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Ben Wendel
Grammy nominated performer, composer and producer Ben Wendel was educated at the Eastman School of Music in New York. Since graduating he has enjoyed a varied career as a performer, composer, producer and most recently, conductor. Highlights include multiple domestic and international tours with such artists as Cuban drumming legend Ignacio Berroa, Thelonious Monk Piano Competition Winner Tigran Hamasyan and Hip Hop artist Snoop Dogg. Ben is a founding member of the Grammy nominated group Kneebody. In addition to playing saxophone and bassoon, Ben also doubles on the piano. As a composer he has received an ASCAP Jazz Composer Award, was a winner in the 2007 International Songwriting Competition and received the 2008 and 2011 Chamber Music America “New Works Grant.” A frequent writer of film music, he co-wrote the score for John Krasinski’s 2009 adaptation of David Foster Wallace’s "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men." Ben was honored to work with conductor Kent Nagano in producing a series of concerts for the Festpeil Plus in Munich, Germany
Out of the Hub (feat. Suzanne Pittson)
By Bevan Manson
Label: Vineland
Released: 2025
Track listing: Out of the Hub (feat. Suzanne Pittson)
Shai Maestro: Solo: Miniatures & Tales
by Neil Duggan
Shai Maestro fired the imagination when he joined Avishai Cohen's trio when only 19 years old, contributing to four well-received albums. In 2010, Maestro formed his own trio and released a string of albums as leader before moving to ECM Records with two excellent trio albums, The Dream Thief (2018) and Human (2021), which enhanced his ...
Jeff Lorber Fusion, Synchronicity, Lo Greco Bros, Kneebody, Brad Shepik and much more
by Len Davis
We welcome to Melbourne Jeff lorber Fusion with some of their recent recordings, and Melbourne band Synchronicity featuring Guitarist Jack Pantazis. Italian duo Lo Greco Bros, and Japanese band Jizue with their latest. Kneebody with Ben Wendel, and the new single from Greg Spero. Guitarist Brad Shepik, and Finnish guitarist Varre Vartiainen with Mike Stern. Some ...
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Jon Wollenberger
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Jon Wollenberger - Drummer | Composer | Bandleader
Jon Wollenberger is a Swiss-based drummer, composer, and bandleader whose music pulses with raw emotion and cinematic beauty. Rooted in jazz yet unbound by genre, his sound is a rich tapestry woven from folk, blues, and the atmospheric influences of artists like Radiohead, Brian Blade, and a love of Indian music.
With a dynamic touch and an instinct for storytelling through rhythm, Jon crafts music that resonates beyond the notes, drawing listeners into a world where improvisation meets deep melodic expression. His drumming is both fiery and fluid, shaping sonic landscapes that feel intimate yet expansive.
I Dischi del 2024 secondo Ludovico Granvassu
by Ludovico Granvassu
Spesso molti articoli sulle “migliori uscite dell'anno" iniziano con una premessa quasi apologetica ("questi non sono necessariamente 'i migliori album dell'anno,' ma 'i miei preferiti';" “è tutto soggettivo;" “domani avrei scelto titoli diversi;" “ho potuto selezionare solo dieci album," ecc.)? Queste dichiarazioni sembrano riflettere il disagio del redattore, costretto a riassumere un vasto ecosistema artistico selezionando ...
Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2024
by Ludovico Granvassu
Have you noticed how many “best of the year" listicles start with an apologetic preamble ("these are not necessarily 'the best albums of the year' but 'my favorites';" “it's all subjective;" “tomorrow I might have chosen different titles;" “I could only select ten albums" etc.)? Those disclaimers channel the writer's discomfort of having to summarize a ...
Plot Armor
Label: GroundUP Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Let You Bee;
Bucket of F's (feat. Ben Wendel);
Look Around You (feat. Becca Stevens);
Plot Armor;
Light Dream (feat. Terence Blanchard);
Fire Within (feat. Lisa Fischer);
The Rumor;
Actually;
Beyond The Blue (feat. Gretchen Parlato);
201918;
Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered;
Bad Sport Lobby.
Anett Tamm: a unique voice from the Baltics
by Anthony Shaw
Despite her relative youth, Anett Tamm is not a new voice in her mother country, Estonia, and neither among jazz followers in Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Greece, Finland and more. However this is a relatively select crowd, probably numbering in the hundreds, and with her taste in music veering wide of the mainstream, Anett Tamm is not ...
Mantova Jazz Festival 2024
by Angelo Leonardi
Teatro Ariston, Auditorium Monteverdi Mantova Jazz 2024 Mantova 11 ottobre--16 novembre 2024 Il Mantova Jazz Festival conferma la sua rilevanza tra le rassegne autunnali italiane continuando a selezionare proposte d'alto profilo nel panorama nazionale e internazionale. Il festival prende il nome da Roberto Chiozzini, storico fondatore negli anni cinquanta del ...
