The episodic partnership of reeds player Ken Vandermark and drummer Tim Daisy is an ongoing study in ceaseless change. Since Daisy joined the Vandermark 5 at the end of 2001, the two of them have ...

Vandermark 5 and AtomicThe VortexLondonSeptember 16, 2010It was difficult to avoid a frisson of pleasurable anticipation at the sight of the handwritten sign proclaiming Totally sold out" taped onto ...

Chicago saxophonist Ken Vandermark is the great populist of avant-garde jazz. When most listeners think of the diverse music grouped under the avant-garde umbrella, grating dissonance, atonal ...

In the Daniel Kraus documentary on Ken Vandermark, the saxophonist is shown writing music, organizing tours, traveling to and playing gigs, the typical life of the titular Musician. What comes out of ...

For many years reedist Ken Vandermark was one of the main engines driving Chicago’s improvised-music scene. He played all the time in loads of contexts, and regularly formed new configurations; along ...

Saxophonist Ken Vandermark — widely regarded as one of the most creative and prolific forces in free jazz and improvised ...

Vandermark wasted no time asserting himself at the Velvet, offering dramatically charged oratory practically from the outset. All the rhythmic thrust and tonal power one associates with Vandermark’s ...