Kent Kessler

Kent Kessler (born 1957 in Crawfordsville, Indiana) is an American double bassist who has long worked in Chicago's jazz and improvised music scene. He joined Hal Russell's NRG Ensemble in 1985 and from the 1990s played for many years alongside saxophonist Ken Vandermark in the Vandermark 5, the DKV Trio and the Steelwool Trio. He is also the bassist of Boneshaker, with Mars Williams and Paal Nilssen-Love. Kessler started on trombone and played other instruments before the double bass became his main one; with the NRG Ensemble he toured Europe and recorded for ECM.