Ken Vandermark was born on September 22,1964 and is an American composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist.
16 Facts About Ken Vandermark
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Ken Vandermark has led or been a member of many groups, has collaborated with many other musicians, and was awarded a 1999 MacArthur Fellowship.
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Ken Vandermark plays tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, and baritone saxophone.
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Ken Vandermark grew up in Massachusetts, graduating from Natick High School.
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Ken Vandermark's father, Stu Vandermark, was the Boston correspondent for Cadence Magazine and currently is a noted essayist on jazz, primarily concerned with improvisation.
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Ken Vandermark led a jazz trio, the Fourth Stream, in Montreal while he was an undergraduate at McGill University.
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Ken Vandermark graduated in 1986 with a degree in English but focusing on cinema.
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Works performed by Mr Furious, such as "Cold Coffee," include some of the most convincing early examples of Ken Vandermark's signature free-ranging charts.
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Ken Vandermark first gained widespread attention while with the NRG Ensemble from 1992 to 1996.
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Ken Vandermark was once a member of Witches and Devils and the Flying Luttenbachers and has led or co-led several groups, including DKV Trio, Free Fall, Territory Band, CINC, Sonore, the Vandermark 5, the Free Music Ensemble, School Days, the Sound in Action Trio, Steam and Powerhouse Sound.
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In 2002 Ken Vandermark recorded Furniture Music, his first released performances as an unaccompanied soloist.
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Ken Vandermark is the subject of Musician, one of a series of Daniel Kraus video documentaries on contemporary occupations.
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Ken Vandermark won the Cadence magazine poll in 1998 for best artist and best recording.
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Ken Vandermark was a finalist for the 1998 Herb Alpert Fellowship.
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In 1999 Ken Vandermark was awarded a $265,000 MacArthur Fellowship, a prize then awarded on an age-based scale to creative leaders and meant to enable them to pursue their creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations.
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Ken Vandermark worked not only in jazz, but free improvisation, noise, rock and roll of various stripes, and other settings.