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Ben Collins-Siegel

Born: May 30, 2007

Ben Collins-Siegel is a jazz pianist from Maplewood, New Jersey.

Ben was first introduced to jazz through the Jazz House Kids program in Montclair, NJ. He developed and found his way into a community of artists there comprising of the faculty and students. Also studying with Julius Tolentino at Newark Academy, Ben began to develop a passion for jazz and develop his confidence in the art form. He studied privately with Bob Himmelberger during high school until being accepted into the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami in the Fall of 2025.

Ben has played alongside prominent jazz artists like Winard Harper, Steve Davis, John Pizzarelli, and Julius Tolentino

Introducing Pianist Ben Collins-Siegel

by Sanford Josephson
July 2, 2025

I first saw Ben Collins-Siegel play piano in July 2019 at the Roselle Park Jazz Festival. Then a 12-year-old seventh grader at Maplewood Middle School, he led off a performance by the JTole Jazz Orchestra of Thad Jones' “Counter Block," written for the Count Basie Orchestra. It was stunning. JTole stands for Julius Tolentino, ...

Wells Fargo Jazz For Teens

by Sanford Josephson
May 2, 2022

Clay Hudson grew up in a family “surrounded by music, and it rubbed off on me." Henry Spencer remembers that in the second grade at St. Luke's School in the West Village, “every student took drum lessons. I was the only one who stuck with it." Hudson and Spencer, both drummers, are two of ...