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Ben Morris is a Colorado-based composer and jazz pianist whose music tells unconventional stories and crosses genre boundaries. Ben’s creative work and research is inspired by his Norwegian heritage. He recently lived in Oslo, Norway on a Fulbright Grant composing a work for extended big band and video and received an American-Scandinavian Foundation Grant to research the influence of folk music on Norwegian jazz. Ben’s debut album, “Pocket Guides,” is slated for a June 2022 release on Origin/OA2 Records and takes elements from Norwegian folk music, jazz, and contemporary chamber music
Pocket Guides
By Ben Morris
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Ymir's Bones; Hongdae After Midnight; A Lost Pair of Kites; Bubbles in a River; Hvalsang; Old Barney; Fellfields;
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Jack Bowers' Best Jazz Albums Of 2022
by Jack Bowers
As the Covid pandemic slowly recedes into America's rear-view mirror, jazz groups of all sizes and shapes have begun performing and recording again, making 2022 a rather good year over-all for fans and reviewers alike. New artists, new sounds and new approaches have combined to lend assurance that jazz remains in good hands and will continue ...
Ben Morris: Pocket Guides
by Jack Bowers
On Pocket Guides, his debut recording as foreman, Denver-based pianist Ben Morris leads a one-dozen strong quasi-big band with rather unusual instrumentation--two horns, two woodwinds, two violins, mandolin, cello, melodica and rhythm--through eight of his engaging compositions, most of which touch on his Norwegian heritage. To his credit, Morris makes splendid use of every tool in ...
Ymir's Bones
Album: Pocket Guides
By Ben Morris
Label: OA2 Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 07:21
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