http://kenwessel.com/news.html Ken Wessel: News Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:15:04 -0700 http://kenwessel.com/news.html#36 http://www.iscms.org/EN/ for more information.]]> http://kenwessel.com/news.html#36 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700 kenwessel.com - Ken Wessel - News http://kenwessel.com/news.html#35 Playing (and living with) some of the music from "On the Corner" was a very moving experience. There is something about the record that reminds me of Prime Time. Ornette used to talk about all these contrasting things happening simultaneously - in music and in life. Walking down the street hearing a car horn beep, seeing a child playing, a couple arguing, baby crying, dog barking - we're all taking this in... Playing in Prime Time there would often be different keys, tempos, textures, emotions all happening at the same time. There is something similar to that with On the Corner - layers, contrasting sounds, elements, styles - but all working together to create this cool whole. Don't think a record like that would or could be made today: with grooves stopping, starting up again, things not lining up and then connecting, beats dropped and picked up later - things are all too slick and polished with protools and other digital sleight of hand. But the raw nature of the record is what I love about it.
Hope we get a chance to do this again as it was a great experience - the music was deepening as we went on.]]> http://kenwessel.com/news.html#35 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 kenwessel.com - Ken Wessel - News http://kenwessel.com/news.html#34 http://kenwessel.com/news.html#34 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 kenwessel.com - Ken Wessel - News http://kenwessel.com/news.html#33 http://kenwessel.com/news.html#33 Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 kenwessel.com - Ken Wessel - News http://kenwessel.com/news.html#32 http://kenwessel.com/news.html#32 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 kenwessel.com - Ken Wessel - News http://kenwessel.com/news.html#31 http://kenwessel.com/news.html#31 Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 kenwessel.com - Ken Wessel - News http://kenwessel.com/news.html#30 http://kenwessel.com/news.html#30 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 kenwessel.com - Ken Wessel - News http://kenwessel.com/news.html#12 875 West 181st St. and Riverside Drive. Take A train to 181st St. Walk west 3 blocks west.)]]> http://kenwessel.com/news.html#12 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 kenwessel.com - Ken Wessel - News http://kenwessel.com/news.html#8 Adam has worked with Don Cherry and Yusef Lateef and his well-heeled travels have informed his playing and compositions. His musical concepts, including ”˜cyclic verticalism’ are pretty compelling (check out his book, “Pure Rhythm”) and as a bandleader he provides a great mix of openness and structure for the players. The band’s new CD, “Dream Gardens” will be released around the time of these concerts.

Moving Pictures will be in NYC on Feb. 29 at Roulette and March 26 at Joe’s Pub. Check gigs page for more detailed listings. Also, Adam’s Organic Orchestra will be in residence at Roulette - 3 Mondays in March (3/10, 3/17, 3/31).]]> http://kenwessel.com/news.html#8 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800 kenwessel.com - Ken Wessel - News http://kenwessel.com/news.html#10 on January 26th at the Arts Exchange in White Plains, NY at 7 pm. I've always enjoyed playing with other guitarists and this should be a fun evening.]]> http://kenwessel.com/news.html#10 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800 kenwessel.com - Ken Wessel - News