Ben Allison at Jazz Standard

BEN ALLISON BAND

Michael Blake – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
Steve Cardenas – guitar
Jason Lindner – piano, synthesizer
Ben Allison – bass
Rudy Royston – drums
Hailed by JazzTimes as a “visionary composer, adventurous improviser, and strong organizational force on the NYC jazz scene” and by The Boston Globe as “one of today’s best young jazz musicians,” Ben Allison celebrates the release of his 10th album on Palmetto Records called Action-Refraction at Jazz Standard. (His previous release, Think Free, reached #1 on the CMJ National Jazz radio charts and remained in the Top 20 for over three months.) This edition of the Ben Allison Band offers an adventurous yet accessible sound and includes in its ranks such acclaimed player/leaders as saxophonist Michael Blake and keyboard ace Jason Lindner. From Donny Hathaway to Neil Young covers, “Ben Allison,” wrote Kevin Le Gendre at BBC.com, “decisively shuffles the pack – texturally and compositionally – all the while retaining something of himself, the sign of a musician rapidly nearing a creative peak.”...

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BEN ALLISON BAND

Michael Blake – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone
Steve Cardenas – guitar
Jason Lindner – piano, synthesizer
Ben Allison – bass
Rudy Royston – drums
Hailed by JazzTimes as a “visionary composer, adventurous improviser, and strong organizational force on the NYC jazz scene” and by The Boston Globe as “one of today’s best young jazz musicians,” Ben Allison celebrates the release of his 10th album on Palmetto Records called Action-Refraction at Jazz Standard. (His previous release, Think Free, reached #1 on the CMJ National Jazz radio charts and remained in the Top 20 for over three months.) This edition of the Ben Allison Band offers an adventurous yet accessible sound and includes in its ranks such acclaimed player/leaders as saxophonist Michael Blake and keyboard ace Jason Lindner. From Donny Hathaway to Neil Young covers, “Ben Allison,” wrote Kevin Le Gendre at BBC.com, “decisively shuffles the pack – texturally and compositionally – all the while retaining something of himself, the sign of a musician rapidly nearing a creative peak.”
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