The musical palette of bassist Ken Filiano spans a
wide spectrum of musical expression. Embracing classical, jazz,
the world of spontaneous improvisation and inter-disciplinary
performances with dance and the spoken word, Ken fuses the rich
traditions available to the double bass, bringing out the many
voice inherent within this instrument; leading critics to praise
him as “a first rate musician:” and a “richly
sonorous player” who “…knows the bass role, but
fills it in unexpected ways.”
Ken tours widely, playing across the United States, Canada,
Europe and South America; and has been included at such festivals
as the DuMaurier International Jazz Festival, Bergamo Jazz
Festival, Bumbershoot Festival, the Charles Ives Festival; having
performed with such artists as Warne Marsh, Vinny Golia, Barre
Phillips, Bertram Turetzky, Joelle Leandre, Bill Perkins, John
Carter, Bobby Bradford, Roswell Rudd, Ted Dunbar, Jimmy
Cleveland, Don Preston, Paul Smoker, Joe Labarbera, ROVA
Saxophone Quartet, as well as at Carnegie Hall with the Georgian
Chamber Orchestra.
Among his nearly two dozen recordings, are numerous projects for
Nine Winds Records which feature his own compositions as well as
highlight his 20-year improvisatory collaboration with
saxophonist Steve Adams. Along with performing on numerous new
music concerts and solo excursions with poets and dancers, Ken
has been a guest lecturer, performer and teacher at the
University of New Mexico at Albuquerque, New York State
University at Buffalo, UCLA, the Los Angeles Community School for
the Arts and at Rutgers University, where he also received his
Master’s Degree.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONATACT: Ken Filiano
471 12th St.
#3-R
Brooklyn, NY 11215
718-965-0814