Ken Wessel: Links

video clips

Full Moon at Hartford Jazz Festival w/Dave Leibman and Michael Henderson: Full Moon Ensemble: Steve Gorn, Badal Roy, Daniel Moreno, KW w/ special guests - Dave Leibman & Michael Henderson
Duo w/ KW & Bruce Arnold: Duo w/ Bruce Arnold during NYU Summer Jazz Guitar Program, (playing "I Remember You"). Check Bruce Arnold's site for more info on Clinic: http://www.arnoldjazz.com
Rob Garcia's Sangha: Heart's Fire w/ Rob Garcia (drums/composer), Yooni Choi, Michele Gentile, Adam Kolker, Daniel Kelly, KW, Dave Ambrosio
Ornette Coleman & Prime Time @ Lugano 1990: Live clip of OC & Prime Time w/ Badal Roy, Dave Bryant, Denardo Coleman, Al MacDowell, Chris Rosenberg, KW
OC & Prime Time w/ Pat Metheny: Montreal Jazz Festival 1988 w/ Ornette & Prime Time (Pat Metheny sitting in) playing Latin Genetics
Great Circle @ One Station Plaza [Weather Bird pt 1]: w/ Jamie Baum - alto flute, KW - guitar, Jerome Harris - bass, Jeff Hirshfield performing my arrangement of Louis Armstrong's "Weather Bird"
Great Circle @ One Station Plaza [Weather Bird pt 2]: w/ Jamie Baum - alto flute, KW - guitar, Jerome Harris - bass, Jeff Hirshfield performing my arrangement of Louis Armstrong's "Weather Bird"
ISCMS Festival - Istanbul/2010 - Concert w/ Street Vendors: Inspired concept by Dost Kip and ISCMS Festival in Istanbul to combine Turkish street vendors with improvising musicians for a concert alongside the Bosporus. It was an incredible experience for all of us. The ensemble consisted of Karl Berger - vibes, Oliver Lake - alto saxophone, Kenny Wessel - guitar, Ingrid Sertso - voice, John Lindberg - bass, Tani Tabbal - drums, Adam Rudolph - percussion with 5 local street vendors selling their various wares with their chants/songs.
Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures @ Montreal Jazz Festival 2010: Graham Haynes - cornet; Ralph "Buzzy" Jones - woodwinds; Kenny Wessel - guitar, Brahim Fribgane - percussion; Jerome Harris - bass guitar; Adam Rudolph - percussion, compositions
Living in the Musical Moment: Talk and duo performance w/ author/pianist/historian Lewis Porter about the nature of improvisation. Did this at the Philoctetes Center in NYC, which is in some way involved with the study of the mind.