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Article: Interview

Ben Allison: Bringing Listeners to the Music

by Joao Moreira dos Santos
November 10, 2005

Ben Allison is a jazz musician you should keep an eye on. Influenced by Charlie Haden, but with a voice all his own, this year seems to be quite a ride for his career. DownBeat magazine selected him as one of the “25 rising jazz stars for the future," and he also won the prestigious “Bird ...

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Buzz

By Ben Allison

Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: Respiration; Buzz; Green Al; Mauritania; Erato; R&B Fantasy; Across the Universe.

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Frank Kimbrough and Ben Allison

by Sean Patrick Fitzell
July 11, 2004

Frank Kimbrough Lullabluebye Palmetto 2004 For more than ten years, pianist Frank Kimbrough and bassist Ben Allison have collaborated on numerous projects of the Jazz Composers Collective and their own. Despite their frequent appearances together, the two have different approaches as composers and leaders. On Lullabluebye, Kimbrough explores the classic ...

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Article: Album Review

Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel: Buzz

by Rob Cline
June 1, 2004

Despite its moderate tempo, “Respiration," the opening track on Buzz, sets an insistent tone that drives the album’s first three tracks. Bassist Ben Allison penned all three charts, which feature tight, energetic ensemble playing by the six-piece band as well as plenty of open space for improvisation, including a textured piano solo by Frank Kimbrough on ...

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Article: Album Review

Ben Allison and Medicine Wheel: Buzz

by John Kelman
May 21, 2004

On the fourth album with his group Medicine Wheel bassist Ben Allison continues to push the boundaries of structured music with a programme of six originals and one Beatles cover. With a straightforward sound that belies a richer complexity, Allison continues to present invention masked in simplicity, combining intelligence with emotional depth. Buzz opens with Allison’s ...

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Article: Album Review

Ben Allison: Buzz

by Jim Santella
May 3, 2004

Ben Allison and Medicine Wheel have a history of going against the grain, with their provocative form of New York jazz. Allison has said that “a composition should create a landscape in which a musician can freely explore and find an individual voice.” With its fourth release, however, Medicine Wheel turns collective and ...

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Still Evolved

By Ted Nash

Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: The Shooting Star 2. Jump Start 3. Still Evolved 4. The Competitor 5. Bells Of Brescia 6. Point Of Arrival 7. Ida's Spoons 8. Rubber Soul.

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Article: Megaphone

Different Generations, Same Realizations

by Ben Allison
March 14, 2003

In the summer of 1992, I was reading a biography about Alban Berg that described his and Arnold Schoenberg's frustration over the lack of adequate performance opportunities for their music and the gap that seemed to exist between them and the public. This situation inspired Schoenberg to look for alternatives to the usual channels that composers ...

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Peace Pipe

By Ben Allison

Label: Palmetto Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Third Rail; Slap Happy; Peace Pipe; Dakan; Goin' Back; Disposable Genius; Music Is Music; Realization; Mantra.

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Drift

By Michael Blake

Label: Intuition
Released: 2002
Track listing: Drift; Mean As A Swan; Toque; The Creep; Lady Red; Teo Walks; Duty Free Suite; Dry Socket; Afro Blake; Maria; Residence.