The Black Dot proudly welcomes saxophonist Ken Vandermark to town. He has been a stalwart of improvised jazz for the past two decades. He makes his Nanaimo debut along side Kenton Loewen on drums and James Meger on bass.

Ken Vandermark (USA, 1964) is a renowned avant-garde composer, improviser, saxophonist/clarinetist, curator, and writer. He has collaborated and recorded with key figures from the AACM (Fred Anderson), New York’s Downtown scene (Ikue Mori), FMP (Peter Brötzmann), British improvisation (Paul Lytton), post-punk (Terrie Ex), Ethiopian music (Getachew Mekuria), and Japanese free jazz (Akira Sakata). Since 2012, he has directed the Catalytic Sound cooperative and runs Audiographic Records (founded 2014). In 1999, he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for his contributions to music.

Kenton Loewen is known mainly as a seasoned professional drummer.
He has worked extensively in the improvisation world with artists such as Gord Grdina, Mats Gustafsson, Fredrik Lundqvist, Michael Moore, Mark Helias and Francois Houle.

James Meger is a bassist and composer based in Vancouver, who works in the fields of jazz, free improvisation, and rock music. Meger is a founder of the curatorial and producing collective Sawdust Collective.

The evening will start with the debut of Wrestler. Wrestler is Wes Mulholland and Charlotte Coleman. Vault regulars will be familiar with these two as they have graced the stage there many times. This evening marks the first time they will play together live.

The Vandermark/Loewen/Meger set will be recorded for a Black Dot Records release.

Doors at 7PM. Music at 8PM. Over 10PM.

Jack Tieleman

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