaDisk) 2006
  • Ken Vandermark, Nate McBride, Paal Nilssen-Love
  • disc 1 recorded September 22, 2005, Artists at Large, Hyde Park, Massachusetts
  • disc 2 recorded September 23, 2005, Suoni per il Popolo Festival, Montreal
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12071.html
    • disc 1:
      • 1
      • 19:34
      • 1a
      • On a Wire
      • Vandermark
      • for Sergio Leone
      • 1b
      • Montage
      • Vandermark
      • for Sergei Eisenstein
      • 1c
      • False Rabbit
      • Vandermark
      • for Federico Fellini
      • 2
      • 17:17
      • 2a
      • But Only Almost
      • Vandermark
      • for Takeshi Kitano
      • 2b
      • Looking at Dutch Stairs
      • Vandermark
      • for Buster Keaton
      • 3
      • 14:56
      • 3a
      • Drift
      • Vandermark
      • for John Cassavetes
      • 3b
      • Decoder
      • Vandermark
      • for Stanley Kubrick
    • disc 2:
      • 1
      • 35:03
      • 1a
      • Exit the Republic
      • Vandermark
      • for Orson Welles
      • 1b
      • Drift
      • Vandermark
      • for John Cassavetes
      • 1c
      • Ottica
      • Vandermark
      • for Akira Kurosawa
      • 1d
      • New Reference
      • Vandermark
      • for Peter Greenaway
      • 1e
      • Decoder
      • Vandermark
      • for Stanley Kubrick
      • 2
      • 26:05
      • 2a
      • But Only Almost
      • Vandermark
      • for Takeshi Kitano
      • 2b
      • False Rabbit
      • Vandermark
      • for Federico Fellini
      • 2c
      • Montage
      • Vandermark
      • for Sergei Eisenstein
      • 3
      • 16:06
      • 3a
      • On a Wire
      • Vandermark
      • for Sergio Leone
      • 3b
      • Looking at Dutch Stairs
      • Vandermark
      • for Buster Keaton
[cover]
  • Cuts
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 2005
  • Ken Vandermark, Nate McBride, Paal Nilssen-Love
  • recorded October 25–26, 2004, Rock Studio, Oslo
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12061.html
      • 1
      • Part 1: Other Side Up/Boadas
      • Vandermark
      • 13:06
      • for Joan Miró
      • 2
      • Part 2: Necessary?/Reset/Slip
      • Vandermark
      • 19:38
      • for Eero Saarinen
      • 3
      • Part 3: Static (A Hundred Yards) Static
      • Vandermark
      • 15:53
      • for Antoni Tàpie
      • 4
      • Part 4: Broken (Sentence) Broken
      • Vandermark
      • 17:25
      • for Shellac
      • 5
      • Part 5: Heavy Light
      • Vandermark
      • 8:11
      • for Christian Wolff
[cover]
  • Underground
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 2004
  • Ken Vandermark, Nate McBride, Paal Nilssen-Love
  • recorded December 16–17, 2003, Semaphore Recording, Chicago
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12051.html
      • 1
      • Part 1: Kiosk/Ecorce/Mir/Lasko
      • Vandermark
      • 22:19
      • for Joe McPhee
      • 2
      • Part 2: Sono/Ecorce/Stran
      • Vandermark
      • 17:36
      • for Paul Lytton
      • 3
      • Part 3: Teatr/Alta
      • Vandermark
      • 12:29
      • for Joe Morris
      • 4
      • Part 4: Persona/Ecorce/Kiosk
      • Vandermark
      • 18:58
      • for Peter Brötzmann
[cover]
  • FME
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 2002
  • Ken Vandermark, Nate McBride, Paal Nilssen-Love
  • limited edition of 760 copies, now sold out
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/odl10007.html
  • recorded February 27, 2002, Glenn Miller Cafe, Stockholm
      • 1
      • Lasko
      • 12:56
      • 2
      • Ecorce
      • 9:09
      • 3
      • Kopstoot
      • 10:07
      • 4
      • Person
      • 6:50
      • 5
      • Stran
      • 13:22

with Tripleplay

[cover]
  • Gambit
  • CD (Clean Feed) 2004
  • Ken Vandermark, Nate McBride, Curt Newton
  • recorded August 18–19, 2003, Audiolutions, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
      • 1
      • Rastro 5
      • Vandermark
      • 7:19
      • for Emir Kusturica
      • 2
      • Framinghammer
      • McBride
      • 7:20
      • 3
      • Two
      • Vandermark
      • 4:06
      • for Joe Morris
      • 4
      • Barker Waters
      • McBride
      • 7:53
      • 5
      • F-Stop
      • Vandermark
      • 5:38
      • for Robert Frank
      • 6
      • Bird, Field (gray)
      • McBride
      • 9:14
      • 7
      • Hydro
      • McBride
      • 5:44
      • 8
      • Tilted
      • Vandermark
      • 7:06
      • for Robert Pete Williams
[cover]
  • Expansion Slang
  • CD (Boxholder) 2000
  • Ken Vandermark, Nate McBride, Curt Newton
  • recorded April 16–17, 1998, PBS Studios, Westwood, Massachusetts
      • 1
      • Optica Torre
      • Vandermark
      • 12:18
      • 2
      • Daka Du
      • McBride
      • 6:50
      • 3
      • Alumni Forms
      • Vandermark
      • 14:56
      • 4
      • Hook and Ladder
      • McBride
      • 4:16
      • 5
      • In Sequence
      • Vandermark
      • 21:13

with Free Fall

[cover]
  • Amsterdam Funk
  • CD (Smalltown Supersound) 2005
  • Ken Vandermark, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Håvard Wiik
  • recorded November 21–22, 2004, Fattoria Musica, Osnabrück, Germany
      • 1
      • Accidents with Ladders
      • Vandermark
      • 4:52
      • for Nate McBride
      • 2
      • Framework 4
      • 0:55
      • 3
      • November
      • Vandermark
      • 8:13
      • for Jeb Bishop
      • 4
      • Framework 6
      • 1:31
      • 5
      • Turn(s)
      • Vandermark
      • 10:20
      • for Terrie Ex
      • 6
      • Framework 9
      • 2:08
      • 7
      • 291
      • Vandermark
      • 3:39
      • for Jimmy Giuffre
      • 8
      • Framework 5
      • 2:15
      • 9
      • Lonnie
      • Wiik
      • 5:12
      • 10
      • Framework 3
      • 3:03
      • 11
      • Still Life
      • Vandermark
      • 7:40
      • for Willem de Kooning
      • 12
      • Framework 10
      • 3:08
      • 13
      • Mythologies
      • Wiik
      • 7:56
[cover]
  • Furnace
  • CD (Wobbly Rail) 2003
  • Ken Vandermark, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Håvard Wiik
  • recorded October 16–17, 2002, Festiviteten, Eidsvold, Norway
      • 1
      • Inside Out
      • Vandermark
      • 5:04
      • for Paul Bley
      • 2
      • The Spell of Introspection
      • Wiik
      • 3:56
      • 3
      • Hopscotch
      • Vandermark
      • 4:45
      • for Merce Cunningham
      • 4
      • Furnace
      • Vandermark
      • 4:19
      • for Frank O’Hara
      • 5
      • Into the Air
      • Vandermark
      • 7:58
      • for Eric Dolphy
      • 6
      • Half Past Soon
      • Vandermark
      • 7:36
      • for Bill Evans
      • 7
      • Momento
      • Wiik
      • 3:33
      • 8
      • Halfway
      • Flaten
      • 4:34
      • 9
      • Emergency
      • Wiik
      • 3:25

with Sound in Action Trio

Notes: Originally known as the Sound and Action Trio. Tim Mulvenna was replaced by Tim Daisy in 2002 or 2003.

[cover]
  • Gate
  • CD (Atavistic) 2006
  • Ken Vandermark, Robert Barry, Tim Daisy
  • recorded July 29–30, 2003, Airwave Recording Studios, Chicago
      • 1
      • Horizontal Fall
      • Vandermark
      • 4:33
      • for Han Bennink
      • 2
      • The Prophet
      • Eric Dolphy
      • 5:53
      • 3
      • Red Cross
      • Vandermark
      • 7:38
      • for Elvin Jones
      • 4
      • Medium Cool
      • Vandermark
      • 6:33
      • for Paul Lovens
      • 5
      • Enlightenment
      • Hobart Dotson/Sun Ra
      • 5:40
      • 6
      • Togo
      • Ed Blackwell
      • 7:54
      • 7
      • Side Car
      • Vandermark
      • 4:49
      • for Tony Williams
      • 8
      • Slate
      • Vandermark
      • 6:49
      • for Paul Lytton
      • 9
      • One Down, One Up
      • John Coltrane
      • 6:34
      • 10
      • Love Cry
      • Albert Ayler
      • 6:21
      • 11
      • House Party Starting
      • Herbie Nichols
      • 5:40
[cover]
  • Design in Time
  • CD (Delmark) 1999
  • Ken Vandermark, Robert Barry, Tim Mulvenna
  • album details at http://delmark.com/delmark.516.htm
  • recorded July 6–7, 1999, Airwave Recording Studios, Chicago
      • 1
      • Law Years
      • Ornette Coleman
      • 8:21
      • 2
      • Sounds and Something Else
      • Sun Ra
      • 6:10
      • 3
      • One More Once
      • Vandermark
      • 6:02
      • for Robert Barry
      • 4
      • Well Suited
      • Vandermark
      • 7:17
      • for Billy Higgins
      • 5
      • Cut to Fit
      • Vandermark
      • 5:09
      • for Ed Blackwell
      • 6
      • Angels
      • Albert Ayler
      • 7:04
      • 7
      • Feet Music
      • Ornette Coleman
      • 6:32
      • 8
      • The Thing
      • Don Cherry
      • 5:25
      • 9
      • Top Shelf
      • Vandermark
      • 5:30
      • for Max Roach
      • 10
      • Green Chimneys
      • Thelonious Monk
      • 6:07
      • 11
      • Peace
      • Ornette Coleman
      • 6:13

with the Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet

Notes: The Tentet also appears on the Lightbox Orchestra LP listed above. The group was originally the Octet, was renamed the Tentet when two members were added, and since then has been called the Tentet regardless of the exact size.

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  • The Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
  • American Landscapes 2
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 2007
  • Peter Brötzmann, Ken Vandermark, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang, Joe McPhee, Mats Gustafsson, Johannes Bauer, Per-Åke Holmlander, William Parker, Paal Nilssen-Love
  • recorded May 28, 2006, Le Weekend, Tolbooth, Stirling, Scotland
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12068.html
      • 1
      • American Landscapes 2
      • Brötzmann
      • 52:48
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  • The Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet
  • American Landscapes 1
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 2007
  • Peter Brötzmann, Ken Vandermark, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang, Joe McPhee, Mats Gustafsson, Johannes Bauer, Per-Åke Holmlander, William Parker, Paal Nilssen-Love
  • recorded May 28, 2006, Le Weekend, Tolbooth, Stirling, Scotland
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12067.html
      • 1
      • American Landscapes 1
      • Brötzmann
      • 43:39
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  • The Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet featuring Mike Pearson
  • Be Music, Night
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 2005
  • CD (Jazzwerkstatt) 2006
  • Peter Brötzmann, Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang, Joe McPhee, Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love, Mike Pearson
  • recorded November 5–6, 2004, Wall to Wall, Chicago
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12059.html
      • 1
      • Part 1
      • Brötzmann
      • 12:40
      • 2
      • Part 2
      • Brötzmann
      • 41:36
      • 3
      • Part 3
      • Brötzmann
      • 10:53
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  • Signs
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 2004
  • Peter Brötzmann, Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams, Jeb Bishop, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang, Hamid Drake, Joe McPhee, Mats Gustafsson, William Parker
  • track 1 recorded November 3, 2003, Västerås Konserthus, Västerås, Sweden
  • tracks 2 & 3 recorded June 17–18, 2002, Airwave Recording Studios, Chicago
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12048.html
      • 1
      • Bird Notes
      • Gustafsson
      • 19:02
      • 2
      • Six Gun Territory
      • Lonberg-Holm
      • 14:08
      • 3
      • Signs
      • Brötzmann
      • 17:02
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  • Images
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 2004
  • Peter Brötzmann, Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams, Jeb Bishop, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang, Hamid Drake, Joe McPhee, Mats Gustafsson, William Parker
  • track 1 recorded June 17–18, 2002, Airwave Recording Studios, Chicago
  • track 2 recorded November 3, 2003, Västerås Konserthus, Västerås, Sweden
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12047.html
      • 1
      • All Things Being Equal
      • Vandermark
      • 37:05
      • for Robert Rauschenberg
      • 2
      • Images
      • Brötzmann
      • 24:11
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  • Short Visit to Nowhere
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 2002
  • Peter Brötzmann, Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams, Jeb Bishop, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang, Hamid Drake, Joe McPhee, Mats Gustafsson, William Parker, Roy Campbell
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12044.html
      • 1
      • Hold That Thought
      • Williams
      • 17:29
      • 2
      • Ellington
      • Gustafsson
      • 13:09
      • 3
      • Short Visit to Nowhere
      • Brötzmann
      • 25:05
      • 4
      • Lightbox
      • Lonberg-Holm
      • 15:19
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  • Broken English
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 2002
  • Peter Brötzmann, Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams, Jeb Bishop, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang, Hamid Drake, Joe McPhee, Mats Gustafsson, William Parker, Roy Campbell
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12043.html
      • 1
      • Stone/Water
      • Brötzmann
      • 42:48
      • 2
      • Broken English
      • Vandermark
      • 20:09
      • for Franz Kline
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  • Peter Brötzmann
  • The Chicago Octet/Tentet
  • 3CD (OkkaDisk) 1998
  • Peter Brötzmann, Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams, Jeb Bishop, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang, Hamid Drake, Joe McPhee, Mats Gustafsson
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12022.html
  • this set is now out of print
    • disc 1:
      • 1
      • Burning Spirit
      • Brötzmann
      • 29:42
      • for Kazuka Shiraishi
      • 2
      • Other Brothers
      • Vandermark
      • 24:39
      • 3
      • Old Bottles, No Wine
      • Gustafsson
      • 9:46
      • 4
      • Aziz
      • Zerang
      • 9:46
    • disc 2:
      • 1
      • Divide by Zero
      • Bishop
      • 12:53
      • 2
      • Foolish Infinity
      • Brötzmann
      • 26:45
      • 3
      • Immediate Music
      • Lonberg-Holm
      • 13:49
      • 4
      • Makapoor
      • Zerang/Drake
      • 12:53
    • disc 3:
      • 1
      • Foolish Infinity
      • Brötzmann
      • 26:12
      • 2
      • Old Bottles, No Wine
      • Gustafsson
      • 9:20
      • 3
      • Other Brothers
      • Vandermark
      • 24:44
      • 4
      • Divide by Zero
      • Bishop
      • 10:40

with Sonore

Notes: First concerts October 2003.

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  • Only the Devil Has No Dreams
  • CD (Jazzwerkstatt) 2007
  • Ken Vandermark, Peter Brötzmann, Mats Gustafsson
  • recorded September 27, 2006, Jazzwerkstatt Nr. 1, Kammermusiksaal, Philharmonie, Berlin
      • 1
      • Straight Into the Light
      • 15:31
      • 2
      • Open Shore
      • 9:13
      • 3
      • First Feedback
      • 8:25
      • 4
      • Two Birds in a Feather
      • Brötzmann
      • 5:06
      • 5
      • Driftwood
      • 4:55
      • 6
      • Only the Devil Has No Dreams
      • Brötzmann
      • 6:53
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  • No One Ever Works Alone
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 2004
  • Ken Vandermark, Peter Brötzmann, Mats Gustafsson
  • recorded October 26, 2003, Loft, Cologne, Germany
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12053.html
      • 1
      • Elements of Refusal
      • 10:50
      • 2
      • Trees After a Fire
      • 13:16
      • 3
      • Broken Hymn
      • 10:30
      • 4
      • Death Can Only Kill Me Once
      • 14:51
      • 5
      • Hammer Requiem
      • 6:02
      • 6
      • Blessed Assurance, Uninsured
      • 8:42
      • 7
      • No One Ever Works Alone
      • 2:46

with Hoxha

Notes: Enver Hoxha was the president of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985.

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  • Hoxha
  • CD (Spool) 2005
  • Paul Rutherford, Ken Vandermark, Torsten Müller, Dylan van der Schyff
  • recorded December 12, 2004, Portland, Oregon
      • 1
      • King Ghidora
      • 11:54
      • 2
      • Iris
      • 12:18
      • 3
      • Angilas
      • 4:01
      • 4
      • Baragon
      • 21:07
      • 5
      • Dagahra
      • 9:05
      • 6
      • Rokurokubi
      • 4:53

with Caffeine

Notes: Sporadically active; last known concert April 2005 in Chicago.

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with Witches and Devils

Notes: This group is led by Mars Williams and plays the music of Albert Ayler. The lineup is somewhat fluid and does not always include Vandermark and may include others including Jeb Bishop, Hamid Drake, etc. Harrison Bankhead, not Kent Kessler, is the usual bassist. Last known concert February 2001.

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  • At the Empty Bottle
  • CD (Knitting Factory Works) 2000
  • Mars Williams, Ken Vandermark, Jim Baker, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Steve Hunt
  • recorded August 27, 1997, Empty Bottle, Chicago
      • 1
      • Truth Is Marching In
      • Albert Ayler
      • 12:05
      • 2
      • Sax Duet/Piano Interlude
      • 7:36
      • 3
      • Angels
      • Albert Ayler
      • 6:06
      • 4
      • Bells
      • Albert Ayler
      • 15:56

with Steam

Notes: The original drummer for the group was Tim Keenan. Last known concert June 2001.

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  • Real Time
  • CD (Atavistic) 2000
  • CD (Eighth Day) 1997
  • Ken Vandermark, Jim Baker, Kent Kessler, Tim Mulvenna
  • recorded April 5–6, 1996, Airwave Recording Studios, Chicago
      • 1
      • No Go
      • Vandermark
      • 5:53
      • dedicated to Dexter Gordon
      • 2
      • Non-Confirmation
      • Baker
      • 6:24
      • 3
      • Situation Travesty
      • Baker
      • 9:26
      • 4
      • Explosive Motor
      • Vandermark
      • 7:00
      • dedicated to Jimmy Lyons
      • 5
      • A Memory of No Thoughts
      • Vandermark
      • 5:59
      • dedicated to Terri Kapsalis
      • 6
      • Chump Change
      • Vandermark
      • 6:40
      • dedicated to Herbie Nichols
      • 7
      • Correlative Amnesia
      • Baker
      • 7:19
      • 8
      • Telleferro
      • Vandermark
      • 7:02
      • dedicated to Booker Ervin
      • 9
      • Tableau Shot
      • Vandermark
      • 7:08
      • dedicated to Peter Greenaway

with Cinghiale

Notes: Last known concert February 2001.

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  • (untitled track)
  • on State of the Union comp
  • 2CD (Atavistic) 1996
  • Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams
  • there is an earlier single CD version of the compilation which does not include the more recent material (such as the Cinghiale cut)
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  • Hoofbeats of the Snorting Swine
  • CD (Eighth Day) 1996
  • Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams
  • recorded March 17 and August 8, 1995, and January 31 and February 15, 1996, Warzone Recorders, Chicago
      • 1
      • Triple Double
      • Vandermark
      • 10:35
      • for Mars Williams
      • 2
      • Rat Bastard
      • Williams
      • 3:33
      • 3
      • Uncle Ferenze
      • Williams
      • 7:04
      • 4
      • Front Line
      • Vandermark
      • 13:31
      • for Marshall Allen and John Gilmore
      • 5
      • Trunk Manuscripts
      • Vandermark
      • 9:15
      • for Samuel Beckett
      • 6
      • Rat Bastard Also
      • Wiliams
      • 4:26
      • 7
      • Give and Take
      • Vandermark
      • 6:39
      • for Julius Hemphill
      • 8
      • Road Hog
      • Williams
      • 10:05

with the Boxhead Ensemble

Notes: This personnel of this occasional group was fluid and only sometimes included Vandermark.

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  • The Last Place to Go
  • CD (Atavistic) 1998
  • 2LP (Secretly Canadian) 1998
  • Ken Vandermark, Ryan Hembrey, Julie Pomerleau, Jim White
  • Vandermark plays on track 6 only; listed personnel is for that track only
  • LP version contains additional tracks, including one (“High Water”) on which Vandermark plays
  • track 6 recorded November 25, 1997, L’Olympic, Nantes, France
      • 6
      • Two Ravens
      • 2:52
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  • Dutch Harbor: Where the Sea Breaks Its Back
  • soundtrack CD (Atavistic) 1997
  • Charles Kim, Jim O’Rourke, Ken Vandermark, Michael Krassner, David Grubbs, Douglas McCombs, Rick Rizzo
  • Vandermark plays on four of twelve tracks; personnel varies from track to track; listed personnel is collectively for the tracks on which Vandermark plays
  • recorded July 10, 1996, Truckstop Audio Recording, Chicago
      • 1
      • Introduction
      • 5:00
      • 3
      • For the Glory of the Wind and the Water
      • 4:03
      • 4
      • Ship Supply
      • 9:44
      • 6
      • The Ravens
      • 8:08

with DK3

Notes: Formerly the Denison-Kimball Trio (although they were actually only a duo at the time); the name was changed to DK3 when Vandermark became a regular member. See the Guest appearances section for Vandermark’s appearances with the group under the old name. Now defunct.

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  • Neutrons
  • CD (Quarterstick) 1997
  • Duane Denison, James Kimball, Ken Vandermark (plus Tom Bickley on one track)
  • recorded March 1997, Chicago Recording Company, Chicago
      • 1
      • Downriver
      • DK3
      • 4:15
      • 2
      • Landshark Pt. 2
      • DK3
      • 2:38
      • 3
      • Monte’s Casino
      • DK3
      • 4:17
      • 4
      • Heavy Water
      • DK3
      • 6:32
      • 5
      • The Traveling Salesman
      • DK3
      • 2:59
      • 6
      • Neutrons
      • DK3/Jeff Lane
      • 5:37
      • 7
      • Issa
      • DK3/Tom Bickley
      • 3:52
      • 8
      • Lullaby
      • DK3
      • 3:38

with FJF

Notes: FJF originally stood for “Free Jazz Four” but the group was later identified only by the initials. Last known concert 1998; now defunct.

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  • Blow Horn
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 1997
  • Mats Gustafsson, Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler, Steve Hunt
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12019.html
  • recorded October 15, 1995, Überstudio, Chicago
      • 1
      • Dedication
      • Gustafsson/Hunt/Kessler/Vandermark
      • 13:36
      • 2
      • Blow Horn for Service
      • Gustafsson/Hunt/Kessler/Vandermark
      • 12:12
      • 3
      • Biomass
      • Gustafsson/Hunt/Kessler/Vandermark
      • 6:06
      • 4
      • Structure a la Malle (1st version)
      • Gustafsson
      • 14:31
      • 5
      • Carry Out
      • Gustafsson/Hunt/Kessler/Vandermark
      • 4:56

with Barrage Double Trio

Notes: Last known concert September 1995; now defunct.

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  • Utility Hitter
  • CD (Quinnah) 1996
  • Ken Vandermark, Mars Williams, Kent Kessler, Nate McBride, Hamid Drake, Curt Newton
  • recorded September 9–10, 1995, Loose Booty Studio, Chicago
      • 1
      • Over and Both
      • Vandermark
      • 5:15
      • dedicated to Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Johnny Griffin
      • 2
      • Chicago Trio
      • Drake/Kessler/Williams
      • 2:39
      • 3
      • Agamemnon Sleeps
      • Vandermark
      • 15:46
      • dedicated to Charles Mingus
      • 4
      • Bass Duo
      • Kessler/McBride
      • 3:14
      • 5
      • Turn Your Head
      • Vandermark
      • 4:49
      • dedicated to Ornette Coleman
      • 6
      • Tenor Duo
      • Williams/Vandermark
      • 1:56
      • 7
      • There Is No Reason
      • Vandermark
      • 8:51
      • dedicated to Don Cherry
      • 8
      • Drum Duo
      • McBride/Drake
      • 3:31
      • 9
      • East River Suite
      • Vandermark
      • 12:40
      • dedicated to Albert Ayler
      • 10
      • Boston Trio
      • McBride/Newton/Vandermark
      • 3:31
      • 11
      • Polarity
      • Vandermark
      • 6:12
      • dedicated to Andrew Hill

with Steelwool Trio

Notes: This group is now defunct. Their last Chicago concert was in January 1997.

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  • International Front
  • CD (OkkaDisk) 1995
  • Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler, Curt Newton
  • recorded September 5–6, 1994, PBS Westwood, Massachusetts
  • album details at http://okkadisk.com/releases/od12005.html
      • 1
      • Tough Sledding
      • Vandermark
      • 9:07
      • dedicated to David Smith
      • 2
      • Bowling Alley Roughs
      • Vandermark
      • 5:54
      • dedicated to Brendan Burke
      • 3
      • Tough Sledding
      • Vandermark
      • 13:21
      • dedicated to Paul Lovens
      • 4
      • Otherwise
      • Vandermark
      • 5:42
      • dedicated to Ellen Major
      • 5
      • Day Job
      • Vandermark
      • 5:48
      • dedicated to Roswell Rudd
      • 6
      • Another Orbit
      • Vandermark
      • 10:12
      • dedicated to Sun Ra
      • 7
      • Dime Store Novel
      • Vandermark
      • 6:28
      • dedicated to Kent Kessler
      • 8
      • Wrenches
      • Vandermark
      • 5:30
      • dedicated to Jimmy Blanton
      • 9
      • No Sleeves No Service
      • Vandermark
      • 11:15
      • dedicated to Bruno Johnson

with the Crown Royals

Notes: Vandermark left the group in fall 1999. It has since disbanded.

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  • Funky-Do!
  • CD (Estrus) 1999
  • Pete Nathan, Ken Vandermark, Mark Blade, Jeff BBQ
  • recorded May 4–5, 1998, Airwave Recording Studios, Chicago
      • 1
      • Big Bag
      • 5:08
      • 2
      • Old Skin
      • 2:59
      • 3
      • Sassin’ Back
      • 4:08
      • 4
      • Ding Dong
      • H. Alexander
      • 3:06
      • 5
      • Liquid Wrench
      • 5:22
      • 6
      • Rip ’n’ Run
      • 3:06
      • 7
      • Thug
      • 5:00
      • 8
      • The Cyclone
      • 2:15
      • 9
      • S. J. Special
      • 4:24
      • 10
      • My Baby Likes to Boogaloo
      • D. Gardner
      • 3:51
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  • All Night Burner
  • CD/LP (Estrus) 1997
  • Pete Nathan, Ken Vandermark, Mark Blade, Jeff BBQ
  • tracks 1-8 recorded February 8–9, 1997, Airwave Recording Studios, Chicago
  • tracks 9-10 recorded November 11, 1995, The Playground
      • 1
      • Shake It
      • 3:43
      • 2
      • All Night Burner
      • 3:48
      • 3
      • Look, New Shoes
      • 6:34
      • 4
      • Six Pack
      • 2:55
      • 5
      • South Sea
      • 4:16
      • 6
      • Doggett’s Bone
      • 3:00
      • 7
      • Boss Nova
      • 3:37
      • 8
      • In the Middle
      • B. Hobgood/A. Ellis
      • 5:40
      • 9
      • Boomerang
      • 3:20
      • 10
      • Hangin’ Thing
      • 4:30
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  • “Dig In”
  • on Flaming Burnout comp
  • CD (Estrus) 1997
  • Pete Nathan, Ken Vandermark, Mark Blade, Jeff BBQ
  • “Tipsy Pimp”/“DKRC”
  • 7″ (Trixie) 1995
  • Pete Nathan, Ken Vandermark, Mark Blade, Jeff BBQ

with the NRG Ensemble

Notes: This group was founded and led (with varying lineups over the years) by Hal Russell. Vandermark was a member for most of 1990, replacing Mars Williams during an extended absence. After Russell died in 1992, the group continued under the leadership of Williams; Vandermark rejoined and was a member until mid-1998. The group played some concerts afterwards without him in 1998 and 1999.

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  • Bejazzo Gets a Facelift
  • CD (Atavistic) 1998
  • Mars Williams, Ken Vandermark, Brian Sandstrom, Kent Kessler, Steve Hunt
      • 1
      • Improvisation #1
      • 6:25
      • 2
      • Bejazzo Gets a Facelift
      • Williams
      • 7:26
      • 3
      • Cakewalk
      • Williams
      • 7:26
      • 4
      • 1000 Foot Drop
      • Vandermark
      • 6:50
      • 5
      • Improvisation #2
      • 2:37
      • 6
      • No Reply
      • Vandermark
      • 6:27
      • 7
      • Fire Power
      • Williams
      • 6:08
      • 8
      • Improvisation #4
      • 1:01
      • 9
      • Wouldn’t Want to Eat It
      • Williams
      • 6:34
      • for Chuck Berry
      • 10
      • I’ll Call You Tomorrow
      • Hunt
      • 3:49
      • 11
      • Improvisation #3
      • 3:58
      • 12
      • Automatic Platinum
      • Vandermark
      • 5:52
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  • “Bejazzo Gets a Facelift”
  • on Out of Their Mouths Mk. 2 comp
  • 2CD (Atavistic) 1996
  • Mars Williams, Ken Vandermark, Brian Sandstrom, Kent Kessler, Steve Hunt
  • studio recording; not the same version as on Bejazzo Gets a Facelift
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  • This Is My House
  • CD (Delmark) 1996
  • Mars Williams, Ken Vandermark, Brian Sandstrom, Kent Kessler, Steve Hunt
  • recorded January 30–31, 1995, at Riverside Studio, Chicago
  • album details at http://delmark.com/delmark.485.htm
      • 1
      • Hyperspace
      • Williams
      • 6:21
      • 2
      • Cut Flowers
      • Vandermark
      • 13:29
      • 3
      • Whirlwind
      • Williams
      • 11:02
      • 4
      • Bullseye Witness
      • Vandermark
      • 10:48
      • 5
      • Bustanut
      • Williams
      • 3:52
      • 6
      • Burnt Toast
      • Williams
      • 6:51
      • 7
      • Straight Time
      • Vandermark
      • 4:23
      • 8
      • In the Middle of Pennsylvania
      • Hunt
      • 10:01
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  • Calling All Mothers
  • CD (Quinnah) 1994
  • Mars Williams, Ken Vandermark, Brian Sandstrom, Kent Kessler, Steve Hunt
  • recorded November 1993, Streeterville Studios, Chicago
  • album details at http://home.earthlink.net/~quinnah/Q05.html
      • 1
      • Punch and Judy
      • Vandermark
      • 5:26
      • for Fred Anderson
      • 2
      • Chasin’ My Tail
      • Williams
      • 3:28
      • 3
      • Memory Seek
      • Hunt
      • 8:32
      • 4
      • Symposium/Mr. Happy
      • Williams
      • 5:07
      • 5
      • You Never Buy Me Anything
      • Hunt/Kessler/Sandstrom/Vandermark/Williams
      • 6:27
      • 6
      • American Tan
      • Vandermark
      • 7:16
      • for Stanley Kubrick
      • 7
      • Kiteless String
      • Williams
      • 3:18
      • 8
      • Calling All Mothers
      • Hal Russell
      • 3:50
      • 9
      • You’re My Dream
      • Hal Russell
      • 3:56
      • 10
      • Beneath the Weather
      • Vandermark
      • 3:57
      • for Steve Lacy
      • 11
      • sraM
      • Hal Russell
      • 4:20

with the Vandermark Quartet

Notes: The group’s final few shows (in 1995) were done as a trio without Scanlan. The group is now defunct.

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  • Solid Action
  • CD (Platypus) 1994
  • Ken Vandermark, Daniel Scanlan, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang
  • recorded May 29–30, 1994, Acme Recording Studio, Chicago
      • 1
      • Tasteless
      • Vandermark
      • 4:14
      • dedicated to The Jesus Lizard
      • 2
      • Catch 22
      • Vandermark
      • 15:32
      • dedicated to Anthony Braxton
      • 3
      • Le Saucisse de Fer
      • Zerang
      • 6:40
      • 4
      • Bucket
      • Vandermark
      • 14:36
      • dedicated to Sunny Vandermark and Stu Vandermark
      • 5
      • Leadfoot
      • Vandermark
      • 5:30
      • dedicated to Sly Stone
      • 6
      • dedicated to What It Is
      • Vandermark
      • 5:24
      • 7
      • Let’s Talk About Death
      • Kessler
      • 9:16
[cover]
  • “Here Comes Mr. Weasel”/“Leadfoot”
  • 7″ (Platypus) 1994
  • Ken Vandermark, Daniel Scanlan, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang
  • B-side is from Solid Action; A-side is otherwise unreleased
[cover]
  • “Eightball”/“Steel Head Beauty”
  • 7″ (Hi Ball) 1994
  • Ken Vandermark, Daniel Scanlan, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang
[cover]
  • Big Head Eddie
  • CD (Platypus) 1993
  • Ken Vandermark, Todd Colburn, Kent Kessler, Michael Zerang
  • recorded February 22–23, 1993, Acme Recording Studio, Chicago
      • 1
      • Kiss the Plow
      • Vandermark
      • 4:53
      • 2
      • Exploding Note Theory
      • Vandermark
      • 6:44
      • dedicated to Captain Beefheart
      • 3
      • Dog Cliches
      • Vandermark
      • 4:35
      • dedicated to George Clinton
      • 4
      • Jack Kirby Was Ripped Off
      • Vandermark
      • 5:31
      • dedicated to Jack Kirby
      • 5
      • Last Date
      • Vandermark
      • 6:27
      • dedicated to Eric Dolphy
      • 6
      • Blue Coffee
      • Colburn
      • 3:56
      • 7
      • Ingrid’s Napkin #29
      • Zerang
      • 12:06
      • 8
      • Courtesy Desk
      • Vandermark
      • 5:15
      • dedicated to Thelonious Monk
      • 9
      • Sinner Sinner
      • Kessler
      • 7:29
      • 10
      • Not Actual Size
      • Vandermark
      • 3:56

with the Waste Kings

Notes: The CD mentioned in the notes to one of the 7″s was never released. The group is defunct, but with a change of drummer and musical style, they became the Crown Royals.

[cover]
  • “Garden of My Mind”/“Ride the Sun”
  • 7″ (Estrus) 1994
  • Pete Nathan, Ken Vandermark, Mark Blade, Brendan Burke
  • “Mary’s Attic Sounds”/“Give In”
  • 7″ (1 1/4 York) 1994
  • Pete Nathan, Ken Vandermark, Mark Blade, Brendan Burke
[cover]
  • “Millionth Eye”/“Strange Movies”
  • 7″ (1 1/4 York) 1993
  • Pete Nathan, Ken Vandermark, Mark Blade, Brendan Burke

with the Flying Luttenbachers

Notes: There are both earlier and later Luttenbachers lineups that do not include Vandermark; see http://nowave.pair.com/luttenbachers/ for complete discographical and historical information on the group.

[cover]
[cover]
  • Destroy All Music
  • Weasel Walter, Chad Organ, Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Dylan Posa
  • CD/LP (ugEXPLODE) 1995
  • Vandermark plays on five of ten tracks
  • album details at http://nowave.pair.com/luttenbachers/dam.html
  • Destroy All Music Revisited
  • CD (ugEXPLODE) 2007
  • this new expanded edition has seven additional tracks (I’m not sure if Vandermark is on them)
[cover]
[cover]
  • “Throwing Bricks”
  • on In Bulb-O-Phonic comp
  • CD (Bulb) 1997
  • Weasel Walter, Chad Organ, Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Dylan Posa
  • “Clammer + Sprint (93B)”
  • on Experience the NOW Sound of Chicago’s HOT Wicker Park comp
  • CD (TPG) 1994
  • Weasel Walter, Chad Organ, Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Dylan Posa
[cover]
  • “Attack Sequence (93A)”
  • on Pressure Cooker comp
  • CD (Furball) 1993
  • Weasel Walter, Chad Organ, Ken Vandermark
  • I’m guessing on the lineup
[cover]

with Lombard Street

Notes: This was a group that Vandermark led in Boston, before moving to Chicago.

[cover]
  • All That Falls
  • cassette (no label) 1989
  • Ken Vandermark, Peter Warren, Curt Newton
[cover]
  • Stone Zoo
  • cassette (no label) 1987
  • Ken Vandermark, Geoff Lipman, Curt Newton

with Fourth Stream

Notes: This was a group that Vandermark led in school in Montreal, before returning to Boston.

  • Fourth Stream
  • LP (Crystal Reflections) 1984
  • Ken Vandermark, Scott White, Brendan Burke

Unrecorded groups

Active

  • Waves of Joy
  • Nicole Mitchell, Ken Vandermark, Nate McBride, Mike Reed
  • first (and so far only) concert in August 2007 was canceled due to extreme weather
  • 4x4
  • Ken Vandermark, Jason Adasciewicz, Jeb Bishop, Tim Daisy, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jason Roebke, Frank Rosaly, Greg Ward
  • first concert in December 2006, with a different lineup; this lineup is from a second concert in August 2007
  • Frame Quartet
  • Ken Vandermark, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Nate McBride, Tim Daisy
  • first concert in January 2006; further appearances in 2007; a similar as-yet-unnamed lineup with Frank Rosaly instead of Daisy played a concert in January 2005
  • The Vandermark/Morgan Project
  • Ken Vandermark (clarinets), Andrew Morgan (composer, conductor), and a classical ensemble
  • Vandermark improvises over music composed and conducted by Morgan; two performances to date, London (2005?) and Chicago (2007)
  • Solaris Quartet
  • Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, John Herndon, Mike Reed
  • both Vandermark and Rempis play baritone sax in this group, which performs the music of Sun Ra; first performance October 2006 in Chicago under the name Sun Ra Composer Quartet with Frank Rosaly instead of Herndon on drums; the new lineup with Herndon played in Chicago in August 2007
  • Fire Room
  • Ken Vandermark, Lasse Marhaug, Paal Nilssen-Love
  • Exploding Star Orchestra
  • Rob Mazurek et al
  • this large ensemble’s only released recording does not include Vandermark, but he has performed live with the group in 2005 and 2007
  • Crisis Ensemble
  • Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Aram Shelton, Josh Berman, Jeb Bishop, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kent Kessler, Jason Ajemian, Frank Rosaly, Tim Daisy
  • first performance at Chicago Jazz Festival in August 2003
  • Frank Rosaly seems to have replaced Robert Barry, who missed the first concert due to illness

Defunct

  • Chicago Improvisers Group
  • Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Michael Colligan, Todd Margasak, Dave Rempis, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jim Baker, Jason Roebke, Tim Daisy
  • this group played a monthly gig at the Green Mill starting in December 1999
  • lineups have varied a lot from show to show, and often do not include Vandermark; musicians listed above are those that have been included most often; others who have performed with the group include Kevin Drumm, Josh Abrams, Kent Kessler, Adam Vida, Aram Shelton, Matt Bauder, and various guests
  • last known concerts 2002
  • Chicago Bridge Unit
  • Ken Vandermark, Kent Kessler, Tim Mulvenna
  • performances in 1998-2001; last known concert March 2001
  • Invesco
  • Liz Payne, Adam Vida, Ken Vandermark
  • first gig January 1999; last known performance April 2000
  • Broken Shadows
  • Ken Vandermark, Dave Rempis, Tim Mulvenna, Kent Kessler, Tim Daisy
  • this group performed the music of Ornette Coleman
  • Mulvenna played vibes instead of his usual drumkit
  • last known performance December 1999
  • Baxter
  • Jane Baxter Miller, Kent Kessler, Ken Vandermark, Tim Mulvenna, Tom Castonzo
  • band fronted by singer Miller
  • performances in 1999
  • Signal to Noise Unit
  • Ken Vandermark, Kevin Drumm, Steve Butters
  • sporadically active since at least 1995; last known concert February 2000
  • Butters replaced original percussionist Matt Weston
  • a CD was at one point announced as forthcoming on the BOXmedia label, but never appeared
  • Wounded Jukebox
  • Terri Kapsalis, John Corbett, Ken Vandermark
  • performances in 1996 and 1997; last known concert June 1997; believed defunct
  • Georg Gräwe/Ken Vandermark Large Band
  • Georg Gräwe, Ken Vandermark, Robbie Hunsinger, Jeb Bishop, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Julie Pomerleau, Kent Kessler, Tim Mulvenna
  • played four live gigs in August 1997
  • October Trio
  • Ken Vandermark, Kyle Hernandez, Matt Weston
  • played a few gigs in 1996
  • Unheard Music Quartet
  • Ken Vandermark, Todd Margasak, Jeb Bishop, Otto Huber
  • a later lineup included Mike Hagedorn on trombone; Margasak left the group a few gigs after Hagedorn joined
  • Ectomorph
  • Ken Vandermark, Weasel Walter, Jeb Bishop, Kevin Drumm
  • sporadically active in 1993, 1994, and 1995
  • not all lineups included Vandermark (Walter describes the group as “amorphous, short-lived”)
  • Michael Cristol, Ken Vandermark, Weasel Walter
  • active in 1994
  • Jim Baker, Bob Marsh, Ken Vandermark, Weasel Walter
  • active in 1992 and 1993

Liner notes

[cover]
[cover]
  • Mats Gustafsson & David Stackenäs
  • Blues
  • CD (Atavistic) 2005
[cover]
[cover]
  • Joe McPhee
  • Nation Time
  • CD (Atavistic) 2000
  • this is a reissue of a 1970 recording
[cover]
[cover]
[cover]
  • The Quadrajets
  • Pay the Deuce
  • CD/LP (Estrus) 1998
In addition, Vandermark wrote liner notes for the following of his own albums:

Interviews

Note: the placement of some interviews might be off by a year.

2006

Blow Up (July)

in Italian

City Paper (June)
Musica Jazz (May)
Chicago Reader (April)
Viva La Music (March)

in French

All About Jazz (March)
All About Jazz (January)

2005

Ballade (December)

in Norwegian

Magnet (November)
All About Jazz (October)
The Wire (March)

what’s online is an unedited transcript of the interview on which the article in the magazine was based

Diapazon (March)

in Polish

this interview is printed in the booklet for Four Sides to the Story (2006) in both Polish and English

All About Jazz (February)

in Italian

2004

Frankfurter Rundschau (August)

in German

All About Jazz (July)
Tomajazz: in English, in Spanish (May)
Draai om je oren Jazz en meer (April)
Diapazon (March)

2003

SoundsGood Radio (September)
JazzTimes (June)
Jazzthetik (June)

in German

Marek Winiarski (April)
Jazz Weekly (March)
El Club de Jazz (February)

audio interview in MP3 format; introduction is in Spanish, body of interview in English

Tomajazz (January)

2002

Chicago Tribune (September)
All About Jazz (September)
Cuadernos de Jazz (March)

in Spanish

Jazzthetik (March)

in German

All Jazz (January)

in Portuguese

(unknown source)

Spanish version is followed by a version in English

2001

Free Association Radio (November)
All About Jazz (fall)
Jazz Nytt

in Norwegian; I’m guessing on the year

2000

City Talk (December)
Die Zeit (November)

in German

Magnet (November)
Jazz Magazine

in French

(unknown source)

in French; I’m guessing on the year

this was formerly online at http://kenvandermark.com/kv/press/press11.html but I can’t find it now

1999

All About Jazz (September)
JazzGram: article with interview excerpts, complete interview (July)
Boston Globe (June)
Chicago Tribune (June)
Down Beat (June)
Citysearch
Jazz Weekly
Raygun

1998

Down Beat (summer)
Blue Lake Public Radio (June)
Avant (June)
WNUR Jazz (May)
CMJ
The Wire
Blue Lake Public Radio (January)

1997

Carbon 14 (September?)
Chicago Reader (April)

1996

Hoofbeats of the Snorting Swine

liner notes include interview material

1995

Chum

1994

Down Beat

1993

Option

Change log

  • 19 October ’07: trio disc with Morris and Gray is now out (on Clean Feed not Riti); added two new Brötzmann Chicago Tentet discs; added new Territory Band-6 disc; added new Vandermark/Daisy disc; added unrecorded groups Frame Quartet and 4x4; noted Solaris Quartet name change and personnel change; added track details for some discs
  • 15 May ’07: added new disc of duets with Pandelis Karayorgis
  • 27 April ’07: added new Destroy All Music Revisited reissue
  • 25 April ’07: Powerhouse Sound 2CD is now out
  • 23 April ’07: added new Sonore disc
  • 10 April ’07: added recording date and location for 4 Corners
  • 8 April ’07: added another Diapazon interview (this one in English, from March 2004)
  • 31 March ’07: added Exploding Star Orchestra back to groups list as Ken is in their April 2007 live lineup
  • 12 March ’07: added new Broo/Lane/Nilssen-Love/Vandermark disc; added more info on forthcoming Powerhouse Sound 2CD; added Diapazon interview (in Polish); added Sten Sandell’s Oval (liner notes by Ken); added unrecorded Vandermark/Morgan Project
  • 30 January ’07: added some interviews from 2006 (City Paper, Musica Jazz, Chicago Reader, All About Jazz), 2005 (All About Jazz), and 2004 (Frankfurter Rundschau)
  • 27 January ’07: added forthcoming next Vandermark 5 studio recording
  • 22 January ’07: removed Exploding Star Orchestra from groups list as Ken is not on their debut album
  • 20 January ’07: added new limited LP edition of Stone/Water
  • 16 January ’07: added info about the forthcoming documentary Musician (by Daniel Kraus)
  • 6 January ’07: added Peter Kowald Chicago Improvisations video
  • 5 January ’07: Vandermark 5 live 2LP now out
  • 17 December ’06: added more information about forthcoming Powerhouse Sound release (now a double CD); Bridge 61 is now defunct; added unrecorded Sun Ra Composer Quartet group
  • 23 November ’06: updated title and release date of forthcoming Vandermark 5 live 2LP; added trio session with Stackenäs and Nilssen-Love
  • 20 October ’06: new FME two disc set is out
  • 16 October ’06: added interview in Blow Up (in Italian)
  • 15 October ’06: new Vandermark 5 disc is out
  • 14 October ’06: Be Music, Night also available on Jazzwerkstatt
  • 5 September ’06: added forthcoming trio disc with Joe Morris and Luther Gray
  • 4 September ’06: new Territory Band 3CD set is out
  • 1 September ’06: new Sound in Action Trio disc is out
  • 26 August ’06: duo disc with Paal Nilssen-Love (Seven) is now out
  • 25 August ’06: updated info on forthcoming Vandermark 5 2LP on Not Two and the Territory Band-5 3CD on Okka
  • 23 August ’06: CINC disc is out
  • 22 May ’06: added forthcoming Free Fall album
  • 11 May ’06: more details on forthcoming Territory Band-5 release
  • 10 May ’06: added possible future DVD with Richard Hull
  • 9 May ’06: Bridge 61 disc is out; more info on forthcoming CINC disc
  • 1 May ’06: removed entry for forthcoming Lytton/Kessler/Vandermark disc on OkkaDisk on the assumption it’s not happening (the listing dates back to 1999); added new group CINC
  • 30 April ’06: fixed many broken links in the Interviews section (predating the reorganization of kenvandermark.com)
  • 26 April ’06: added the unrecorded group Fire Room and a forthcoming disc by the new group Powerhouse Sound
  • 25 April ’06: added more details on forthcoming Bridge 61 and Sound in Action Trio discs
  • 9 April ’06: added AMR interview (in French)
  • 6 April ’06: more info on Dropp Ensemble 7″
  • 30 March ’06: added 2004 interview from Draai om je oren Jazz en meer
  • 29 March ’06: added 2005 interview from Magnet
  • 28 March ’06: Dropp Ensemble 7″ is out
  • 27 March ’06: Free Jazz Classics Vols. 3 & 4 is now out; added new All About Jazz interview
  • 23 March ’06: added forthcoming disc of duets with Paal Nilssen-Love
  • 1 January ’06: added forthcoming Bridge 61 disc
  • 26 December ’05: added forthcoming Territory Band-5 disc and forthcoming Vandermark 5 studio and live discs; added interview at Ballade (in Norwegian)
  • 16 December ’05: added guest appearance on Guillermo Gregorio disc
  • 25 November ’05: more details on Ideas
  • 8 November ’05: more details on Territory Band-4 2CD
  • 7 November ’05: added new trio disc Ideas (with Oleś and Oleś)
  • 6 November ’05: added new All About Jazz interview
  • 16 October ’05: Territory Band-4 2CD is now out; added possible forthcoming Lytton/Vandermark/Wachsmann disc
  • 9 October ’05: added Norwegian New Jazz Compilation
  • 8 October ’05: added more complete information on the Vandermark 5 vs. Atomic CD-R
  • 7 October ’05: added March 2005 interview in the Wire; new Vandermark 5 2CD is out
  • 1 October ’05: Morton Feldman tribute compilation is out
  • 29 September ’05: added entry for liner notes for Gustafsson/Stackenäs duo disc
  • 22 September ’05: added new FME studio disc and forthcoming live disc
  • 12 September ’05: added new Free Fall disc
  • 7 August ’05: added forthcoming Free Jazz Classics Vols. 3 & 4 reissue; noted that School Days is now defunct except as part of Atomic/School Days; noted that the new Vandermark 5 lineup will start performing in September
  • 3 August ’05: added details on new Vandermark 5 two disc set (out next month)
  • 2 August ’05: added three new unrecorded groups (large group led by Rob Mazurek, trio with Morris/Gray, quartet with Lonberg-Holm/McBride/Rosaly); marked AALY as defunct; Lonberg-Holm replaces Bishop in Vandermark 5
  • 1 August ’05: added O’Rourke’s Insignificance
  • 31 July ’05: new group Hoxha, with a new disc
  • 6 June ’05: added new Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet disc
  • 30 May ’05: added possible forthcoming release by quartet with Müller, Rutherford, van der Schyff
  • 25 Apr ’05: added note that I don’t plan on turning this into a full sessionography; also added links to my live photos
  • 20 Apr ’05: added 12 CD box set by the Vandermark 5
  • 11 Jan ’05: added forthcoming Free Fall disc
  • 8 Jan ’05: updated info on forthcoming Dropp Ensemble 7″
  • 30 Dec ’04: added Bridge 61 to groups list; Dual Pleasure 2 is out (has been for a while)
  • 15 Dec ’04: disc by Gold Sparkle Trio with Ken Vandermark released; also noted new Coctails reissue
  • 14 Dec ’04: most albums have recording dates and locations and track listings now
  • 6 Oct ’04: added new All About Jazz interview
  • 29 Sep ’04: added “recording chronology” section
  • 28 Sep ’04: Territory Band-3 set is out; added forthcoming Territory Band-4 recording
  • 26 Sep ’04: began adding recording dates and locations and track listings for all albums
  • 6 Sep ’04: added forthcoming Vandermark 5 disc
  • 3 Sep ’04: added forthcoming Morton Feldman tribute compilation
  • 2 Sep ’04: Sonore disc is out
  • 1 Sep ’04: more info on forthcoming duo double CD with Paal Nilssen-Love; personnel info for Lightbox Orchestra LP
  • 26 Aug ’04: added live Vandermark 5 CD in poster boxset
  • 25 Aug ’04: added new Lightbox Orchestra LP, forthcoming Sonore CD
  • 9 Jul ’04: new FME disc is now available
  • 28 Jun ’04: added forthcoming Dropp Ensemble 7″; also added a whole bunch of interviews (from kenvandermark.com)
  • 14 Jun ’04: added Atomic disc (liner notes by Ken)
  • 5 Jun ’04: new Vandermark 5 disc released
  • 6 May ’04: added new Tomajazz interview
  • 29 Apr ’04: Brötzmann Tentet discs and Atomic/School Days set released
  • 28 Apr ’04: added All Jazz interview
  • 14 Mar ’04: added SoundsGood Radio interview
  • 12 Mar ’04: added new Tripleplay CD, forthcoming disc by Sound in Action, two forthcoming Vandermark 5 discs
  • 9 Mar ’04: split Brötzmann Tentet off into their own section
  • 3 Mar ’04: added forthcoming duo double disc with Nilssen-Love, forthcoming FME disc, forthcoming Brötzmann Tentet double disc, forthcoming Atomic/School Days double disc, more details on forthcoming Territory Band double disc
  • 28 Feb ’04: added Spaceways Inc./Zu disc, reed trio with Brötzmann and Gustafsson
  • 30 Nov ’03: added new disc by Free Fall
  • 22 Nov ’03: noted that Savage Sound Syndicate discs are now out of print
  • 17 Jul ’03: added unrecorded group Crisis Ensemble
  • 9 Jun ’03: added Norman Howard tribute LP
  • 7 Jun ’03: added JazzTimes interview
  • 23 May ’03: Free Jazz Classics Vols. 1 & 2 has liner notes by Vandermark
  • 20 May ’03: the Vandermark/Dibblee duets are now available as a CD
  • 11 May ’03: noted that Hoofbeats of the Snorting Swine liner notes include interview
  • 10 May ’03: added Magnet interview
  • 30 Apr ’03: added Free Association Radio interview
  • 29 Apr ’03: Furniture Music released
  • 28 Apr ’03: added All About Jazz interview (September 1999)
  • 25 Apr ’03: added interview in Jazz Magazine
  • 24 Apr ’03: added two interviews in Jazz Weekly
  • 23 Apr ’03: added unrecorded group Baxter; added Citysearch interview
  • 20 Apr ’03: added All About Jazz interview (September 2002)
  • 17 Apr ’03: added a bunch more album details links
  • 16 Apr ’03: made a separate “Interviews” section
  • 15 Apr ’03: added links to album details pages at Okka and Quinnah sites
  • 8 Apr ’03: corrections to liner notes section
  • 7 Apr ’03: noted which albums Vandermark wrote his own liner notes for
  • 5 Apr ’03: added more duo MP3’s with Brian Dibblee
  • 4 Apr ’03: added another Flying Luttenbachers compilation track
  • 2 Apr ’03: added note about Superchunk CD single
  • 1 Apr ’03: added duo MP3’s with Brian Dibblee, corrected The Last Time I Committed Suicide personnel
  • 30 Mar ’03: corrected the history of Ken’s membership in NRG Ensemble
  • 29 Mar ’03: added liner notes section
  • 28 Mar ’03: noted guest musicians on AALY track on Look at the Music compilation
  • 27 Mar ’03: added some details about Back in the Game
  • 26 Mar ’03: added The Last Time I Committed Suicide soundtrack; added guest appearance on Falstaff disc
  • 24 Mar ’03: added AALY track on Look at the Music compilation; added guest appearance on Lord High Fixers disc
  • 23 Mar ’03: added guest appearance on Yakuza disc
  • 22 Mar ’03: Airports for Light released (early copies include bonus disc)
  • 18 Mar ’03: added forthcoming solo disc on OkkaDisk
  • 12 Mar ’03: added Crown Royals track on Estrus benefit comp
  • 11 Mar ’03: added guest appearance on Nomads disc; added two early unrecorded groups with Weasel Walter
  • 8 Mar ’03: corrected date on Metronomes 7″
  • 6 Mar ’03: fuller information on The Last Place To Go
  • 21 Feb ’03: added Metronomes 7″
  • 18 Feb ’03: added Free Fall to unrecorded groups section; added links to some recent interviews
  • 11 Feb ’03: added guest appearance on Zu disc
  • 4 Feb ’03: added guest appearance on Chamber Strings disc
  • 27 Jan ’03: added link to kenvandermark.com, added more information on forthcoming duo disc with Paal Nilssen-Love
  • 24 Jan ’03: added Ectomorph
  • 21 Jan ’03: added FME disc; added forthcoming disc with Gold Sparkle Band; added forthcoming duo disc with Paal Nilssen-Love; Brötzmann 3CD is now out of print; updated information in many places about which groups are active and which are presumed defunct
  • 6 Oct ’02: added No Music Festival box set
  • 25 Sep ’02: added new duos disc on Wobbly Rail, forthcoming Vandermark 5 disc
  • 23 Sep ’02: added two Brötzmann Tentet discs, Portastatic disc, DKV Trio disc, AALY/DKV disc, School Days disc, Spaceways Inc. disc, Carlo Actis Dato disc, Vandermark 5 reissue set, Vandermark 5 compilation appearance, Anna Linder/AALY Trio DVD; Territory Band-2, Vandermark 5, Sinister Luck Ensemble discs released
  • 12 May ’01: disc with Karayorgis and McBride released (corrected title, too)
  • 29 Apr ’01: added forthcoming Vandermark 5 disc, Vandermark/ Karayorgis/ McBride disc
  • 27 Mar ’01: added another Waste Kings 7″
  • 22 Feb ’01: added new Territory Band-1 CD and forthcoming Territory Band-2 CD
  • 9 Jan ’01: added new AALY Trio CD
  • 23 Dec ’00: added new School Days CD
  • 5 Sep ’00: added info on Burn the Incline bonus CD
  • 28 Aug ’00: added forthcoming Sinister Luck Ensemble CD
  • 17 Aug ’00: added Vandermark 5 and NRG Ensemble appearances on Out of Their Mouths Mk. 2 compilation
  • 15 Aug ’00: added Vandermark 5 appearance on Chicago 2018 comp; new Vandermark 5 CD now out
  • 27 Jul ’00: added new Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet CD, new Witches and Devils CD, Maestro Subgum and the Whole CD
  • 22 Jun ’00: added forthcoming Vandermark 5 CD
  • 15 Jun ’00: added Vandermark/Drake/McBride CD; Tripleplay CD released
  • 11 Apr ’00: Lytton/Vandermark (Wobbly Rail) released (it’s a 2CD)
  • 2 Apr ’00: added Steam reissue on Atavistic
  • 28 Feb ’00: Triple Play CD will be on Boxholder label
  • 30 Jan ’00: Payne/Vida/Vandermark are now known as Invesco
  • 28 Jan ’00: added Misha Mengelberg 2CD
  • 7 Jan ’00: added unrecorded group Vandermark Territory Band
  • 24 Dec ’99: added unrecorded group Broken Shadows
  • 16 Dec ’99: Vandermark has left the Crown Royals; DKV collaboration with Joe Morris released; DKV double live CD released; Sound in Action Trio disc released; added Chicago Improvisers Group to list of active, unrecorded groups
  • 15 Nov ’99: Lytton/Vandermark/Kessler disc will be on OkkaDisk
  • 30 Oct ’99: added forthcoming Lytton/Vandermark disc on Wobbly Rail
  • 20 Oct ’99: added new Simon Joyner disc
  • 16 Sep ’99: added new AALY disc
  • 12 Sep ’99: Joe Harriott Project CD released
  • 13 Aug ’99: added guest appearance on new Superchunk CD
  • 2 Aug ’99: added forthcoming DKV, Paul Lytton, Joe Morris discs; added unrecorded groups with Payne/Vida and Parker/Kupersmith/Taylor
  • 26 Jul ’99: added guest appearance on new Common Rider CD
  • 7 Jun ’99: Vandermark does in fact appear on one of the bonus tracks on the vinyl version of The Last Place To Go
  • 5 Jun ’99: Simpatico released
  • 1 Jun ’99: title of forthcoming Vandermark 5 disc on Atavistic is Simpatico
  • 19 May ’99: added new Vandermark 5 live CD-R; Funky-Do! released; Eureka released; Joe Harriott Project CD will be on Atavistic not hatOLOGY; added forthcoming Signal to Noise Unit disc on BOXmedia; added forthcoming Sound in Action Trio disc on Delmark
  • 19 Feb ’99: added forthcoming Jim O’Rourke album Eureka
  • 6 Feb ’99: added forthcoming Crown Royals album Funky Do
  • 30 Jan ’99: identified trombonist in Unheard Music Quartet
  • 31 Dec ’98: reorganized the whole thing somewhat, including moving all unrecorded groups to a section at the end; added correct release date (1996) for State of the Union; Waste Kings CD definitely never existed
  • 25 Dec ’98: added Jeb Bishop’s 98 Duets; added personnel for Fourth Stream; added title of B-side of Waste Kings 7″ on Estrus
  • 24 Nov ’98: added new Licht/Connors CD; added personnel for the Unheard Music Quartet
  • 23 Oct ’98: added new Boxhead Ensemble CD
  • 24 Sep ’98: added another Waste Kings 7″
  • 4 Sep ’98: Pinetop Seven’s Rigging the Toplights released
  • 1 Sep ’98: added forthcoming Vandermark 5 CD on Atavistic; removed the “believed defunct” notice from Signal to Noise Unit because they have a gig this month
  • 28 Aug ’98: added Stone Zoo
  • 26 Aug ’98: added Syl Johnson CD, Denison/Kimball 7″
  • 25 Aug ’98: added forthcoming Pinetop 7 CD; removed forthcoming Compass CD as it probably won’t come out; added forthcoming Triple Play CD; added more info on Crown Royals 7″; added yet more info on Long Sound
  • 24 Aug ’98: added Crown Royals 7″, Camoufleur, Concert for Jimmy Lyons, Fourth Stream, All That Falls; corrected label/date for Soul Machine; added more info on Long Sound
  • 23 Aug ’98: added Like Rays, State of the Union, Wavelength Infinity, Soul Machine
  • 23 Aug ’98: initial version