Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1966-11-17
- Works
- 1
Top works
- O rare Ben Allison
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jazzbassmodern jazzcontemporary jazzPost-Bop
Listen to all of Ben Allison's CDs at http://BenAllison.com/music Ben Allison is a bassist/composer from New York City. Ben leads the groups The Ben Allison Band, Man Size Safe, Peace Pipe, and Medicine Wheel and composes and performs instrumental music that utilizes a lot of improvisation and incorporates a wide range of musical influences - including rock, folk, jazz, R&B, Malian Griot music, Armenian folk themes, 20th century serialism, and Italian film scores. <a href="https://www.last.fm/
Key dates
- Born
- 17 November 1966
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ben
- Family name
- Allison
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Haven
- Occupation
- musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- double bass
- Image
- Ben Allison 2.jpg
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1966 births21st-century American double-bassists21st-century American male musiciansAmerican jazz double-bassistsAmerican male double-bassistsAmerican male jazz musiciansJazz musicians from ConnecticutLiving peopleMusicians from New Haven, ConnecticutPalmetto Records artistsThe Herbie Nichols Project membersWilbur Cross High School alumni