Ben Wendel Seasons Band (Award Winning Saxphonist)

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Ben Wendel Seasons Band (Award Winning Saxphonist)

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 multiple domestic and international tours with artists such as Ignacio Berroa, Tigran Hamasyan, Antonio Sanchez, Gerald Clayton, Eric Harland, Taylor Eigsti, Snoop Dogg and the artist formerly known as Prince. Ben is a founding member of the Grammy nominated group Kneebody, currently signed with Motéma Music.

As a composer, he has received an ASCAP Jazz Composer Award, the 2008 and 2011 Chamber Music America “New Works Grant” and most recently 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 has recorded for Sunnyside Records, Motéma Music, Concord Records and Brainfeeder, with three solo albums under his belt, Simple Song (2009), Frame (2012) and What We Bring (2016), 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 and more.

March 08 2018

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Date: March 8, 2018
Time: 10:00 pm - 11:30 pm
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Blues Alley

1073 Wisconsin Ave NW
Washington, DC 20007 United States

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Blues Alley