Ken Filiano
| Ken Filiano | |
|---|---|
| Born |
October 27, 1952 Patchogue, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, avant-garde |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | double bass |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Nine Winds, CIMP, Knitting Factory, Clean Feed |
| Associated acts | Steve Adams, Aardvark Orchestra, Quantum Entanglements, Vinny Golia |
Ken Filiano (b. 1952) is an American jazz and orchestral bassist based in Brooklyn, New York.
Since the 1970s, Filiano has played or recorded with Anthony Braxton, Fred Ho, Nels Cline, Bill Dixon, Fay Victor, and others.Filiano is on the teaching roster at the New School in New York.He teaches master classes in bass and improvisation, and has a private bass studio in Brooklyn.
Filiano was born in Patchogue, New York. He began playing trumpet as a child and continued to play the instrument while attending Syracuse University and studying with Rudolf Nashan. Nearing the end of his undergraduate work, Filiano decided to switch to bass and study with V. Stewart Wheeler. He received a Bachelor of Music in Double Bass from Syracuse University in 1978.
Filiano did graduate work at the University of Southern California in the late 1980s before eventually receiving a Master of Music in Double Bass from Rutgers University in 1997. While at Rutgers, he studied with bassists Carolyn Davis, John Feeney, and Larry Ridley, as well as with Ted Dunbar, Kenny Barron, Ralph Bowen, and Daniel Goode.
Filiano began his professional career in 1974, working across the Northeastern United States from his home base in Syracuse, New York. From 1975-76 he was the principal bassist in the Syracuse University Orchestra.
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