Ken Simon

Ken Simon Quartet: Another Side

by Derek Taylor
February 1, 2001

Bob Rusch is a brutally honest man. As front man for Cadence magazine he calls things like he sees them staunchly leaving gloss and platitudes at the door. In like fashion his unflinching faith in the individual artistry of the musicians he documents on his CIMP label is directly manifest in the much-maligned minimalist recording techniques the label consistently employs. He’s been labeled and libeled as everything from impresario to curmudgeon, but even his detractors are forced to recognize his ...