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Ben Zahler

Born: July 3, 1979

Fascinated by the Piccolos of the Basel carnival, Ben Zahler picked up the flute at the age of eight. Yet, before he could switch to the Piccolo, he dived down into the world of Jazz clubs and never looked back.

After attaining his “Master of Arts” at the Swiss Jazz School Bern with Andy Scherrer, Bert Joris and Günter Wehinger, he toured with his Band aloft (among others with Nadja Stoller and Stefan Rusconi) and recorded his first album We Do (TCB 26802). Other notable records include the Paul Klee record by the Swiss Jazz Orchestra directed by Jim McNeely.

Frail Boat

By Ben Zahler

Label: Berthold Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Two Wheels;Money Matters;Tailwinds;Black Blanket;Lost In Arrows;Frail Boat;Perfect Chaos;Still Clouds;Charred Art;Chet Contrails;Maybees

Money Matters

May 26, 2026

Album: Frail Boat
By Ben Zahler
Label: Berthold Records
Released: 2026
Duration: 3:17

Errors in Disguise

By Ben Zahler

Label: Berthold Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Eight Octopi; Less Less Than Perfect; Errors In Disguise; Middle Finger Beauty Contest; Invisible (Intro); Invisible; Awesome; Soul To Sell; Excuses; Incompetence; White Sneakers; Empty Net; Unpose.

Errors in Disguise

March 19, 2023

Album: Errors in Disguise
By Ben Zahler
Label: Berthold Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 4:13

House of Trumps

By Ben Zahler

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: House of Trumps

Quietly Cold

By Ben Zahler

Label: TCB Music
Released: 2018
Track listing: Off The Hook; Quietly Cold; So Much Nonsense; Lullaby For The Wild; Dancing Elf; I Like That Paper Moon; Long Deep Sleep Song; Snow Dreaming; Andy’s Foodcorner; Strange Enough; More; Falling Gloves Are Always Blue; Monday Morning Move.

Ben Zahler's Songgoing: Quietly Cold

by Chris Mosey
December 1, 2018

Swiss flautist Ben Zahler names his principal influences as Herbie Mann and Eric Dolphy. Having said that, he immediately backtracks. Mann was too commercial, Dolphy too experimental. Zahler positions himself somewhere between the two. He strives to avoid the “streamlined sluggishness" of Mann and similarly has no truck with way-out, overblowing excess a ...

Off the Hook

November 16, 2018

Album: Quietly Cold
By Ben Zahler
Label: TCB Music
Released: 2018
Duration: 04:12