No Idea Residency #1: Ken Vandermark & Mabel Kwan; Monk’s Jazz Club, Austin, 7:30pm

Set 1: Mabel Kwan + Juan García duo

First-time free improvisations between two acclaimed artists investigating the peripheries of contemporary classical, improvised, and experimental music.

Mabel Kwan – piano
Juan García – double bass

Set 2: Ken Vandermark Texas Ensemble

Ken Vandermark presents new compositions exploring distinct melodic, rhythmic and architectural strategies for improvisers. Vandermark will work with Texas musicians Jonathan Horne (Austin), Matthew Frerck (Denton), Stefan González (Denton), and Kory Cook (San Antonio) in a debut collaboration.

Ken Vandermark – tenor saxophone, Bb clarinet
Jonathan Horne – electric guitar
Matthew Frerck – double bass
Stefan González – vibraphone
Kory Cook – drumset

[photo of Ken Vandermark by Andy Moor]