Ben Abarbanel-Wolff
Ben Abarbanel-Wolff (* 24. September 1974 in New Haven , Connecticut ) is an American saxophonist of the Creative Jazz , who also for the road movie Drum Bun - Bon Voyage (2004) composed the music.
Abarbanel-Wolff grew up in Washington, DC and studied jazz performance at the University of Michigan , the New School and Bennington College (Masters), a. a. with Reggie Workman , Roscoe Mitchell , Charles Gayle , Matthew Shipp , Roswell Rudd , Rob Brown , Charlie Persip and Milford Graves .
In 2001 Abarbanel-Wolff moved to Berlin, where he is active in the jazz scene, but also plays funk and African music . The Kayla Quintet interprets its compositions, which are based on African rhythms. He regularly plays with Ulrich Gumpert , appears with Karl Hector & the Malcouns, the Baltic Soul Orchestra and The Poets of Rhythm . He is also a founding member and musical director of the Afrobeat Academy with the Ghanaian guitarist Ebo Taylor and saxophonist of Xavier Naidoo ( Telegram for X , Everything can get better ). He can also be heard on albums with Jimi Tenor , Sirone , Maurice de Martin , Maria Răducanu , Umberto Echo and Mircea Tiberian . As a theater musician, he worked in the theater of Thomas Ostermeier's Othello with -Inszenierung.
Discographic notes
- Caciula Trio 7 Songs from the Wagendorf of Dreams (with Jan Roder , Maurice de Martin; Konnex Records 2003)
- Kayla Quintet End Times (with Gerhard Gschlößl , Antonis Anissegos , Jan Roder, Oliver Steidle , 2009)
Web links
- Web presence
- Ben Abarbanel-Wolff at Discogs (English)
- Ben Abarbanel-Wolff at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Abarbanel-Wolff, Ben |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Haven , Connecticut , United States |