KEN ALDCROFT

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Kenneth Grant Aldcroft (14 November, 1969 – 17 September, 2016)

The extended family of creative music in Toronto, throughout Canada, and internationally is mourning the sudden, shocking death of guitarist, composer, educator, and producer Ken Aldcroft from a heart attack. He was 46.

Above all, Ken was an utterly devoted and loving husband to Maria and father to Liam, 13. The love, dedication, and conviction that defined his exemplary family life radiated outward to the countless musicians with whom Ken played, the myriad recording and performance projects he convened, and the many students – in private lessons and, since 2010, at the University of Guelph – he guided and inspired.

Ken’s tremendous skills as a guitarist, composer, and bandleader were matched by his passionate, tireless work ethic and ironclad sense of purpose. He manifested his creative vision by leading and contributing to a dazzling number of groups and projects: Convergence Ensemble, Threads, Hat
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KEN ALDCROFT The Ken Aldcroft Trio  : Big Picture album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Ken Aldcroft Trio : Big Picture
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
KEN ALDCROFT The Ken Aldcroft Trio +1 : His Mistress Never Sleeps... A Tribute to Duke Ellington album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Ken Aldcroft Trio +1 : His Mistress Never Sleeps... A Tribute to Duke Ellington
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
KEN ALDCROFT The Ken Aldcroft Trio +1 : From Our Time album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Ken Aldcroft Trio +1 : From Our Time
Avant-Garde Jazz 2003
KEN ALDCROFT The Ken Aldcroft Group  : Kirby Sideroad album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Ken Aldcroft Group : Kirby Sideroad
Avant-Garde Jazz 2004
KEN ALDCROFT The Great Divide album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Great Divide
Avant-Garde Jazz 2006
KEN ALDCROFT Trolleys album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Trolleys
Avant-Garde Jazz 2008
KEN ALDCROFT Vocabulary: Solo Guitar Improvisations album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Vocabulary: Solo Guitar Improvisations
Avant-Garde Jazz 2008
KEN ALDCROFT Our Hospitality album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Our Hospitality
Avant-Garde Jazz 2009
KEN ALDCROFT Home: Solo Guitar Compositions album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Home: Solo Guitar Compositions
Avant-Garde Jazz 2011
KEN ALDCROFT Ken Aldcroft / William Parker ‎: One Sunday album cover 3.25 | 2 ratings
Ken Aldcroft / William Parker ‎: One Sunday
Avant-Garde Jazz 2011
KEN ALDCROFT Ken Aldcroft, Joel LeBlanc : The Long And The Short Of It album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ken Aldcroft, Joel LeBlanc : The Long And The Short Of It
Avant-Garde Jazz 2012
KEN ALDCROFT Sneaky Pete-Slugs' album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sneaky Pete-Slugs'
Avant-Garde Jazz 2012
KEN ALDCROFT Hat & Beard : Reflections album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hat & Beard : Reflections
Avant-Garde Jazz 2013
KEN ALDCROFT Tangent For Eric Dolpy album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Tangent For Eric Dolpy
Avant-Garde Jazz 2014
KEN ALDCROFT Ken Aldcroft & Scott Thomson : Red & Blue album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Ken Aldcroft & Scott Thomson : Red & Blue
Avant-Garde Jazz 2015
KEN ALDCROFT Solo Ken Aldcroft  : Mister, Mister album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo Ken Aldcroft : Mister, Mister
Avant-Garde Jazz 2015
KEN ALDCROFT Ken Aldcroft & Klaus Kürvers ‎: RUFFSTRINX album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ken Aldcroft & Klaus Kürvers ‎: RUFFSTRINX
Avant-Garde Jazz 2016

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KEN ALDCROFT The Ken Aldcroft Trio album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Ken Aldcroft Trio
Avant-Garde Jazz 1998
KEN ALDCROFT Hat & Beard : Ken Aldcroft And Dave Clark ‎: Live At Somewhere There album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hat & Beard : Ken Aldcroft And Dave Clark ‎: Live At Somewhere There
Avant-Garde Jazz 2011
KEN ALDCROFT Saskatoon album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Saskatoon
Avant-Garde Jazz 2013
KEN ALDCROFT Threads : (Quintet) 4.00 | 1 ratings
Threads : (Quintet) "10/09/11"
Avant-Garde Jazz 2014
KEN ALDCROFT Ken Aldcroft & William Parker : Live at Tranzac Vol.1 album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
Ken Aldcroft & William Parker : Live at Tranzac Vol.1
Avant-Garde Jazz 2015

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