Jazz Articles about Ben LaMar Gay

About Ben LaMar Gay

Album Review

Ben LaMar Gay: Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun

Read "Downtown Castles Can Never Block the Sun" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
January 28, 2019

Clamoroso esordio discografico su International Anthem (etichetta evidentemente abbonata ai debutti con il botto, vedi Jaimie Branch l'anno passato) quello di Ben LaMar Gay. Multistrumentista, cantante, membro dell'AACM, da una ventina d'anni presenza trasversale tra hip-hop, avant jazz, indie rock, elettronica, musica brasiliana (risiede saltuariamente in Brasile), appassionato e specialista dell'overdubbing, decide di pubblicare come primo album da solista, una compilation. Anche se una compilation proprio normale non lo è. Le quindici tracce di Downtown Castles Can Never ...

Album Review

Ben LaMar Gay: Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun

Read "Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun" reviewed by Gareth Thompson

by Gareth Thompson
May 27, 2018

Within any given city you might hear birdsong and church bells competing with buskers, car horns and stereos. Within the realm of Ben LaMar Gay's debut album we run a similar gamut of sonic experience. A cornetist and composer from Chicago's South Side, Gay has worked with Jaimie Branch, Makaya McCraven and Joshua Abrams among others. Yet for reasons unknown, he has never made public some seven albums worth of his own recorded material. All that changes with the release ...