Ken Vandermark photo by Larry Evans

Ken Vandermark was one of 31 recipients of a fellowship from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for 1999. Each fellowship provides five years of unrestricted, "no strings attached" support to use as the recipients see fit.

A composer, improviser, tenor saxophone and clarinet player, Vandermark is gaining recognition as one of America's most promising young musicians. His music draws on a range of traditions and styles, including jazz, European classical and folk musics, reggae, rock, and African forms. Vandermark leads and performs with more than a dozen ensembles and has recorded over forty compact disks.

Webliography:

1999 MacArthur Fellows
www.macfdn.org/programs/fel/99bios.htm

MacArthur Foundation
www.macfdn.org/

Ken Vandermark
www.macfdn.org/programs/fel/
1999fellows/ken_vandermark.htm