Night Two | The No Idea Festival Vernacular Residency with Ken Vandermark & Mabel Kwan

Fri, May 30

Join us for Night Two of the No Idea Festival Vernacular Residency with Ken Vandermark & Mabel Kwan! 5 PM | Open Rehearsal / Masterclass (Doors @ 4:45pm) Ken Vandermark leads a 2-hour open rehearsal with his quartet of Texas musicians performing this evening. Ample time will be left for audience questions about Vandermark’s working process as composer, improvisor, and bandleader. 5 PM to 7 PM ---------- 7:30 PM Show (Doors @ 7:15pm) Set 1: Mabel Kwan + Juan García duo First-time free improvisations between two acclaimed artists investigating the peripheries of contemporary classical, improvised, and experimental music. Mabel Kwan - piano Juan García - double bass Set 2: Ken Vandermark Texas Ensemble Ken Vandermark will present new compositions exploring distinct melodic, rhythmic and architectural strategies for improvisers. Vandermark will work with Texas musicians Jonathan Horne (guitar, Austin), Matthew Frerck (double bass, Denton), and Stefan González (drumset, Denton) in a debut collaboration. --------- 10 PM Show (Doors @ 9:45pm) The music of Fred Anderson + Dennis González The music of legendary musician Fred Anderson, a founding member of the AACM and a mentor for numerous musicians, is rarely heard outside of Chicago. Vandermark was fortunate enough to work with Anderson on a regular basis, record an album of his compositions with the DKV Trio, as well as feature Anderson as a guest soloist on the Territory Band album, Collide (2007). Vandermark will present a selection of Fred Anderson's pieces in a trio with North Texas musicians Stefan González and Matthew Frerck. Adding to the evening's music, the trio will perform selections of music from Dallas' pioneering trumpeter, artist and educator Dennis González. González established the Dallas Association for Avant-Garde and Neo Impressionistic Music (daagnim) in the late 1970s, at the suggestion of Anthony Braxton and Art Lande. The daagnim organization, which functioned both as a group of musicians and as a record label, was based on and named after Chicago's AACM. Dennis' son, drummer and vibraphonist Stefan González, will present selections of his father's music heavily influenced by his work with Chicago colleagues Malachi Favors and Alvin Fielder (via MIssissippi), among others. Ken Vandermark - tenor saxophone, Bb clarinet Matthew Frerck - double bass Stefan González - drumset Please Note: This is a live-taping, so we'll be enforcing a whisper-policy! Cold bottles of still and sparkling water will be available for purchase, but this event is BYOB. Ice will be available if needed, wine keys and 9oz cups provided! 22 free parking spaces onsite are first-come-first-serve.