Ben Besiakov
Ben Besiakov , also Ben Besiakow , (born October 27, 1956 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish jazz musician ( piano , keyboard ).
Live and act
Besiakov that in elementary school on trumpet , flute and guitar was taught, but on the piano, a self-taught is adopted as a teenager at the jam sessions in Copenhagen Club La Fontaine , where he with people like Johnny Griffin , Dexter Gordon and Finn Ziegler played . He was also friends with Ben Webster , who became his mentor. In 1969 he had his first professional appearance with this at the Jazzhus Montmartre , where he later played with Al Foster , Richard Boone , Champion Jack Dupree and James Moody .
With Mikkel Nordsø, Kasper Winding and Aske Bentzon, he founded the first Danish Latin rock group, Buki Yamaz, in 1972 . Since the early 1970s he has also been a member of rock jazz groups such as Creme Fraiche, Engine, Soul Service and Space Train .
Besiakov continued to work with Johnny Dyani , Tomas Franck , Joe Henderson , Celso Mendes, Cæcilie Norby , Adam Nussbaum , Conny Sjöqvist, Steve Swallow and Kristin Korb . With his own trio, but also with Doug Raney , he has been recording albums since the early 1990s (initially for SteepleChase Records ). He also belonged to the groups of Bent Jædig , Jonas Johansen, Uffe Markussen and Jens Winther . He can also be heard on albums by Mikkel Nordsø, Debbie Cameron ( New York Date ), Jesper Thilo ( West Coast Blues ) and Jakob Dinesen ( Lady with a Secret ).
In 1990 he was awarded the Ben Webster Prize and in 1992 the Prize of the Association of Danish Jazz Journalists, JASA.
Discographic notes
- You Stepped Out of a Dream (SteepleChase 1990, with Ron McClure , Keith Copeland )
- David Liebman & Ben Besiakow Birth ( Storyville Records 1995)
- Aviation (stunt 1999, with Jens Winther, George Garzone , Ray Drummond , Billy Hart )
- Christina von Bülow & Ben Besiakov: A Primera Vez (Music Mecca 2003)
- Ben Besiakov / George Garzone Quartet: Hey Why Don't We Play (Stunt 2003)
Lexigraphic entries
- Frank Büchmann-Møller, Ben Besiakov , in: Barry Kernfeld (Ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz . 2001.
Web links
- Ben Besiakov at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c biography (Jazzpar)
- ^ Mike Heffley Northern Sun, Southern Moon: Europe's Reinvention of Jazz . Yale University Press, 2005; P. 72
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Besiakov, Ben |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Besiakow, Ben |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish jazz musician (piano, keyboard) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |