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

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.

Reactions to Ken Field's latest solo release "The Canopy" on Neuma Records:

• "Superb record!" - Mark Alan Miller

• "Ken Field’s triumphal music enables listeners to see with their mind’s eye what the dancers are performing on stage, helping us to contain loss, survive sorrow, live through grief, and ultimately transform us via this journey." - Mark Corroto, AllAboutJazz.com
• "Deeply moving." - Bob Rogers, Jazz Radio Icon
• "A meaningful sound journey that never strays far from the heart." - Noah Schaffer, WBUR/NPR Boston
• "Beautiful music." - Chuck Rosina, WMBR Radio 
• "An elegiac mosaic of sounds and emotions." - JazzWeekly.com
• "Very evocative and compelling" - Steven Swartz, Dot Dot Dot Music
• "Ken Field once again proves his impressive versatility on The Canopy...Field creates a musical space in which sadness and joy can exist side by side – and it absolutely deserves a 9/10." - amplified-mag.de
• "The Canopy is an amazingly beautiful work." - Prof. Bob White, Simmons University
• "...this is a creation that revolves around moods and atmospheres. Cinematic creations made to conjure emotional responses and associations to images of places and situations. Compositions for those inner, internal and introspective journeys into your own mind and your own emotions." - The Viking in the Wilderness

Revolutionary Snake Ensemble's 5th album Serpentine (Cuneiform Records) is now out!  "Ken Field's Revolutionary Snake Ensemble have been joining the New Orleans brass band tradition to vanguard jazz, swinging NOLA funk, second-line street music, blues, and much more ... A band at the height of their powers ... a harmonic sophistication that should be the envy of most jazz and brass band musicians" - AllMusic.com.  "Revolutionary Snake Ensemble's fifth album, Serpentine, is a work that condenses more than three decades of sonic exploration, free improvisation, and commitment to the musical tradition of New Orleans. Recorded live at the Regattabar, one of the temples of jazz in the Boston area, the album reflects the group's philosophy: spontaneity, risk, and celebration. ... Serpentine is a vibrant testament to a band that continues to reinvent itself, with a sound that combines the sophistication of jazz with the energy of funk and the spontaneity of street music. A recording that invites you to dance, reflect, and be swept away by the spell of the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble's serpentine sound." - tomajazz.com (original in Spanish).  "Dazzling compositions & creative arrangements" - WBUR Guide to New Albums.

The Ensemble's previous CD "I Want That Sound!" is on Innova Recordings. "Hard-partying avant-funk, with boisterous soloing...I Want That Sound! is a strong example of how Ken Field and the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble continue to push the brass band tradition forward in an entirely original way, all the while making music that's a heck of a lot of fun." - NYC Jazz Record

RSE's third CD Live Snakes (Accurate Records) was an Editor's Pick in Downbeat, and Offbeat Magazine (New Orleans) called it "A stone cold killer diller!"