Acting

Jandek

Born

1945-10-26 (80)

Known for

Acting

Credits

47 titles

IMDb profile

Singer/songwriter from Houston, Texas.

Known for

From an episode of Hardly Sound, this is a documentary focuses on enigmatic underground Texas musician, Jandek as he weaves through a one-act play called "Kooken".

Jandek: Kooken

2014

A collection of films from an eclectic array of contributors commissioned to raise funds for the Bristol independent cinema The Cube.

The Film That Buys the Cinema

2014

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Jandek: Bristol Wednesday

2010

Jandek enters a purple room and gets down with his bad self.

Jandek: Detroit Friday

2025

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Jandek: Brooklyn Wednesday

2008

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Jandek: Fort Worth Saturday

2020

Film credits

2020s · 10 titles

Jandek enters a purple room and gets down with his bad self.

Jandek: Detroit Friday

2025

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Jandek: Fort Worth Saturday

2020

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Jandek: Berlin Sunday

2020

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Jandek: Montreal Sunday

2020

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Jandek: Denver Friday

2021

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Jandek: San Francisco Saturday

2021

Just after 4 p.m., the rail-thin Jandek - clad in all black from his Panama hat to his dress shoes - bassist Keith Vivens and drummer Tyson Sheth nonchalantly walked onstage. "Yall in for a wild time tonight," Vivens said, and he was right. Instantaneously, the trio launched into a prodigious jam like George Clinton and Parlaiment-Funkadelic might have in 1975. Vivens' gelatinous five-note bass figure took care of the melody, Jandek's astringent blues guitar filled in the accents and Sheth's cucumber-cool drumming kept things moving forward. It was off the cuff and in the pocket, and just kept going... and going... and going...

Jandek: Rudyard's

2020

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Jandek: Manhattan Saturday

2020

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Jandek: London Sunday

2021

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Jandek: Philadelphia Saturday

2021

2010s · 27 titles

From an episode of Hardly Sound, this is a documentary focuses on enigmatic underground Texas musician, Jandek as he weaves through a one-act play called "Kooken".

Jandek: Kooken

2014

A collection of films from an eclectic array of contributors commissioned to raise funds for the Bristol independent cinema The Cube.

The Film That Buys the Cinema

2014

No artwork available

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Jandek: Bristol Wednesday

2010

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Jandek: Los Angeles Saturday

2016

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Jandek: San Francisco Friday

2018

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Jandek: Dublin Friday

2016

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Jandek: Houston Friday

2017

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Jandek: Dallas Thursday

2017

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Tuning The Pulse offers a rare, behind the scenes look into the creative process of notoriously reclusive cult musician, Jandek and his free improvisatory music.

Tuning the Pulse

2013

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Jandek: Austin Sunday 2007

2019

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Jandek: Seattle Friday

2017

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Jandek: Brussels Saturday

2015

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Jandek: Chicago Wednesday

2010

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Jandek: New Orleans Monday

2017

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Jandek: Austin Tuesday

2017

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Jandek: London Residency

2017

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Jandek: Houston Tuesday

2018

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Jandek: Portland Thursday

2010

The audience had not made a single sound during this whole approach. Then the two-hour set began. First an instrument started a pattern, then others joined, and finally Jandek—nearing and withdrawing from the microphone until the timing struck him—began. "I took a train," he moaned, "to Colorado...