Albums Featuring - Ken Filiano
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Catalog Number: Cadence Jazz Records 1216
Red FeastStephen Gauci (Primary), Nels Cline (Guitar), Ken Filiano (Bass), Mike Pride (Drums)Stunning saxwork combined with fresh and forceful rhythms create a recording session which is unrelenting in its drive and invention. Quite simply this is Gauci-Cline-Filiano-Pride at their best and, as a group, even ...
Catalog Number: CJR 1148
One Eyed JackJoseph Scianni (Piano), Blaise Siwula (Alto Saxophone), Ken Filiano (Bass), Hal Onserud (Bass)that Joseph Scianni is a phenomenal pianist can be shown by the first 5 records he has made over his 73 years. "One-Eyed Jack" is his 6th recording and has him in solo, duo, and trio settings with Blaise Siwula and Ken Filiano over a program of originals and standards. Both lyrical and demanding, this is music to engage both the mind and heart and gives us the added bonus of Siwula, Onserud, and Filiano: creative masters equal to the task.
Catalog Number: CJR 1140
Catalog Number: CJR 1093
Only BelieveDon Glanden (Piano), Ernie Watts (Tenor Saxophone), Ken Filiano (Bass), Fred Biondi (Drums), Kevin MacConnell (Bass), Tom Palmer (Drums), Tom Giacabetti (Guitar), Paul Klinefelter (Bass), Tom Lawton (Piano)Don Glanden is a worthy piano player who also writes music worth hearing. Mix in a handful of standards and you have a total Bop listening experience.
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Catalog Number: CIMPoL 5020
Catalog Number: CIMP 384
The ThroesNate Wooley, Taylor Ho Bynum, Ken Filiano, Tomas FujiwaraTwo horn players of the mid ‘70s who over the last decade not only have shown the stamina for the long run but also the skills and talent to be leaders in early 21st century creative improvising music. Here is Free music in a face-off between trumpet and cornet presenting what is obviously post 20th century Jazz, thankfully free of the rote and cliche of so much of today’s music. Everybody contributes compositions. Ken Filiano and Tomas Fujiwara keep a flow and edge to the always compelling music.
Catalog Number: CIMP 376
Mr. Fubar, I PresumeESATrio, Bill Gagliardi, Ken Filiano, Lou GrassiTime and time again, people listen to Bill Gagliardi and wonder why he is not better known and why he waited until age 50 to record. This latest release won't answer any of those questions and in fact will only give new voice to the wondering. If a trio comprising Gagliardi, the remarkably full and inventive Ken Filiano, and the driving Lou Grassi suggests to you a full and stimulating listening experience, then you are correct. For the full experience, listen to the previous ESATrio release on CIMP 370.
Catalog Number: CIMP Records 370
KenbillouESATrio, Bill Gagliardi, Ken Filiano, Lou GrassiThe ESATrio is Bill Gagliardi's latest venture into his wonderful world of improvisation. And who better to team up with than his old partner, Lou Grassi, and the phenomenal bassist, Ken Filiano. With these three musical minds at play you can expect grit and wit as they set up, dig in, and mine. Music of substance—pure and hip.
Catalog Number: CIMP LTD 361
Absolute, absolutelyStephen Gauci, Nate Wooley, Ken Filiano, Lou GrassiHere is part two of this remarkable Gauci quartet recording date. Nate Wooley joins Steve’s regular trio and sounds as though he’s been playing with this group for years. This is a classic quartet. Music written for the quartet is purposeful, pointed, and perfect Free Bop and beyond.
Catalog Number: CIMP LTD 356
Change-UpMat Marucci, Doug Webb, Ken FilianoThis is the second half (see CIMP 346) of a phenomenal recording session that produced 2 CDs, all issued in the same order as recorded. In and of itself that means nothing, but CIMP does not record and release music by the pound, so to speak. We release and endorse only quality. This is masterful Bop/ Free Bop music and reflects a very magical 24-hour period, all fully detailed in the Artists', Producer's, and Engineer's Notes.
Catalog Number: CIMP LTD 351
Wisps of an Unknown FaceStephen Gauci, Nate Wooley, Ken Filiano, Lou GrassiStephen Gauci has come on strong in the past three years. A veteran of the business, it's only of recent that he's decided to record. And that still slim body of work has been enthusiastically received by both the public and critics.
Here Stephen expands his core trio with trumpeter Nate Wooley—a brilliant choice. The whole of Gauci, Wooley, Filiano, and Grassi is music far more than the sum of its parts.
Catalog Number: CIMP LTD 346
3 The Hard WayMat Marucci, Doug Webb, Ken FilianoMarucci & Webb have been playing together for years. Even so, when they teamed up with former associate Ken Filiano no one could have guessed that the resulting quality and quantity of music would be so great. This is the first of two CDs documenting two days of the recording of Mat's original and memorable compositions. Released in the same order they were played, this Bop/Freebop session shows that the genre need not be revisionist but freshness and creative artistic integrity can be relative to any period of music.
Catalog Number: CIMP 321
Not Just...David Taylor, Steve Swell, Billy Bang, Tomas Ulrich, Ken FilianoGad. Two trombones and strings! But when the trombones are Dave Taylor and Steve Swell and the strings are Bang, Ulrich, and Filiano, you know this is going to be fun. A five-sided circle that is everything you'd expect from this meeting of fertile musical minds. Over 270 cumulative years in the making, its listening pleasures should last easily that long. Recorded January 5 & 6, 2005.
Catalog Number: CIMP 318
JawboningKen Wessel, Ken Filiano, Lou GrassiThere may be better known guitarists but none of them get to the heart of an improvisation better than Ken Wessel. A sideman on other CIMP sessions, we've been waiting for him to stand up and do his own date. The anticipation is justified as you'll hear on this mostly original music which also includes "I Remember You" and "Softly As In a Morning Sunrise." Recorded September 9 & 10, 2004
Catalog Number: CIMP Records 313
Avanti GaloppiLou Grassi, Rob Brown, Ken Filiano, Herb RobertsonLou Grassi knows how to pick 'em and mix 'em. Here he renews his associations with 3 of the most powerful music personalities on the scene, but united for the first time in the recorded spotlight. Seven cuts especially composed and prepared for the occasion. Everyone has a feature and there's plenty of style and form to study and enjoy. Recorded June 8, 2004.
Catalog Number: CIMP 286
Shades of the MuseAvram Fefer, Ken Filiano, Thomas Ulrich, Jay RosenIt's been a couple of years since Avram Fefer (San Francisco, CA 1964) was last in The Spirit Room but it didn't take long before he was engaging me about another project. While this was being conceived and coordinated, Avram continued other musical activities including his duo association with pianist Bobby Few, an ambient-electric groove quartet called Squelch, an on-going trio collaboration ...
Catalog Number: CIMP 249
ExposedFred Hess, Paul Smoker, Ken Filiano, Damon ShortNoted for establishing the Boulder Creative Music Ensemble in the mid-80's, composer, arranger, and tenor saxman Fred Hess takes a rare excursion outside of that role to expose his compositions and sax in a dynamic quartet. If Mr. Hess' previous activities have missed your attention, this release should put him in your sights. It's one of his best (we might even immodestly suggest that it is his best) to date. Recorded June 11 & 12, 2001.
Catalog Number: CIMP 233
Mirabile DictuPaul Smoker, Steve Salerno, Ken FilianoOriginal compositions of complexity and movement dismantled and redirected by 3 outstanding storytellers. Recorded September 18 & 19, 2000.
Catalog Number: CIMP 226
Large Music 2Paul Smoker, Bob Magnuson, Ken Filiano, Lou GrassiThe equal companion to Large Music 1, CIMP 219. Recorded March 6 & 7, 2000.
Catalog Number: CIMP 219
Large Music 1Paul Smoker, Bob Magnuson, Ken Filiano, Lou GrassiAs melodic as a classic hard bop date and as spontaneous as improvised artistry gets, this is Part One of a killer session featuring this very collective and supportive group producing very large music. Recorded March 6, 2000.
Catalog Number: CIMP 218
Brooklyn-BerlinPhil Haynes, Herb Robertson, Ned Rothenberg, Vinny Golia, Ken FilianoOriginal music, by Robertson and Haynes, presented especially for this occasion. Music which will continue to reward repeated listening, not out of familiarity or a reliance on tried and true cliché, but out of the richness of its structure and invention. Recorded Feb. 28 & 29, 2000.
Catalog Number: CIMP 129
Holloween '96Paul Smoker, Vinny Golia, Ken Filiano, Phil HaynesEnlightened music remarkably rich in ideas and composition combined in a hot intensity of uncompromised high-energy playing. Recorded Oct 30 & 31, 1996.
Catalog Number: CIMP 116
Out And AboutSteve Swell, Roswell Rudd, Ken Filiano, Lou GrassiState of the art trombone from two generations of masters. Warm, wonderful, and wild - it confirms why Steve Swell and Roswell Rudd are in a league of their own. Trombonemanship of the highest order and energy. Recorded June 14 & 15, 1996.
Catalog Number: CIMP 111
The Art of NegotiationVinny Golia, Ken FilianoA long-time collaboration beautifully realized in a program of totally improvised music. A stirring example of lyrical Free Improvisation. Recorded March 8 & 9, 1996