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Ben Allison & Man Size Safe at Chris' Jazz Cafe on April 5, 2008
Bassist Ben Allison new release Little Things Run The World, is one of the best releases in 2008. Allison brings his band Man Size Safe, to Chris' Jazz Cafe on April 5, 2008. BEN ALLISON & MAN SIZE SAFE Ben Allison - bass Michael Blake - saxophones Ron Horton ...
Ben Allison & Man Size Safe: Little Things Run The World
by Troy Collins
On his eighth album, Little Things Run The World, bassist/composer Ben Allison delves further into the cinematic Americana explored on his previous release, Cowboy Justice (Palmetto, 2007). Inspired by a quote from biodiversity expert E.O. Wilson, the album features a selection of multi-layered tunes that rely on structural interdependency as much as the social organisms Wilson ...
New Release from Palmetto Records: Ben Allison's "Little Things Run the World"
On Little Things Run The World, bassist Ben Allison pushes the boundaries once again--this time with a cinematic, rock-meets-Americana sound that defies easy classification. Allison and his band “Man Size Safe" blend the borders of rock and jazz with six of the bassist's new original compositions plus guitarist Steve Cardenas' “Language of Love" and a rendition ...
Cowboy Justice
By Ben Allison
Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Tricky Dick; Talking Heads; Hey Man; Emergency; Midnight Cowboy; Tricky Rides Again; Weazy; Ruby's Roundabout; Blabbermouth.
Ben Allison: Cowboy Justice
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il contrabbassista e compositore Ben Allison rientra in quella pattuglia di nuovi jazzmen che amano confrontarsi con moduli espressivi plurali, insofferenti di griglie imposte, tanto più di connotazioni ideologiche. Non che questo voglia dire disimpegno sociale, tutt’altro. Anzi, Allison insieme ad altri ottimi musicisti coordina da anni i lavori del Jazz Composers Collective, egregio esempio cooperativo ...
Two Bass Hits: Cowboy Justice and A Fine Balance
by Matthew Miller
Ben Allison Cowboy Justice Palmetto Records 2006 Michael Bates' Outside Sources A Fine Balance Between the Lines 2006 Bands led by bassists are something of a novelty, even today. From ...
Ben Allison: Medicine Wheel
by Troy Collins
Bassist Ben Allison was a virtual unknown when this album was originally released by Palmetto in 1998. After Seven Arrows (Koch, 1996), this was Allison's first major release. Combining conservatory training, ethnic/world music fusions, post-bop energy and free-jazz vigor, Allison and company were on the cusp of a new movement. Listening to this recording in retrospect ...
Ben Allison: Cowboy Justice
by Jim Santella
Ben Allison's modern jazz quartet brings a fresh spirit to his latest project with sensual impressions that relate to the world around us. For his original compositions, the bassist has borrowed from the nightly news, world affairs, social ills and reflections on the way things are around us. The result is a varied soundscape of lovely ...
Ben Allison: Cowboy Justice
by R. Emmet Sweeney
Cowboy Justice sticks to the basics. Each tune opens with a repeated riff that is then accented by the other instruments, heavy on layered harmonies. Ben Allison is one of the founding members of the non-profit Jazz Composers Collective, a hub for young, forward-thinking talent, and Cowboy Justice has the feel of a workshop the Collective ...
Ben Allison: Cowboy Justice
by Troy Collins
From the Jazz Composers Collective to Peace Pipe and Medicine Wheel, bassist/composer Ben Allison has been a force in creative jazz for over a decade. Joined by two Medicine Wheel veterans, drummer Jeff Ballard and trumpeter Ron Horton, Allison also invites adaptable newcomer Steve Cardenas--currently a member of the Paul Motian Band and the first guitarist ...
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