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Ken Vandermark (born September 22, 1964 in Warwick, Rhode Island) is an American jazz saxophone and clarinet player. He grew up in Massachusetts, graduating from Natick High School. He performed and led groups while in high school and in college (McGill University in Montreal), studying intermittently with George Garzone during the early 1980s. Returning to the Boston area after graduation, he led or co-led groups (including Lombard Street and Mr. Furious) in Boston. He has lived in Chicago since 1989. September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ... A bass clarinet, which sounds an octave lower than the more common Bb soprano clarinet. ...


Vandermark has performed or recorded with many musicians (including Hal Russell, Hamid Drake, Paul Lytton, Joe Morris, Peter Brötzmann, Paul Lovens, and members of Superchunk), was once a member of the Flying Luttenbachers, and has led several groups, including Free Fall, Territory Band, and the Vandermark 5. Hal Russell (1926 - 1992) was an American free jazz musician. ... Hamid Drake (b. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Peter Brötzmann (born March 6, 1941) is a German free jazz saxophonist. ... Paul Lovens was born in Aachen, Germany, 6 June 1949. ... Superchunk. ...


In 1999, Vandermark was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is a private, independent grantmaking institution. ...


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Encyclopedia: Ken Vandermark (527 words)
Ken Vandermark (born September 22, 1964 in Warwick, Rhode Island) is an American jazz saxophone and clarinet player.
Ken Vandermark was born on September 22, 1964 in Warwick, Rhode Island and began playing trumpet in the fourth grade, switching to the tenor saxophone as a junior in high school.
Ken Vandermark has been a significant part of the Chicago improvised music scene since 1992 when the Vandermark Quartet was formed (the group, which also included Kent Kessler, was selected for their contributions to music as “Chicagoans of the Year in the Arts: 1994” by the Chicago Tribune Jan. 1, 1995)).
www.jazzweekly.com | Interviews (3759 words)
KEN VANDERMARK: Well, I grew up in a household that was very much interested in music and in the arts in general.
KEN VANDERMARK: I remember seeing Johnny Griffin quite a bit and that really made a big impression on me. I remember seeing him when Kenny Washington was really young.
KEN VANDERMARK: Yeah, yeah, Mats, I really think, is an example of someone who has taken the most powerful aspects of the European playing and distilled them down into his own style.
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