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Ken Aldcroft
   solo guitar

solo performance + solo improvisation roundtable: Saturday 27 February, 2pm


Ken Aldcroft

look + listen:

Live @ Club Instabil, May 2014



With a rigorous and pan-idiomatic approach to both composition and improvisation, guitarist Ken Aldcroft is a key practitioner in Toronto’s dynamic creative music scene. After establishing himself as a compelling new voice in the jazz scene of his hometown, Vancouver, Ken moved to Toronto in 2001 and quickly made connections with like-minded collaborators. Since then, his own multi-faceted development as an improvising guitarist, bandleader, composer, producer, and organizer has corresponded with the re-emergence of Toronto as an important centre for creative improvised music-making.

As a guitarist, Ken extends the jazz tradition that lies at the core of his music education. Through his commitment to a wide-open field of musical influence and to forging new collaborative ties, Ken has systematically sought new and challenging contexts in which to improvise. As a result, his playing reflects the breadth of his interests, from the extended bebop of a jazz repertory project like Hat & Beard, performing the music of Thelonious Monk, to the language of free improvisation that he explores in collective improvisational settings such as ongoing collaborations with NY bassist William Parker and saxophonist Andy Haas or one off performances with artists such as Wilbert DeJoode, Joe McPhee, John Oswald and Lori Freedman to name just a few. This variety comes into its fullest view with Ken’s three solo recordings: Mister, Mister (2015), Home: Solo Guitar Compositions (2011) and Vocabulary: Solo Guitar Improvisations(2009), all three are passionate musical reflections on his ongoing development as an improvising guitarist.

kenaldcroft.com
Mister, Mister @ iTunes
Home @ iTunes
Vocabulary @ iTunes



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