Gregg Bendian
Gregg Bendian (born July 13, 1963 in Englewood , New Jersey ) is an American vibraphonist , drummer , percussionist and composer of modern creative jazz .
Live and act
Bendian studied composers like Edgar Varèse and Anton Webern during his time in high school, and later with free jazz pioneers Cecil Taylor , Anthony Braxton and Ornette Coleman . He studied with Noel DaCosta at Rutgers University and had drum lessons with Steve McCall and Andrew Cyrille . While still a student, he worked with his Gregg Bendian Project , which experimented with new music and chamber music; During this time he began working with musicians from the New York downtown scene, such as John Zorn , Ned Rothenberg , Tom Cora , Bill Frisell , Butch Morris and Mark Dresser , but also with Wadada Leo Smith , George Lewis and Robert Dick .
He worked with Nels Cline , Derek Baileys Company , Peter Brötzmann , William Parker , Gary Lucas , Steuart Liebig and in 1989 with his idol Cecil Taylor since the 1980s . He also appeared on Taylor's A&M album In Florescence , which featured two solo percussion compositions by Bendian, For Steve McCall and Entity .
In 1996 Bendian performed with Derek Bailey, Pat Metheny and Paul Wertico at the Knitting Factory . The album Counterparts was released under his own name on the avant-garde label CIMP in 1996 with the participation of Paul Smoker , Vinny Golia and Mark Dresser ; From 1996 he released albums by his band Interzone which combined elements of fusion music and free jazz . With Interzone he recorded the Requiem for Jack Kirby in 2000 , a tribute album to a comic artist. Bendian and Nels Cline recorded the highly acclaimed album Interstellar Space Revisited , dedicated to John Coltrane in 1999 , which refers to Coltrane's legendary 1967 album Interstellar Space with Rashied Ali ; Bendian described it as his "love letter to free jazz drumming "
From 2002 Bendian began his Mahavishnu Project with compositions by John McLaughlin , which has so far been laid out on three albums; In 2006, ex-Mahavishnu member Jan Hammer also participated as a guest musician. From 2003 Bendian also worked in a quartet with Jeff Gauthier , Steuart Liebig and GE Stinson ( Bone Structure ).
In addition to his work on the jazz scene, Bendian works as a drummer and singer in the Genesis repertoire project The Musical Box .
Discographic notes
- Counterparts (CIMP, 1996)
- Interzone (Eremite, 1996) with Nels Cline, Mark Dresser
- Espiritu (Truemedia, 1997) with Alex Cline
- Trio Pianissismo (Truemedia, 1998)
- Interstellar Space ( Atavistic , 1998) with Nels Cline
- Myriad (Atavistic, 1999) with Steuart Liebig
- Requiem for Jack Kirby (Atavistic, 2000)
- The Mahavishnu Project (Aggregate, 2002)
- Bone Structure ( Cryptogramophone Records , 2003)
- Jan Hammer & The Mahavishnu Project (DVD, 2007 - MVDvisual)
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- Web presence
- Portrait of Dave Lynch, All Music Guide
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Notes and individual references
- ↑ Quoted from Dave Lynach, All Music Guide; Originally: "my love letter to Free Jazz drumming".
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SURNAME | Bendian, Gregg |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Englewood, New Jersey |