All One Ben Wendel

• 1 I Loves You Porgy (feat. Cécile Mclorin Salvant) 05:40
• 2 Wanderers (feat. Terence Blanchard) 07:33
• 3 Throughout (feat. Bill Frisell) 06:48
• 4 Speak Joy (feat. Elena Pinderhughes) 07:45
• 5 Tenderly (feat. José James) 06:30
• 6 In Anima (feat. Tigran Hamasyan) 08:02
• Total Runtime 42:18

Info for All One

All One ist das inspirierte, vielschichtige neue Album des Meistersaxophonisten und Komponisten Ben Wendel, auf dem in jedem Song ein anderer Gast zu hören ist - ein wahres Staraufgebot für das gesamte Album.

Schichten von Holzbläsern bilden die Grundlage für eine sehr echte und ehrliche Zusammenarbeit mit einigen der größten Stars der globalen Szene wie Bill Frisell, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Terrence Blanchard, José James, Elena Pinderhughes und Tigran Hamasyan. In den letzten Jahren hat sich der in Kanada geborene und in Los Angeles aufgewachsene Musiker einen einzigartigen Platz in der Welt des Saxophons erobert. Sein starker und fokussierter Ton, sein Einsatz von Elektronik und seine zukunftsweisende Kühnheit haben eine große und engagierte Anhängerschaft geschaffen.

Er ist ein Musiker, der sowohl im Jazz als auch im Pop zu Hause ist, mit einer Sprache und einem Sound, die einzigartig für ihn sind. All One zeigt die Fülle von Ben Wendels Talent, wie man es noch nie zuvor gesehen hat - als Arrangeur, Komponist, Interpret und Kollaborateur - und mit seinen prominenten Assoziationen, die es ihm ermöglicht haben, eine herausragende Gastbesetzung zusammenzustellen. Mit seiner Botschaft von Zusammengehörigkeit, Freundschaft und Einigkeit wird All One Ben Wendels Status als einer der innovativsten und produktivsten Musiker seiner Generation bestätigen.

Ben Wendel, Sopran- und Tenorsaxophon, Fagott, EFX
Cécile McLorin Salvant, Gesang
José James, Gesang
Terence Blanchard, Trompete
Bill Frisell, elektrische und akustische Gitarre, EFX
Elena Pinderhughes, Flöte und Altflöte
Tigran Hamasyan, Klavier

Ben Wendel
Grammy nominated saxophonist Ben Wendel was born in Vancouver, Canada and raised in Los Angeles. Currently living in Brooklyn, NY, he has enjoyed a varied career as a performer, composer and producer. Highlights include tours, performances and/or recordings with artists such as Tigran Hamasyan, Antonio Sanchez, Gerald Clayton, Eric Harland, Taylor Eigsti, Linda May Han Oh, Moonchild, Louis Cole, Daedelus, Snoop Dogg and the artist formerly known as Prince. Ben is a founding member of the Grammy nominated group Kneebody.

As a composer, he has received an ASCAP Jazz Composer Award, the 2008, 2011 and 2017 Chamber Music America “New Works Grant” and was awarded the Victor Lynch-Staunton award by the Canada Council For The Arts. He also co-wrote the score for John Krasinski's adaptation of David Foster Wallace’s "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men."

Ben was honored to work with conductor Kent Nagano in producing a series of concerts for the Festspiel Plus in Munich, Germany. From 2008 to 2015, he produced a multi-genre performance series at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, California. During that time he was appointed the head of their Jazz and Blues initiative, which included producing and expanding performance opportunities for these genres in Los Angeles. As part of this appointment, Ben helped to create an artistic council which included such luminaries as Quincy Jones, Herb Alpert and Luciana Souza. Ben’s producer work includes the Grammy nominated album "Life Forum" for pianist Gerald Clayton on Concord Records.


Ben has recorded for Edition Records, Sunnyside Records, Motéma Music, Concord Records and Brainfeeder, with five solo albums under his belt, Simple Song (2009), Frame (2012), What We Bring (2016) The Seasons (2018), High Heart (2020), a duo project with French-American pianist Dan Tepfer entitled Small Constructions (2013) and multiple Kneebody albums. His critically acclaimed music video project The Seasons, inspired by Tchaikovsky’s works of the same name, was released throughout 2015 and included guests such as Joshua Redman, Jeff Ballard, Mark Turner, Julian Lage, Ambrose Akinmusire and more. It was listed as one of the best releases of 2015 by the NY Times.

Ben is a former Adjunct Professor of Jazz Studies at USC and a current Adjunct at the New School in NYC. Educational outreach has been a constant in his career with over 300 masterclasses at various colleges, universities, high-schools and also previous work with the LA Philharmonic Artist Program.

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