Ben Monder
Ben Monder (born May 24, 1962 in New York City ) is an American jazz guitarist.
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Monder studied at the University of Miami and Queens College and lives in New York, where he a. a. with Jack McDuff , Marc Johnson , Lee Konitz , George Garzone , Tim Berne , Rashied Ali , Karl Berger , Herb Robertson , Perry Robinson , Michał Urbaniak , Michael Formanek , Scott McLemore , Bobby Avey , in the band Right Brain Patrol with Arto Tunçboyacıyan and Marc Johnson, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra , the Kenny Wheeler Large Ensemble and Guillermo Klein's Los Guachos have performed. He is a member of the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra , the Lee Konitz New Nonet and Paul Motian's Electric Bebop Band . With Drew Gress and Tom Rainey he founded his own trio.
Monder toured with Jack McDuff's band and took part in the European tour of Joris Dudli's New York Project . So far he has appeared on over seventy CDs as a sideman and has released several albums as a band leader: 1995 Flux (with Jim Black and Drew Gress), 1997 Dust (with Jim Black and Ben Street ) and No Boat (with Jim Black, Theo Bleckmann and Skúli Sverrisson ), 2000 Excavation (as cast as No Boat ) and 2005 Oceana (with Theo Bleckmann, Kermit Driscoll , Ted Poor and Skuli Sverrisson). He also presented an album with Kristjan Randalu .
Discographic notes
- Ben Monder, Bill McHenry: Bloom (Sunnyside, 2010)
- Kristjan Randalu, Ben Monder: Equilibrium (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2012)
- Hydra (Sunnyside, 2013)
- Amorphae (ECM Records, 2016)
- Day After Day (Sunnyside, 2019)
Web links
- Ben Monder at Allmusic (English)
- Ben Monder at Discogs (English)
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| SURNAME | Monder, Ben |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |