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Benjamin Shorstein
Benjamin Shorstein is a drummer, composer, and producer whose work bridges the gap between structured composition and improvisation. As the leader of Madre Vaca, Shorstein has established himself as a distinct voice in the contemporary jazz and avant-garde landscape, curating a catalog that emphasizes artistic risk and sonic fidelity.
Based in Jacksonville, Florida, Shorstein’s approach to the drum set is textural and conversational, favoring dialogue and dynamics over traditional timekeeping. His work is defined by a deep, often subversive engagement with history—reimagining classical forms and masterworks, Arthurian legend, and ancient mythology through a modern, improvisational lens.
Knights of the Round Table
By Madre Vaca
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: The Lady of the Lake; Galahad; Excalibur; The Knights of the Round Table; Camelot; The Holy Grail; Merlin; King Arthur; Guinevere; Lancelot.
Madre Vaca: Knights of the Round Table
by Jack Bowers
The legend of King Arthur and Camelot is depicted musically on Knights of the Round Table, the sixth album by the Florida-based eleven-member ensemble, Madre Vaca, whose themes are composed by drummer Benjamin Shorstein. While Knights is presented as a ten-part suite, there seems to be no connecting tissue aside from the names ...
The Elements
By Madre Vaca
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Fire; Water; Earth; Wind.
Winterreise
By Juan Rollan
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Good Night; The Weathervane; Frozen; Loneliness; The Gray Head; The Crow; Last Hope; The Stormy Morning; The Sun
Dogs; The Hurdy-Gurdy Man.
Madre Vaca: Winterreise
by Jack Bowers
For its third recording, the Florida-based jazz octet Madre Vaca has chosen to perform music by Franz Schubert—hold it; stop right there! Music by who? Yes, that's what it says—music by none other than Franz Schubert (1797-1828), an Austrian composer of what we know as classical music who in his brief lifetime wrote more than 600 ...
Nexus
Label: Madre Vaca Records
Released: 2018
Track listing: 1. Ghankess (Jarrett Carter)
2. Nexus (Benjamin Shorstein)
3. Cold and Sunny (Jonah Pierre)
4. Castle Town (Benjamin Shorstein)
5. Village Song (Jonah Pierre)
6. Asylum (Benjamin Shorstein)
7. Starlight (Jonah Pierre)
8. Stephen Hawking (Benjamin Shorstein)
