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Ben Street

Street studied at The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston with Miroslav Vitous and Dave Holland. Moved to New York City in 1991. He has performed and toured with Danilo Perez, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Roswell Rudd, Paul Motian, Lee Konitz, David Sanchez, James Moody, Mark Turner, Frank Foster, Clark Terry, Junior Cook, Charles Davis, Sam Rivers, Clifford Jordan, Billy Harper, Buddy Montgomery and Jimmy Scott. Ben's selected discography includes work with Kurt Rosenwinkel - The Next Step, The Enemies of Energy and Heartcore (Verve); Danilo Perez - Til Then (Verve), Live at the Jazz Showcase(Artist Share); David Sanchez - Coral (Sony Music) Ed Simon - La Bikina (Mythology); Anthony Coleman - Morenica (Tzadic), Shawn Colvin - Holiday Songs and Lullabies (Columbia); Cyndi Lauper - At Last (Epic); Ethan Iverson, Jorge Rossy, Chris Cheek - Guilty (Fresh Sound); Barney Mcall - Widening Circles (MJC); Ben Monder Trio - Dust (Arabesque); Space Cowboys - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Warner Bros.)

Liberty

Label: Contagious Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Ran; Faith leap; Kwooked Stweet; The Lost and Found; At Least 37th Cousins; Loosy Goosy; Tarifa; Rhyming History; Planting Flowers; The Sound Goddess; Wil's Way.

Andrew Cyrille Quartet at Village Vanguard

By MARK SULLIVAN

Andrew Cyrille Quartet Village Vanguard New York, NY August 21, 2020 Drummer/composer/bandleader Andrew Cyrille opened this livestream from the venerable Village Vanguard jazz club speaking about the oddness of playing to an empty room, noting the absence of applause at the end of numbers. Or booing: “I've been booed, too" he ...

Summer 2020

By DOUG COLLETTE

Jazz Journal is a regular column comprised of pithy takes on recent releases of note, spotlighting titles that might otherwise go unnoticed or that deserve special attention. Claus Waidtløw The Game Self Produced 2020 A saxophonist who, over the last 3 decades, has recorded and toured with a ...

Aaron Parks: Little Big II: Dreams of a Mechanical Man

By FRIEDRICH KUNZMANN

Back with his second effort under the Little Big moniker, Aaron Parks stretches out the concepts that had been established on the group's debut recording and presents an even tighter display of original jazz meets pop blended instrumentals. As on predecessor Little Big (Ropeadope Records, 2018), each bar and every measure of each track have been ...

Women in Jazz, Pt. 3: The International Women in Jazz Organization

By KARL ACKERMANN

In part 1 and part 2 of the Women in Jazz series, we looked at the historical marginalization of women in jazz from Lil Hardin Armstrong and Blanch Calloway in the 1920s to Tia Fuller in 2019. Part 2 focused on several prominent pioneering artists including the all-female International Sweethearts of Rhythm, Marian McPartland, and Melba ...

Dayna Stephens Trio: Liberty

By FRIEDRICH KUNZMANN

Saxophonist Dayna Stephens, bassist Ben Street and drummer Eric Harland, together with two handfuls of original compositions, make Liberty a hip and bopping success. Who needs chords, when three voices and tones are able to interact so seamlessly and easily with one another--carefully planting ideas, picking them up and elegantly developing them over the continuing stream ...

ECM @ Winter Jazzfest 2019

By TYRAN GRILLO

ECM @ Winter Jazzfest 2019 (Le) Poisson Rouge New York, NY January 11-12, 2019 On January 11th and 12th, Winter Jazzfest attendees were treated to two nights of performances by some of the ECM's most vibrant affiliates. The impressions left in their wake verged on moving pictures, comprising a montage of ...

Dave Douglas, Ken Thomson and More

By BOB OSBORNE

On this show we look back at the fantastic live recordings from the Dave Douglas Brazen Heart band live at The Jazz Standard. Also featured the new album from Ken Thomson and a further look at the work of Jerry Bergonzi. In between a selection of new and archive material. Playlist Andrew Cyrille “Worried ...