A Composer's Corner

Meet Modern Jazz Composer/Performer Ken Field


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Ken Field is a composer, saxophonist, and flautist. He has received international public and critical acclaim for his solo work, his work with the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble (which he leads), Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, Willie Loco Alexander's Persistence of Memory Orchestra, and the Armenian/ American jazz project Musaner, as well as his commissioned compositions and performances with Bridgman/Packer Dance & Joanie Block's Selmadanse. Field has composed a number of pieces for the children's television program Sesame Street.

He was named a Finalist in Music Composition by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and currently serves as President of the Board of Directors of JazzBoston and as Chair of the Truro Concert Committee. He is Past President of the Board of Directors of Tutoring Plus of Cambridge and a past member of the Organizing Committee of the HONK! Festival. Field hosts The New Edge, a weekly radio program of creative instrumental music currently airing on WMBR and WOMR, and he co-hosts the bi-weekly show "Trash or Treasure" on WOMR.

Ken Field's Revolutionary Snake Ensemble's 5th album "Serpentine" has been released on Cuneiform Records! Release concerts were at Regattabar, Cambridge, MA and at WellFleet Preservation Hall on Cape Cod.

"Something quite original in the world of jazz and beyond." ----- Kory Cook, KUT Radio, Austin, TX

You can find out more at https://kenfield.org/

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A Composer's CornerBy andrew.celentano