Ben Street Explained

Ben Street
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Birth Place:Maine, U.S.
Genre:Avant-garde, free jazz
Occupation:Musician
Instrument:Double bass
Label:GM, Tzadik
Associated Acts:Orange Then Blue, Sephardic Tinge

Ben Street is an American jazz double bassist. Street has performed and recorded with many renowned artists, including John Scofield, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Ben Monder, Michael Eckroth, Sam Rivers, Billy Hart, Danilo Perez, Aaron Parks, and Adam Cruz, among others.[1] [2]

He studied the acoustic bass with former Weather Report bassist Miroslav Vitous.[2]

He is the son of saxophonist and saxophone mouthpiece maker Bill Street and is a native of Maine.

Discography

With Anthony Coleman

With Kurt Rosenwinkel

With Jakob Bro

With Andrew Cyrille

With Andrew Cyrille, Søren Kjœrgaard

With Tom Harrell

With Billy Hart

With Albert Heath, Ethan Iverson

With Ben Monder

With Orange Then Blue

With Danilo Pérez

With Sam Rivers

With Chiara Civello

With Lage Lund

With David Sanchez

With Yelena Eckemoff

With Others

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Layne. Joslyn. Ben Street Biography. AllMusic. 31 July 2013.
  2. Web site: Ben Street at All About Jazz . 9 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100103032846/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=14797 . 3 January 2010 .
  3. Web site: ECM Records.