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Ben Thomas (US)
In demand as a performer and educator, Ben Thomas combines an energetic performance technique with a distinctive compositional style. As a vibraphonist, percussionist, and bandoneon player, he can be found playing tango, jazz, chamber music and Latin jazz throughout the Northwest. Ben has released four albums of original compositions on Origin Records as a leader or co-leader, including “The Madman’s Difference”, “The Mystagogue”, and “Triskaidekaphobia”. His most recent CD, “Yet What Is Any Ocean…”, was declared “an outstanding album with some interesting compositions and performances alike” by allmusic.com. In addition to leading tango and Latin jazz groups, Ben co-leads TORCH, a chamber group dedicated to both 20th century music and original compositions. Since 2005, Ben has been a member of Brazilian pianist/composer Jovino Santos Neto’s Quinteto
The Hat with the Grin and the Chuckle
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Promise of Morning; Sonia’s Mask; The Hat with the Grin and the Chuckle; Eric’s Vals; Other Afternoons; An
Unapologetic Shift of Perspective; Valley Shroud; The Second Brick.
Eric's Vals
Album: The Hat with the Grin and the Chuckle
By Ben Thomas (US)
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
Duration: 04:47
Ben Thomas: The Hat with the Grin and the Chuckle
by Hector Del Curto
Ben Thomas' music lives in a world where tradition and innovation meet with effortless grace. Deeply rooted in the authentic rhythms of Argentine tango, yet fearlessly modern in spirit, his compositions offer a rich tapestry of layered polyrhythms, inventive melodies, and surprising contrasts--all delivered with intelligence, playfulness, and deep emotional weight. From the very ...
Eternal Aporia
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Tangent 7; Safeguards; Eternal Aporia; Blood Dimmed Tide; Flights Without Air; A Wistful Eschaton; Little
Birds; Flowers of Rage; Tangent 5; The Space Between; We Were Never Perfect; Something Ventured.
Ben Thomas: Eternal Aporia
by Jane Kozhevnikova
For some people, tango means the dance with a stereotypical red rose between the teeth. For Ben Thomas, a percussionist and bandoneonist from Seattle, tango is much more than that: it has been an important part of his life for at least fifteen years before the 2022 release of Eternal Aporia. The album includes twelve of ...
Ben Thomas (US): Eternal Aporia
by Jack Bowers
They say it takes two to tango. On Ben Thomas' new album, Eternal Aporia ("uncertainty; doubt"), it takes at least three, and sometimes half a dozen. That's not a bad thing, as Thomas' splendid core trio is fleshed out on three numbers by cellist Gretchen Vanover and on two others by Vanover, violinist Brandon Vance and ...
Tangent 7
Album: Eternal Aporia
By Ben Thomas (US)
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 03:00
Ben Thomas' Endless Mountain Region
Label: Lungbasket Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Longshot; Elephant In Labor; Two And A Half Hours; Geometries III; Sky Church; Geometries IV; Proverb; WRU.
Ben Thomas' Endless Mountain Region: Ben Thomas' Endless Mountain Region
by Bruce Lindsay
Ben Thomas' Endless Mountain Region, the debut album by this eponymous trio led by bassist Thomas--is dedicated, according to Thomas' rather funky website, “to exploring the freedom of a chordless trio." It undertakes this exploration on a series of original tunes--three each from Thomas and drummer Aaron Staebell, one from saxophonist Tony Malaby--and a version of ...
