AS LEADER OR CO-LEADER
* = includes one or more of Ken’s compositions
Forthcoming
Ken Filiano/Tomas Ulrich, Music For Bass & Cello
Ken Filiano & Baudolino’s Dilemma
2021
* Ken Filiano/Stephen Gauci Duo, Ken Filiano/Stephen Gauci, Pandemic Duets
2019
* Steve Adams/Ken Filiano Duo, Porta III
Marilyn Lerner/Lou Grassi/Ken Filiano, Intention, Not Two Records MW995-2
2016
* Vinny Golia/Ken Filiano Duo, Elongation, pfMENTUM, CD098
Marilyn Lerner/Ken Filiano/Lou Grassi, Live at Edgefest, NoBusiness Records NBLP 902014
2014
* Stephen Gauci/Kirk Knuffke/Ken Filiano, Chasing Tales, RPR1023
Connie Crothers Quartet, Deep Friendship, NA1058CD
2013
Marilyn Lerner/Ken Filiano/Lou Grassi, Live in Madrid, Cadence Jazz Records 1247
Erica Dagnino Quartet, Signs, SLAMCD 546
2012
TranceFormation: Connie Crothers, Andrea Wolper, Ken Filiano, TranceFormation in Concert, NA1054CD
* Ken Filiano Quintet, CIMPFest: Live in Villach, 2011, CIMPoL 5032-5036
2010
* Ken Filiano & Quantum Entanglements, Dreams From a Clown Car,CleanFeed, CF207CD
2009
Marilyn Lerner/Ken Filiano/Lou Grassi, Arms Spread Wide, NoBusiness Records, NBCD 5
2008
* Fulminate Trio, Fulminate Trio, gen 12
2007
* ESATrio: Bill Gagliardi, Ken Filiano, Lou Grassi, kenbillou, CIMP 370
2006
* Ken Filiano/Bonnie Barnett Duo, Trio For Two, Nine Winds NWCD0026
* Ken Filiano, Steve Adams, The Other Side of This, CleanFeed 058
2003
Rodrigo Amado/Carlos Zingaro/Ken Filiano, The Space Between, CleanFeed CF015CD
2002
* Ken Filiano, solo bass, SUBVENIRE, Nine Winds NWCD0223
1996
Vinny Golia/Ken Filiano Duo, The Art of Negotiation, CIMP 111
1994
* Steve Adams/Ken Filiano Duo, In Out Side, Nine Winds NWCD 0156
1992
Vinny Golia/Joelle Leandre/Ken Filiano, Haunting the Spirits Inside Them..., Music & Arts CD 893
1989
* Steve Adams/Ken Filiano Quartet, Anacrusis, Nine Winds 0128
1986
* Steve Adams/Ken Filiano, Hiding Out, Nine Winds 0121
AS SIDEMAN
* = one or more of Ken’s compositions on recording
2021
Sana Nagano, Smashing Humans, 577 Records
Daniele Del Monaco, THE ZONE, Studio III Recordings
2020
* Creative Legacy Ensemble, Silhouette, Amulet, AMT47
Jason Kao Hwang, Human Rites Trio, True Sound Recordings, TS03
Bob Gluck, Early Morning Star, FMR records fmrcd569-0120
Alan Braufman, The Fire Still Burns, Valley of Search, VOS004
2019
Melanie Dyer – WeFreeStrings, Fulfillment, inDep
Taylor Ho Bynum, The Ambiguity Manifesto, Firehouse 12 Records FH12-04-01-032
2018
Diane Moser, Birdsongs, featuring Diane Moser, Anton Denner, and Ken Filiano, Planet Arts 30174
Larry Ochs/THE FICTIVE FIVE, Anything is Possible, CleanFeed CF514CD
Jeff Cosgrove, Hunters and Scavengers
2017
* Bobby Bradford/Hafez Modirzadeh with Ken Filano/Royal Hartigan, Live at the Magic Triangle, NoBusiness Records NBLP 108
Roswell Rudd, embrace, RareNoiseRecords RNR085
Jason Kao Hwang, Sing House, Euonymus Records EU03
2016
Jason Kao Hwang, Voice, featuring Thomas Buckner and Deanna Relyea, Innova 938
Tayor Ho Bynum, Enter the Plustet, Firehouse 12 Records FH12-04-01-025
Anthony Braxton, TRILLIUM J, NBH906
2015
Larry Ochs, The Fictive Five, Tzadik TZ 4012
Thomas Heberer, Interstices, nuscope CD 1029
2014
Connie Crothers Quartet, Deep Friendship, NA1058CD
Daniel Goode/The Flexible Orchestra, Annbling, New World Records 80744-2
2013
Fay Victor Ensemble, ABSINTHE & VERMOUTH, GAM013-02
Joseph Daley String Ensemble, The Seven Heavenly Virtues, JoDaMusic 001
Taylor Ho Bynum 7-tette, NAVIGATION (possibility Abstracts XII & XIII), FH12-04-01-019
Marco Cappelli Acoustic Trio, Le Stagioni del Commissario Ricciardi, TZ 7644
Ehran Elisha Ensemble, Continue, Cadence Jazz Records 1246
2012
Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, Overview; 1996-2006, NWCD/DVD0300
Jason Kao Hwang, Burning Bridge, innova840
Hafez Modirzadeh, Post-Chromodal Out!, PI44
2011
Bill Dixon, ENVOI, VICTO cd 120
Anthnoy Braxton, Trillium E, NBH901
Andrea Wolper, Parallel Lives, Jazzed Media JM1054
Connie Crothers Quartet, Connie Crothers Quartet + Mark Weber, Live at the Stone, NYC, NA1046CD
Connie Crothers Quintet, Band of Fire, NA1056CD
Jason Kao Hwang and EDGE, Crossroads Unseen, EU102
Jason Kao Hwang and Spontaneous River, Symphony of Souls, MUL022
Vinny Golia Quartet, Take Your Time, RPR1003
Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet, Apparent Distance, FH12-04-01-014
Stephen Gauci Quartet, CIMPFest: live in Villach 2009, CIMPoL 5020-5024
Michael McNeill Trio, Passageways
2010
The Vinny Golia Octet, Music for Baritone Saxophone, NWCD0299
* Nate Wooley + Taylor Ho Bynum, The Throes, CIMP 384
Marco Cappelli Acoustic Trio, Les Nuages En France, AVANT 07
Fred Hess Big Band, Into the Open, alison 116
Steve Adams Trio, Surface Tension, CleanFeed CF131CD
Anders Nilsson, Aorta Ensemble, KOPACD 026
2009
Bill Dixon, Tapestries for Small Orchestra, FH12-04-03-008
Fred Hess Big Band, Hold On, Dazzle Records 202
Fay Victor Ensemble, The Freesong Suite, Greene Avenue Music
Dom Minasi, Dissonance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder, KCD 5235
2008
* Matt Marucci & Doug Webb Trio feat. Ken Filiano, Changeup, CIMP 356
Jim McCauley, The Ultimate Frog, Drip Audio 00-406
The Fred Hess Band, Single Moment, Alison SR 115
Jessica Jones Qt., Word, NA 1045
Marco Cappelli, Italian Doc Remix, ITN 010
Richard Thompson, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, AJO184
2007
Fay Victor Quartet, Cartwheels Through the Cosmos,AS0061(2007)
* Matt Marucci & Doug Webb Trio feat. Ken Filiano, 3 The Hard Way, CIMP 346
Stephen Gauci Quartet, Wisps of An Unknown Face, CIMP 361
Saco Yasuma, Another Rain, LNP0208
Anthony Coleman, Lapidation, New World Records 805932
Paul Smoker/Damon Short Quintet, No Stock Options, NWCD0291
Jason Kao Hwang, Stories Before Within, Innova 689
Tomas Janzon, Coast to Coast to Coast, Changes Music
Chris Chalfant, Book of Unstandards, Jyaku Sound 062106
Fred Hess, In the Grotto, Alison SR114
Alipio C Neto, The Perfume Comes Before the Flower, CleanFeedCF093
TECK String Quartet, CleanFeed CF089
Sebastian Schunke Meets Olvido, Vida Pura, Timba 59835-2
* Evil Eye, Doin’ It All For My Baby, KMB Jazz KMBO14
Jon Hemmersam/Dom Minasi Quartet, CDM records 1008
Rodrigo Amado, Surface, European Echoes 002
2006
Jason Kao Hwang, Edge, AIR0067
Adam Caine Trio, Pipe
Fred Hess Quartet, How ‘Bout Now, Tapestry 760092
Richard Thompson, Poetry Prelude, Videmus Records, TROY830
Stephen Gauci Qt., Absolutely, Absolutely, CIMP 361
Dom Minasi, The Vampire’s Revenge, CDM 1006
2005
* Ken Wessel, Jawboning, CIMP 318
Andrea Wolper, The Small Hours, VarisOne.Jazz 4569 3101 2
Dennis Gonzalez’s Spirit Meridian, Idle Wild, CleanFeed CF035CD
David Taylor/Steve Swell Quintet, Not Just, CIMP 321
Vinny Golia Quartet, Sfumato, CleanFeed CF036CD
Julia Doszna, Immigrant/Emirpaht, American Historical Recordings
2004
LIP Improvisation Players, Motion, CleanFeed CF 025 CD
Dom Minasi’s DDT+2, Time Will Tell, CDM records CDM 1003
Carol Mennie, I’m Not a Sometime Thing, CDM records CDM 1004
* Lou Grassi Quartet, Avanti Galoppi, CIMP 313
Jessica Jones Quartet, Nod, New Artists Records NA 1039 CD
Bob Feldman Trio, Triplicity, One Soul Records PLR 20040302
Fred Hess Quartet, Crossed Paths, Tapestry 760072
ROVA: ORKESTROVA (music by Satoko Fujii & Steve Adams), An Alligator In Your Wallet, 0069 (TGCS1812)
Ras Moshe, Live Spirits, UE002
2003
Avram Fefer Quartet, Shades of the Muse, CIMP 286
Fred Hess Quartet, The Long and Short of It, Tapestry 760062
Anna Saeki, Omoi, Rentrak 00015
2002
Vinny Golia, Feeding Frenzy (Music for Woodwinds & String Quartet), Nine Winds NWCD0229
Dom Minasi Trio, Goin’ Out Again, CDM 1002
Fred Hess, Extended Family, Tapestry 760042
Fred Hess, Exposed, CIMP 249
Chris Chalfant, Love and Light, Jyaku Sound 010602
Joe Scianni, One Eyed Jack, CJR
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra with Sheila Jordan, Bethlehem Counterpoint, Aardmuse, CD102
2001
Dom Minasi Trio, “Takin’ The Duke Out”, CDM 1001
Giora Feidman Quartet, Tangoklezmer, Koch/Schwann 369272
The Music of Eric Von Essen, Volume III, CG115
* Large Music, Large Music 2, CIMP 226
Fred Hess, Going There, CIMP 249
Implicate Order, At Seixal, CleanFeed CleanFeed CF001CD
Ursel Schlicht Quartet/Implicate Order, Soundquest, CJR 1140
2000
Roswell Rudd, Broad Strokes, KFW276
Richard Grossman Trio, Where The Sky Ended, hatOLOGY541
Frank London, Invocations, Tzadik 7147
Tina Marsh & the Bob Rodriguez Trio, Out of Time, CreOp Muse 007
* Paul Smoker Trio, Mirabile Dictu, CIMP 233
Phil Haynes/Herb Robertson 5tet, BrooklynBerlin, CIMP 218
* Large Music, Large Music 1, CIMP 219
1999
Vinny Golia Quintet, Lineage, Nine Winds NWCD0214
Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, The Other Bridge (Oakland 1999), Nine Winds NCD0210/0220
Bonnie Barnett, Live At Roulette, Nine Winds NWCD0218
Jim Cajacob & Friends, Knee Deep in Paradise, BTH0012
Hollie Baines, A Close Call With Love, HB101180
Hafez Modirzadeh/Ramin Zoufonoun, The Mystery of Sama, AIR0036
1998
Rob Blakeslee Quartet, Spirit of the Times, Nine Winds NWCD 0208
Frank Giasullo Quartet, Firstlight, GE 2001
Richard Grossman Trio, Even Your Ears, hatOLOGY 515
Mark Weber, Time Zone Differential, Zerx 007
Don Glandon, Only Believe, CJR 1093
1997
* Vinny Golia/Paul Smoker Quartet, Halloween, the Sequel, Nine Winds NWCD 0207
Mark Harvey & Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, An Aardvark Christmas, Nine Winds, NWCD 0201
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Psalms & Elegies, LEO LAB CD 028
Chris Chalfant Trio, All In Good Time, C. Chalfant Music 28096
Davida Singer, Khupe
Danielle Gasparro, The World of You
1996
Hafez Modirzadeh, The People’ s Blues, X DOT 25
* Paul Smoker/Vinny Golia Quartet, Halloween ‘96, CIMP 129
Steve Swell Quartet, Out and About, CIMP 116
Live Knitting Factory Recording, What is Jazz? 1996, KFW195
Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, Portland 1996, 9Winds 0180
Anthony Coleman, What Is Jazz? Festival 1996, KFW 195
1995
Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, Tutto Contare, Nine Winds NWCD 0170
Vinny Golia Quintet, Against The Grain, Nine Winds NWCD 0159
Bob Rodriguez Trio, Mist, NWCD 0177
Brad Dutz, Krin, Interworld CD 919
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Paintings For Jazz Orchestra, Leo Lab 014
1994
Vinny Golia Quintet, Regards from Norma Desmond, FSNT 008 CD
Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, Commemoration, Nine Winds NWCD 0150/0160
Richard Grossman Trio, Remember, 512 MGT
Bill Perkins Quintet, Frame of Mind, Interplay 8612
Rob Blakeslee Quintet, Lifeline, Nine Winds NWCD 0147
Paul Carmen & ESP, Passion, CSRCD194
Tony Lujan, Zulu, Capri 74041
Jake Jacobson, Talking with the Moon, SMP 2228-1
1993
Mark Harvey & Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Steps Out, Nine Winds NWCD 0155
Tina Marsh & Creative Opportunity Orchestra, The Heaven Line, CreOpMuse 002
Chamber Orchestra at St. Matthew’s, Peter & the Wolf, Seaclef Prods. 101
1992
Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, Decennium Dans Axlan, Nine Winds
1991
Sid Jacobs, It’s Not Goodnight, Best Recordings
Richard Grossman, In the Air, Nine Winds
Dick Berk, The Jazz Adoption Agency, Nine Winds
Joey Sellers’ Jazz Aggregation, Pastels, Ashes, Nine Winds
1990
Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, Pilgrimage to Obscurity, Nine Winds NWCD 0130
Vinny Golia Chamber Trio, Worldwide and Portable, Nine Winds
Richard Grossman, Trio in Real Time, Nine Winds
Joey Sellers’ Jazz Aggregation, Something for Nothing, Nine Winds
1989
Kim Richmond Ensemble, Looking Out Looking In, Nine Winds 0125
Vinny Golia Quintet, Out for Blood, Nine Winds 0127
Dennis Gonzales, The Earth and the Heart, Konnex Records
Vinny Golia Trio, Puff of Smoke, INT1
1986
Richard Grossman, One . . . Two . . . Three . . . Four . . ., Nine Winds 0119
John Rapson, BuWah, Nine Winds Records 0118
1985
Vinny Golia Quintet, Goin’ Ahead, Nine Winds Records 0117
Arni Cheatham, Romantha: Rumination, Talented Tenth Records091084