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Ben Feldman

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Ben Feldman is New York bassist and composer from Seattle, WA. He started playing music at age 13, and he quickly began working as a professional bassist, playing with Seattle luminaries including Jay Thomas, Mark Taylor, Dawn Clement, Johnaye Kendrick, Bill Anschell and many others. He has performed with the 2017 Grammy Jazz band and 2017 Vail Jazz band, as well as nationally recognized musicians Stefon Harris, Sullivan Fortner, Regina Carter, Matt Wilson, Dave Liebman, and Joey Alexander. He is also recognized for his work as a composer and arranger. He currently attends Manhattan School of Music and is a student of Ron Carter and Buster Williams.

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I Remember Why Now

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: It's Not That Deep; I Remember Why Now; Two Note; Ahmad; Unending; Slug Race; There's No Door; Clay Home; Blackstone

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Article: Album Review

Xavier Lecouturier: I Remember Why Now

Read "I Remember Why Now" reviewed by Paul Rauch


Wisdom is in part gathered by the realization that one can only be honest with oneself. There are no lies, only distractions and suppositions that put vision and truth at bay. The wisdom and truth that produces great music is not only arrived at by immersion into the art itself, but the immersion and subsequent understanding ...

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Article: Rising Stars

Introducing Pianist Holly Bean

Read "Introducing Pianist Holly Bean" reviewed by Sanford Josephson


For Holly Bean, in her last semester at Juilliard, it was the summit of a long journey that began when, as a three-year-old, she started playing on the piano in her Oak Ridge, TN, home. “I would hop on top of the bench and try to copy my mom, who plays piano and organ," she said. ...

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Article: What is Jazz?

Seattle Jazz Fellowship: A New Age In A New Space

Read "Seattle Jazz Fellowship: A New Age In A New Space" reviewed by Paul Rauch


The Seattle Jazz Fellowship, a 501(c)(3) non-profit supporting jazz and jazz culture primarily at the local level, came to life in a backroom bar in the city's arts district on Capitol Hill in October 2021. The city, the nation, the world, was just beginning to fully climb out of the social slumber imposed by the COVID-19 ...

Album

Back Burner

Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Red; Back Burner; Companion; Eye to the Sky; My Old Man; Gee Bee Blues; Consensus; Eyak; Parker Peak.

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Article: Profile

Xavier Lecouturier: Focus in Constant Motion

Read "Xavier Lecouturier: Focus in Constant Motion" reviewed by Paul Rauch


In many ways, Seattle-based 26 year old drummer and composer Xavier Lecouturier typifies the plight of brilliant young jazz musicians on the horizon in the twenty-first century. While the talent pool in jazz music has never been more prodigious, it faces major challenges in terms of work availability and when it is available, earning a living ...

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Article: Album Review

Martin Budde: Back Burner

Read "Back Burner" reviewed by Paul Rauch


The title of this debut recording from Seattle-based guitarist Martin Budde suggests the music has been percolating in the backwaters of his musical endeavors over the past few years. Indeed, that is the case, as the past five years have found Budde smack dab in the middle of the musical collective, Meridian Odyssey. The music was ...

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Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 04:48

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Article: Liner Notes

Martin Budde: Back Burner

Read "Martin Budde: Back Burner" reviewed by Andrew Luthringer


In the ever-evolving crucible of progressive jazz guitar, younger players often face a formidable challenge: forging a distinctive approach amidst the echoes of legends. The roles and methodologies that define modern electric jazz have multiplied exponentially in recent decades, but Martin Budde, a guitarist of floating, effortless fluidity and solid foundational control, navigates this landscape with ...


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