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.

Musicians

Harmolodic: Ornette Coleman's website. Check out the home page, now thats harmolodics! Also some cool stuff inside.
Rob Waring: One of my favorite musicians and people. Vibraphonist, percussionist, composer. An old friend and compatriot, now living in Norway.
Jerome Harris: Guitarist and bassist and all around cool guy.
Joel Frahm: A pretty damn good saxophonist, when all is said and done.
Jamie Fox - guitarist: Great friend and guitarist (or great guitarist and friend).
Rob Garcia: One of my favorite drummers, composers and bandleaders...
Steve Gorn: Great musician, bansuri, woodwind player...and wonderful cat
Debashish Bhattacharya: Slide guitar virtuoso and one of the gems of Indian classical and improvised music...plays some beautiful Hawaiian tunes too.
Lou Grassi: My upstairs neighbor and a beautiful drummer. Also watches our cat, Blotch, occasionally.
Adam Rudolph: Percussionist, composer, bandleader, philosopher of rhythm
Sam Bardfeld: Burning violinist, composer, and raconteur.
Karl Berger: Composer, vibraphonist, pianist, arranger and founding member of Creative Music Studio in Woodstock. A great musical spirit.
Virginia Mayhew: Saxophonist/composer and hip woman, Virginia's site.
Susan Pereira: An old friend who is a soulful singer, pianist and composer (brazilian/jazz).

Assorted

D'addario Strings: A warm, round, dependable and long- lasting guitar string. I use them on my guitars.
Allen Amplifiers: David Allen makes some beautiful sounding handwired tube amps.
Godlyke: These guys distribute a bunch of great effects pedals, like Guyatone, Maxxon, etc.
Maine Jazz Camp: Jazz camp run by Paul Lichter and Christine Correa up in Farmington, Maine. Some of my favorite players come up to teach.
National Guitar Workshop: Guitar Workshop - I've taught at the camp in Connecticut a handful of times. Lots of guitarists, not for the plectraphobes. Some great players and a lot of fun.
Master Guitar Symposium - DVD: A DVD with guitar playing, instruction, practice tips and other things - including Gene Bertoncini, Roni Ben-Hur, Bruce Arnold and me. 3 duos: Gene/Bruce, Roni/Bruce, KW/Bruce - performing some tunes and talking about various aspects of music, plectrum and string theory. Filmed at the NYU Guitar Workshop.