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News: Performance / Tour

Ben Wolfe Quartet at Firehouse 12 This Friday 6/6

Ben Wolfe Quartet at Firehouse 12 This Friday 6/6

On Friday, June 6th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will close its 2008 Spring Jazz Series with a two-set performance by New York bassist/composer Ben Wolfe and his working quartet. The group, which features saxophonist Marcus Strickland (Dave Douglas, Jimmy Greene, Roy Haynes), pianist Luis Perdomo (Ravi Coltrane, Hans Glawischnig, Miguel Zenn) and drummer Greg Hutchinson (Victor ...

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Article: Opinion

If I can make it here...

Read "If I can make it here..." reviewed by AAJ Staff


By Ben Wolfe In late October of 1985 I loaded my car with my string bass, electric bass, Polytone amp, record collection, some cassettes a friend gave me for the drive, a boombox, my clothes, a thermos for the enormous amount of black coffee I would drink, a full-length down jacket which I ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Ben Wolfe Celebrates New Release "No Strangers Here" at NY's Jazz Standard on June 3rd, 2008

Ben Wolfe Celebrates New Release "No Strangers Here" at NY's Jazz Standard on June 3rd, 2008

Bassist/Composer & Bandleader Ben Wolfe will be performing with his Octet at The Jazz Standard in New York on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 in celebration of his latest MAXJAZZ release No Strangers Here. Sets are 7:30 PM and 9:30 PM. Ben Wolfe Octet: Ben Wolfe - bass/composer Marcus Strickland - saxophone

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News: Performance / Tour

Ben Wolfe Quartet @ Smalls in NYC on 3/21-22/08

Ben Wolfe Quartet @ Smalls in NYC on 3/21-22/08

Ben Wolfe Quartet Friday, March 21 - Saturday, March 22 10:00 PM and 11:30 PM Ben Wolfe - bass Jimmy Greene - saxophone Luis Perdomo - piano Jerome Jennings - drums Smalls 183 West 10th St @ 7th avenue NYC ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Museum Events, January 22-25, 2008

Jazz Museum Events, January 22-25, 2008

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 East 126th Street New York, NY 10035 212 348-8300 Jazz Museum Events, January 22-25, 2008 Jazz on Film January 22, 2008 Ben Wolfe January 25, 2008 On Tuesday, January 22nd the Jazz for Curious Listeners series continues with a jazz on ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Ben Wolfe Octet @ The Rubin Museum-Harlem in the Himalayas Jazz Series -1/25/08

Ben Wolfe Octet @ The Rubin Museum-Harlem in the Himalayas Jazz Series -1/25/08

Bassist, composer, and bandleader Ben Wolfe will be performing with his Octet as part of the Harlem in the Himalayas series at the Rubin Museum in New York City on January 25th, 2008 Showtime: 7:00 PM The Ben Wolfe Octet: Ben Wolfe - bass/composer Marcus Strickland - saxophone Luis Perdomo ...

Album

My Kinda Beautiful

Label: Planet Arts Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Intro; Through and Through; The Doctor in December; Interlude (Who's Blues); Americano; My Kinda Beautiful; F Minor (The Drive); String Quartet; Tune for T; Interlude (Bass); Stone; Wild West; You, Me, Them; Interlude (The Poet); Death; Three Like; The Many and the One; Americano; Outro.

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Article: Album Review

Ben Wolfe: My Kinda Beautiful

Read "My Kinda Beautiful" reviewed by Brian P. Lonergan


The liner notes to bassist/composer Ben Wolfe's My Kinda Beautiful refer to the record's “cinematic scape and the handiness of describing its music “in images. Many of the nineteen tracks do sound remarkably like they could accompany scenes from films, though they're not linked by a reference to a single dramatic arc. The result is a ...

Album

My Kinda Beautiful

Label: Planet Arts Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Intro; Through And Through; The Doctor In December; Interlude (Who's Blues); Americano; My Kinda Beautiful; F Minor (The Drive); String Quartet; Tune For T; Interlude (Bass); Stone; Wild West; You, Me, Them; Interlude (The Poet); Death; Three Like; The Many And The One; Americano; Outro.

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Article: Album Review

Ben Wolfe: My Kinda Beautiful

Read "My Kinda Beautiful" reviewed by Mark Corroto


What do you have when you make a soundtrack recording that has no film? Is it a concerto? Maybe. But in these days of digital downloads and ADD (or is it DHTV?) we sometimes forget about the concept of an entire album of music. Remember that Ellington made them, and so did Coltrane. Bassist Ben Wolfe ...


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