Ben Allison

Ben Allison

Infobox musical artist
Name = Ben Allison


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Birth_name = Ben Allison
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Born = c. 1966
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Origin = New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Instrument = Double bass
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Genre = Jazz
Occupation = Musician, Composer
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Associated_acts = Herbie Nichols
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Ben Allison (c. 1966) is an American jazz double bassist and composer born in New Haven, Connecticut.

His groups include Peace Pipe, the Ben Allison Quartet, Medicine Wheel, the Kush Trio, Man Size Safe, and the Herbie Nichols Project (which he co-leads with pianist Frank Kimbrough). At the age of 25 he formed the Jazz Composers Collective, a New York City nonprofit organization, serving as that organization's Artistic Director and as a Composer-in-Residence.

His recording "Peace Pipe" features the unusual addition of a kora player, Mamadou Diabate.

Allison wrote the theme for the NPR/WNYC show "On the Media".

External links

* [http://www.benallison.com/ Ben Allison official site]


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