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News: Recording

Guitarist Ben Tyree Releases Debut Solo CD - Thoughtform Variations

Guitarist Ben Tyree Releases Debut Solo CD - Thoughtform Variations

Thoughtform Variations vividly melds virtuosity and personal expression on original acoustic pieces Release Date: June 26 Blending dazzling technical skill and heartfelt emotions, guitarist Ben Tyree's solo debut will resonate with six-string aficionados and lovers of pure musicality alike. On Thoughtform Variations , Tyree offers eight original pieces combining classical, jazz, pop and folk influences into ...

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Article: Live From New York

Dave Douglas, Wadada Leo Smith & Taylor Ho Bynum

Read "Dave Douglas, Wadada Leo Smith & Taylor Ho Bynum" reviewed by Martin Longley


The Dave Douglas/Donny McCaslin Key Motion Quintet Jazz Standard December 8, 2011 This was the first of four Dave Douglas nights at the Jazz Standard, each of them highlighting a different performance perspective. The unexpected has become the expected where this high-wire trumpeter is concerned. Douglas is perpetually scouting ...

Album

re:vision

Label: Sonic Architectures
Released: 2011
Track listing: Because We Can; Telekinesis; Shapeshifter; Dizzle McSizzle; The Roots Run Deep; Acquisition; The Search; A Song of Hope, Drop Back.

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News: Recording

Ben Tyree/BT3 - Re:vision (2010)

A couple of years back while covering a record by the whack jazz-funk-rock big band Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber I picked out Living Colour's Vernon Reid's contributions to the collective, but he wasn't the only guitarist on there. Ben Tyree was also on that record. Like Reid, Tyree doesn't settle for the middle of the ...

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Article: Album Review

Ben Tyree/BT3: re:vision

Read "re:vision" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Ben Tyree's compositions on re:vision openly embrace a range of styles in a hard-grooving mixture, where the subtleties of the guitarist's playing are revealed upon repeated listening. Although this is evidently contemporary fusion, Tyree's approach comes from a jazz tradition, stemming from bebop and beyond. It is, however, rock and funk of an altogether more modern ...

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News: Recording

Guitarist Ben Tyree Releases Long-Awaited BT3 - "re:Vision" CD on His Own Sonic Architectures Label, Featuring an All-Star Cast!

Guitarist Ben Tyree Releases Long-Awaited BT3 - "re:Vision" CD on His Own Sonic Architectures Label, Featuring an All-Star Cast!

Release Date: November 6, 2010 From a lifetime of pushing boundaries, leading award-winning projects, and collaborating with a multitude of musical luminaries, guitarist Ben Tyree, releases the groundbreaking, improvisational sci-fi/jazz/funk album, Ben Tyree/BT3—re:Vision, featuring all original material. em>re:Vision showcases Tyree's trio, BT3, blazing through an adventurous and bombastic set of high-octane, guitar-driven compositions, alongside special guests ...

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News: Performance / Tour

BT3 Brings Hard Jazz/Funk Grooves & Guitar Pyrotechnics to the Iridium Jazz Club - Friday, August 13 @ 11:30PM as Part of Their Emerging Artist Series

BT3 Brings Hard Jazz/Funk Grooves & Guitar Pyrotechnics to the Iridium Jazz Club - Friday, August 13 @ 11:30PM as Part of Their Emerging Artist Series

From a lifetime of breaking boundaries, leading an award-winning, DC-based hip-hop/fusion band, Miscellaneous Flux, and collaborating with numerous musical pioneers (Vernon Reid, Burnt Sugar: The Arkestra Chamber, and DJ Logic), guitarist Ben Tyree, pushes forward with his own ground-breaking, improvisational, sci-fi/jazz/funk trio project, BT3. On Friday, August 13 @ 11:30pm, Tyree will present BT3 at the ...

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News: Event

BT3 Returns with Hard Jazz/Funk Grooves & Guitar Pyrotechnics to Fat Baby -- Wednesday, May 19th @ 8PM

BT3 Returns with Hard Jazz/Funk Grooves & Guitar Pyrotechnics to Fat Baby -- Wednesday, May 19th @ 8PM

From a lifetime of breaking boundaries, leading an award-winning, DC-based hip-hop/fusion band, Miscellaneous Flux, and collaborating with numerous musical pioneers (Vernon Reid, Burnt Sugar: The Arkestra Chamber, and DJ Logic), guitarist Ben Tyree, pushes forward with his own ground-breaking, improvisational, sci-fi/jazz/funk trio project, BT3. On Wednesday, May 19th at 8pm, Tyree will present BT3 at Fat ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Ben Tyree

Jazz Musician of the Day: Ben Tyree

All About Jazz is celebrating Ben Tyree's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Ben TyreeGuitarist and composer Ben Tyree began his musical journey in Washington, DC’s diverse and eclectic music scenes, playing in jazz, funk and rock bands from a very young age. His vision stems from studies ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Ben Tyree

Read "Take Five With Ben Tyree" reviewed by Ben Tyree


Instrument(s):Guitar (electric and acoustic). Teachers and/or influences?Teachers: I learned the basics and how to structure songs, as well as recording techniques, from Rachel-Ann Cross. Tom Newman taught me how to play in the pocket as well as helped me develop advanced harmonic concepts. He also instilled within me a love ...


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