Active Bands

Christof Kurzmann & Ken Vandermark

Christof Kurzmann (laptop/ppooll) and Ken Vandermark (reeds) have been working together in various projects since 2009, when they both first collaborated in Kurzmann’s […]

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Damon Locks & Ken Vandermark

Damon Locks and Ken Vandermark began to collaborate as a duo through an invitation to perform at Chicago’s Hyde Park Jazz Festival in September of 2020. Their material is […]

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DKV Trio

The DKV Trio is one of the most exciting ensembles working in contemporary improvised music.  Featuring Hamid Drake (drums), Kent Kessler (bass), and Ken Vandermark, the band […]

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Edition Redux

Edition Redux is the most recent of Ken Vandermark’s ensembles, adding to the MacArthur Prize winner’s internationally and critically acclaimed series of bands […]

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Entr’Acte

Audiographic Records proudly announces the upcoming release of  Soigne Ta Droite, Ken Vandermark’s first large ensemble recording in more than four years.  The band is […]

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Ken Vandermark & Nate Wooley

Chicago saxophonist/composer Ken Vandermark and New York trumpet player Nate Wooley had been operating in each other’s orbits for several years- having worked together with Paul […]

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Ken Vandermark solo

Ken Vandermark (USA 1964) Ken Vandermark (USA 1964) is an avant-garde composer, improviser, saxophonist/clarinetist, curator, and writer; director of the Catalytic Sound musician […]

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Lean Left

Lean Left throws together two explosive duos – the sax/drums collision course of Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-Love with the pile-driving guitarists from The Ex – to […]

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Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark

Ken Vandermark (USA): tenor saxophone & clarinet Paal Nilssen-Love (Norway): drums & percussion The high impact duo of Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) and Ken Vandermark (reeds) […]

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Paul Lytton, Nate Wooley & Ken Vandermark Trio

After a tour in the United States in April of 2022, festival appearances in Belgrade and Stockholm later that year, and performances in Belgium during the autumn of 2023, Paul […]

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Terrie Ex & Ken Vandermark

Terrie Ex (Netherlands): guitar Ken Vandermark (USA): tenor & baritone sax, Bb clarinet Terrie Ex (guitar) and Ken Vandermark (reeds) have been working together for many […]

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