Editing Ken Vandermark (section)

==Groups and collaborations==
[[Image:ken-vandermark.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Ken Vandermark]]
In the mid-1990s, Vandermark was known, in part, for his many collaborations with other musicians. Some groups were ''ad hoc'' settings, while others were more stable. He worked not only in jazz, but [[free improvisation]], [[noise music|noise]], [[rock and roll]] of various stripes, and other settings. Due in part to wanting to focus more on his own compositions, Vandermark decided in about 2000 to limit his collaborations.

Vandermark is one of the founders and members of [[Catalytic Sound]], an organization dedicated to the economic sustainability of creative musicians that developed its own publishing outlet in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://catalyticsound.com/musician/ken-vandermark/ |accessdate=2024-02-06 |publisher=Catalytic Sound}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| publisher=Catalytic Sound| date=2018| title=Catalytic Sound Quarterly #1| url=https://www.catalyticsound.com/quarterly-archive/1/index.html| accessdate=2024-02-06| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930085852/https://www.catalyticsound.com/quarterly-archive/1/index.html| archivedate=2023-09-30}}</ref>{{Better reference needed|date=February 2024}}

===DKV Trio===
Composed of drummer [[Hamid Drake]], bassist [[Kent Kessler]], and Vandermark. The group plays intermittently, except for two end-of-the-year concerts at Elastic Arts every December. In 2017 DKV played two tours, one with [[Joe McPhee]], and in 2020 there was no end-of-year concert, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>
{{cite web 
 |url=http://kenvandermark.com/2013/02/dkv-trio/
 |year=2017
 |title=DKV Trio (Active)
 |publisher=Ken Vandermark
 |access-date=March 27, 2018
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |publisher=Elastic Arts Foundation
 |url=https://elasticarts.org/event/dkv-trio-5/
 |title=DKV Trio – Night One
 |date=2019
 |access-date=2019-11-22
 |archive-date=November 23, 2019
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123070712/https://elasticarts.org/event/dkv-trio-5/
 |url-status=dead
 }}</ref>

===Spaceways Inc.===
Vandermark, Drake, and bassist Nate McBride are in this band. Originally devoted to interpretations of the music of [[Sun Ra]] and the [[P-Funk]]/[[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] family, Spaceways Inc. later branched into versions of classic [[reggae]] songs as well as Vandermark originals.

===The Vandermark 5===
Perhaps Vandermark's main compositional vehicle, The Vandermark 5 released their first album in 1997. Initial personnel were Vandermark, Mars Williams (saxophone), Jeb Bishop (trombone and electric guitar, though the latter was gradually phased out), Kessler (bass) and [[Tim Mulvenna]] (drums). Williams left and was replaced by saxophonist [[Dave Rempis]]; while Tim Daisy took over Mulvenna's seat at the drums. Bishop left the group in 2005, and was replaced with cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm.

Their music could be broadly classified as [[post bop]], though their earlier era had strong leanings towards [[punk rock]] and [[noise music|noise]] due to Bishop's ragged guitar contributions. In 2010 Vandermark announced the disbanding of the ensemble, although he continues to work with band members in other contexts (e.g., with Kessler in DKV).

===Free Fall Trio===
Active c. 2004–2007, the Free Fall Trio included Vandermark and two Norwegian musicians: pianist Håvard Wiik and bassist Ingebrigt Håker-Flaten. This group was loosely inspired by [[Jimmy Giuffre]]'s groundbreaking early 1960s trio, which featured the same instrumentation. Like Giuffre, Vandermark played [[clarinet]] and emphasized a rather hushed and subdued [[chamber jazz]] that still managed to swing and take creative leaps.

===Territory Band===
After being awarded the MacArthur Fellowship in 1999, Vandermark used some of the financial windfall to assemble the Territory Band, a [[big band]] composed of musicians from North America and Europe. Vandermark describes Territory Band as "an intersection of my two primary musical interests, American Jazz and European Improvised Music."<!--capitalizations as in the cited source, please don't change a word!--><ref>see Vandermark’s notes for the 2007 album, ''Collide'', by Territory Band 6, with Fred Anderson.</ref> Personnel has varied but has always included Vandermark, Rempis and Fredrik Ljungkvist on reeds; Axel Dörner on trumpet and Per-Åke Holmlander on tuba; Jim Baker on piano; Kessler on bass and Lonberg-Holm on cello; and Paal Nilssen-Love and Paul Lytton on drums. Territory Band also incorporates elements of [[noise music|noise]] and [[electroacoustic improvisation]] via the contributions of [[Kevin Drumm]], who departed in about 2005 and was replaced by [[Lasse Marhaug]].

===RARA AVIS===
In June 2012, Vandermark recorded ''Mutations/Multicellulars Mutations'', the first album by a newly created ensemble called RARA AVIS, featuring Stefano Ferrian (soprano/tenor saxophone), Stefano Quatrana (piano), Luca Pissavini (double bass) and SEC_ (tape recorder, instant sound treatment). The ensemble premiered on April 26, 2013 at [[Novara Jazz]] Winter.

===Marker===
Vandermark named his group Marker for filmmaker [[Chris Marker]]. In addition to Vandermark, the group features the younger musicians [[Macie Stewart]] (violin, keyboard), Steve Marquette (guitar), Andrew Clinkman (guitar), and Phil Sudderberg (drums). Marker's album ''Wired for Sound'' was recorded in 2017 and released in 2018, and a second live album was recorded and released in 2018. Marker toured in 2018.<ref name="Marker_FreeTimes">
{{cite news
 |publisher=Free Times ([[Columbia, South Carolina]])
 |url=https://www.free-times.com/music/with-marker-ken-vandermark-synthesizes-sounds-to-manipulate-memory/article_03ef01ce-06d4-11e8-8af1-13669e4c32bf.html
 |title=With Marker, Ken Vandermark Synthesizes Sounds to Manipulate Memory
 |author=Wall, Patrick
 |date=February 1, 2018
 |access-date=2018-04-09
}}</ref><ref name="Marker_ChicagoReader">
{{cite news
 |publisher=[[Chicago Reader]]
 |url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/veteran-chicago-reedist-adapts-a-mentor-roll-in-his-visceral-new-chicago-quintet-marker/Content?oid=40212479
 |title=Veteran Chicago reedist adapts a mentor role in his visceral new Chicago quintet Marker 
 |author=Margasak, Peter
 |date=February 1, 2018
 |access-date=2018-04-09
}}</ref><ref name="Marker_Elastic">{{cite web
 |publisher=Elastic Arts
 |url=http://elasticarts.org/event/ken-vandermarks-marker/
 |title=Friday July 6 [2018], 9:00 PM: Ken Vandermark's Marker
 |year=2018
 |access-date=2018-04-09
 |archive-date=April 10, 2018
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410072353/http://elasticarts.org/event/ken-vandermarks-marker/
 |url-status=dead
 }}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
 |publisher=Audiographic Records
 |title=Marker: Roadwork 1 / Roadwork 2 / Homework 1
 |date=2018
 |url=http://audiographicrecords.com/album-detail?id=31
 |access-date=2019-11-22
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
 |publisher=The Free Jazz Collective
 |title=Marker: Roadwork 1 / Roadwork 2 / Homework 1
 |date=August 6, 2018
 |author=Lindqvist, Gustav
 |url=http://www.freejazzblog.org/2018/08/marker-roadwork-1-roadwork-2-homework-1.html
 |access-date=2019-11-22
}}</ref> (From 2017-2020, Vandermark and Stewart, often along with {{interlanguage link|Anton Hatwich|de}}, {{interlanguage link|Isaiah Spencer|de}}, [[Sima Cunningham]], and [[Liam Kazar]] (Cunningham), usually participated in the annual winter performances in Chicago of the Yes We Can Band led by {{interlanguage link|lt=Jeff Albert|Jeff Albert (musician)|de|Jeff Albert}} and {{interlanguage link|Steve Marquette|de}}, which covers [[New Orleans rhythm & blues]]/[[funk]] tunes, especially those of [[Allen Toussaint]] and the [[Meters]].<ref>{{cite web| publisher=[[Time Out Chicago]]| date=| author=Long, Zach| title=What to see at the Hyde Park Jazz Festival| url=https://www.timeout.com/chicago/music/what-to-see-at-the-hyde-park-jazz-festival| accessdate=2021-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| publisher=[[Mike Reed (musician)|Hungry Brain]]| date=January 2020| title=Sat. February 22 2020: Yes We Can! The Songs of New Orleans| url=http://www.hungrybrainchicago.com/e/yes-we-can-the-songs-of-new-orleans-91400512393/| accessdate=2020-02-24| archive-date=February 25, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225022234/http://www.hungrybrainchicago.com/e/yes-we-can-the-songs-of-new-orleans-91400512393/| url-status=dead}}</ref>)

===Edition Redux===
Edition Redux formed in Chicago in early 2023, featuring, in addition to Vandermark, the much younger musicians ({{interlanguage link|Erez Dessel|de}} (keyboards), {{interlanguage link|Lily Finnegan|de}} (drums), and {{interlanguage link|Beth McDonald|de}} (tuba, electronics). Edition Redux's album ''Better a Rook Than a Pawn'', based on compositions by Vandermark, was released in late 2023. Their second album, ''Broadcast Transformer'', a collaboration with poet [[John Yao]] came out in 2025.<ref>{{cite web| publisher=[[bandcamp]]| title=Better A Rook Than A Pawn by Edition Redux| date=2023| url=https://vandermark1.bandcamp.com/album/better-a-rook-than-a-pawn| access-date=2024-02-06}}</ref>

=== Edition XL ===
An expanded version of Edition Redux, adding in Josh Berman on cornet and Nick Macri on bass, is slated to launch in mid-2025 at the [[Green Mill Cocktail Lounge|Green Mill]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vandermark |first=Ken |date=2025-03-03 |title=Edition Redux/Edition XL |url=https://kenvandermark.com/edition-redux-edition-xl/ |access-date=2025-03-16 |website=Ken Vandermark |language=en-US}}</ref>