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Ken Wessel: Recordings

Jawboning

Ken Wessel (guitar), Ken Filiano (bass), Lou Grassi (drums)
www.cadencebuilding.com

Daybreak

Badal Roy (tabla), Ken Wessel (guitar), Stomu Takeishi (bass)
w/ Tim Ries (sax, flute), Satoshi Takeishi (percussion)
www.cadencebuilding.com

Tone Dialing

Ornette Coleman and Prime Time,
w/ Ornette Coleman (alto sax, trumpet, violin), Ken Wessel (guitar), Chris Rosenberg (guitar), Dave Bryant (keyboards), Brad Jones (acoustic bass), Al MacDowell (electric bass), Badal Roy (tabla), Denardo Coleman (drums)

Live at Jazzbuehne Berlin - 1988

Ornette Coleman and Prime Time,
w/ Ornette Coleman (alto sax, trumpet, violin), Ken Wessel (guitar), Chris Rosenberg (guitar), Chris Walker (electric bass), Al MacDowell (electric bass), Badal Roy (tabla), Denardo Coleman (drums)

Heart's Fire

Rob Garcia'a Sangha,
w/ Yooni Choi (vocals), Michele Gentile (flute), Adam Kolker (sax), Ken Wessel (guitar), Daniel Kelly (piano), Dave Ambrosio (bass), Rob Garcia (drums, compositions)

Morph the Cat

Donald Fagen, ----
I play the guitar solo on "Security Joan"

Both/And

Adam Rudolph and Moving Pictures w/ Graham Haynes - cornet; Ralph Jones - woodwinds, Kenny Wessel - guitars, banjo; Jerome Harris - bass guitar, slide guitar; Brahim Fribgane - oud, percussion; Matt Kilmer - percussion; Adam Rudolph - percussion
Meta Records

Dream Garden

Adam Rudolph's Moving Pictures, w/ Graham Haynes - cornet, flugelhorn; Ned Rothenberg - woodwinds, shakuhachi; Steve Gorn - bansuri, woodwinds; KW - electric and acoustic guitars; Brahim Fribgane - oud/percussion; Shanir Blumenkranz - bass, sintir; Hamid Drake - drums, percussion; and Adam Rudolph - percussion

Periodic Table

Ole Mathisen Quartet
w/ Ole Mathisen - saxophone, Kenny Wessel - guitar, Francois Moutin - bass, Tony Moreno - drums
Jazzheads

The Sound of a Dream

Go: Organic Orchestra - Adam Rudolph

Taxidermy

Sam Bardfeld Group,
w/ Sam Bardfeld (violin), Ken Wessel (guitar), Drew Gress (bass), Mike Sarin (drums)
www.cadencebuilding.com

Sandan Shuffle

Virginia Mayhew Quartet,
w/ Virginia Mayhew (sax), Ken Wessel (guitar), Harvie S (bass), Victor Jones (drums)

What Do I Know

Ingrid Sertso
Ingrid Sertso - vocals; Karl Berger - vibes, piano; Steve Gorn - bansuri; Kenny Wessel - guitar; Mike Bisio - bass; Bob Selcoe - trumpet; Jane Scarpantoni - cello
www.creativemusicstudio.org

A Simple Thank You

VIrginia Mayhew Septet
w/Virginia Mayhew - saxophones, Lisa Parrot - alto & bari, Scott Harrell - trumpet & flugelhorn, Noah Bless - trombone, KW - guitar, Harvie S - bass, Victor Jones - drums, Ingrid Jensen - trumpet, Mayra Casales - percussion

Music is the Meditation

William Gagliardi Quartet,
w/ William Gagliardi (saxophones), Ken Wessel (guitar), Dave Hofstra (bass), Lou Grassi (drums)
www.cadencebuilding.com

Nhlahla

William Gagliardi Quintet,
w/ William Gagliardi (saxophones), John Carlson (trumpet), Ken Wessel (guitar), Dave Hofstra (bass), Lou Grassi (drums)
www.cadencebuilding.com

Second Voyage

Lewis Porter Quintet,
w/ Lewis Porter (piano), Dan Faulk (saxophone), David Leibman (saxophone), Ken Wessel (guitar), Harvie S (bass), Marcus Baylor (drums)

Hear and Now

William Gagliardi Quintet
w/ William Gagliardi (saxophones), John Carlson (trumpet), Ken Wessel (guitar), Dave Hofstra (bass), Lou Grassi (drums)
www.cadencebuilding.com

M.D.

Haruko Nara,
w/ Haruko Nara (piano), Ken Wessel (guitar), Lonnie Plaxico (bass), Steve Moss (percussion), and others

Memories of Tomorrow

William Gagliardi Quintet
w/ William Gagliardi (saxophones), John Carlson (trumpet), Ken Wessel (guitar), Dave Hofstra (bass), Lou Grassi (drums)
www.cadencebuilding.com

Younger Dryas

William Gagliardi Quintet,
w/ William Gagliardi (saxophones), John Carlson (trumpet), Ken Wessel (guitar), Dave Hofstra (bass), Lou Grassi (drums)
www.cadencebuilding.com

Cosmic Life

Mari Okubo w/ Mari Okubo, vocals; Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Chris Walker (bass); Ornette Coleman, Lew Soloff (trumpet); Robert Rouch (french horn); KW (guitar); and others