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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
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 ...
Put the Ball in the Box
Album: Yet What Is Any Ocean...
By Ben Thomas (US)
Label: Origin Records
Released: 0
Duration: 4:49
The Mystagogue
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: The Mystagogue; Whatever Stupid; Still Livin' With Mama; Melody For Mr. Mike; Bridge at White Creek; Tomorrow Night; Dragonfly; Loochy; Dorothy's Green Slippers; Dragonfly (Reprise).
Ben Thomas: The Mystagogue
by AAJ Staff
Seattle vibraphonist Ben Thomas offers a swinging, pulsing quintet sound on his second release, The Mystagogue. Thomas augments his core vibe/piano quartet with one of three clarinet and saxophone players on most of the tracks on the record, lending a ever-changing fifth voice to the ensemble. While the combination of piano and vibes might suggest the ...
