Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Veteran Chicago-based Jazz Musician & Composer Ken Vandermark .. He grew up in Massachusetts and as a kid in Boston his father gave him a charmed jazz life of seeing legends like Art Blakey and so many others .. Ince the 1990s, he has been a firm fixture on the Chicago-area music scene earning decades of critical praise for his playing and his multilayered compositions .. He opened up about his long life in music, the COVID life and so much more .. Dig it ..