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Musician

Ben Makinen - member BMI - is a performer, composer, and producer living in Denver, Colorado. He is president of Bmakin Music, a label he created to carry music from all points of the globe, regardless of genre. Seeing Miles Davis perform live three times and then meeting the Dalai Lama in person forever changed the way Ben would approach the art of music. He is a 2006 Independent Music Awards Finalist: Film/TV-Multimedia. Ben is the producer of jazz album Fishleather Jacket which received the Roger Bobo Excellence In Recording Award in June of 2006. As a drummer and percussionist, he has been touring the world as a sideman since 1985 with R&B, funk, and rock bands, jazz trios and big bands, avant-garde electronica ensembles, in Broadway shows, on international cruise ships, and with opera troupes and symphonic orchestras

Album

Area 15 LIVE - 25TH ANNIVERSARY RE-MASTER

By Ben Makinen

Label: Bmakin Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: Blues in Flat 9; Equinox; Whole Up, Half Down; Alternate Realities; Green Dolphin Street;

News: Music Industry

Ben Makinen Signals New Era For Jazz, AI, And Ethics

March 10, 2026

Ben Makinen Announces New Chapter in Jazz, AI, and Cultural Accountability Resignation from the Recording Academy, the signing of Ai jazz artist Mutual Mind, and expanded global initiatives signal a new phase of ethical and technological engagement in the Bmakin Music and Bmakin Film jazz ecosystem. In April 2025, I wrote in these pages about Echoes ...

News: TV / Film

Echoes Of Tradition: New Documentary By Award-winning Director Ben Makinen Honors Native American And LGBTQ+ Contributions To Jazz – Watch Free On Patreon

April 30, 2025

ECHOES OF TRADITION A Film by Ben Makinen “Echoes is beautifully shot and edited with a relaxed feel that flows like water.” —Bruce Boyd Raeburn, former Curator, Hogan Jazz Archive, Tulane University “Ben Makinen’s latest documentary is a comprehensive and absorbing work that breaks tradition by highlighting exceptional and groundbreaking musicians while calling for change.” —The ...