Results for "Ben Markley"

'Mon Back with the Ben Markley Big Band

Featuring the music of Ben Markley
Duration: 7:43
April 24, 2020

Dan Jonas: The Spirituality Suite

by Jack Bowers
February 29, 2020

Utah-based trumpeter Dan Jonas says The Spirituality Suite was written as a response to his own struggles with spirituality in the twenty-first century. The music is thus largely conceptual, or as Jonas explains it, “Much of the inspiration . . . lies in the musical interval of a perfect fourth. The interval can be either consonant ...

New music from Wojtek Mazolewski

by Bob Osborne
February 13, 2020

On this show the featured release is the latest album by Wojtek Mazolewski Following the rhapsodic response to his debut Whirlwind release--a deluxe edition of Polka which, internationally, broke through into dance clubs and rock and indie festivals--the double bassist now focuses attention on the music of his compatriot Krzysztof Komeda (1931--1969), a legend ...

Ben Markley

Born: November 5, 1981

Ben Markley is a pianist, composer, arranger, author, educator, and leader of the Ben Markley Big Band, a daring ensemble known for their creative takes on beloved modern and contemporary jazz classics. Fresh off the heels of Clockwise: The Music of Cedar Walton, Markley tackles his most ambitious project yet: Ari’s Funhouse, a big band album featuring the music of drummer Ari Hoenig, with Hoenig himself in the drum chair. The album received great critical acclaim and was selected as one of the best 4 star rated albums of 2022 by DownBeat magazine.

Markley is active as a composer and arranger with many big band and vocal jazz charts published through UNC Jazz Press as well as his own website. Recent arranging commissions include the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia, and Wyoming Jazz Educators All-State Jazz Band. 

The Spirituality Suite

By Dan Jonas

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Track listing: Daniel, In the Lion's Den; Salvation; The Altar of Intellect; The March to War; The Politics of Power; Charon, the Ferryman; The Fermi Paradox; Requiem for the Soul

Slow Play

By Ben Markley

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: The Last Time This Happened; Max's Mission; 'Mon Back; Blindsight; Slow Play; Sentience; The Return of Catboy; One for Armando.

Ben Markley Quartet: Slow Play

by Jack Bowers
November 10, 2019

The jacket cover on this splendid new studio recording from OA2 Records reads “Ben Markley Quartet Featuring Joel Frahm," and for good reason: the New York City-based saxophonist lends considerable improvisational weight to Slow Play, which would be a far different animal without him. That's not to say that pianist Markley, bassist Marty Kenney and drummer ...

Ben Markley: Slow Play

by Paul Rauch
October 29, 2019

Pianist/composer Ben Markley has shown deft touch in hand picking projects that express the broad range of his relationship with the music. Since 2017 he has produced a rousing big band tribute to Cedar Walton, and a slick quartet record with saxophonist Greg Osby. Clockwise: The Music of Cedar Walton (OA2, 2017) featured Markley's insightful arrangements ...

Ben Markley Quartet Featuring Joel Frahm - Hot New Release September 16th - Slow Play!

September 8, 2019

Ben Markley Quartet featuring Joel Frahm Slow Play: Release Date September 16th Label: OA2 Records Slow Play is a compilation of music I wrote with the band of Joel Frahm, Jim White, and Marty Kenney in mind. I've had a chance to work with Jim and Marty over the last 10 years ...

Basic Economy

By Ben Markley

Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: 1 FTG 6:50 2 Our Walk 7:06 3 Basic Economy 6:45 4 Mind Fire 7:28 5 Road to Ace 9:28 6 Ice-Line 7:37 7 Half Dozen 3:58 8 Autumn Air 8:47