Ben Sidran

Ben Sidran ( born August 14, 1943 in Chicago) is an American jazz musician ( pianist, organist, singer), musicologist, journalist and producer.

Life

Sidran, who grew up in Racine, Wisconsin, studied from 1962 to 1966 at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, and then continue his philosophy studies at the University of Sussex in England. He did his PhD on " A Cultural History of Black Music in America" ​​; "Black Talk" (1972 ), the publication of book promotion, became a standard work. He began his career as a musician in the band 1967 by Steve Miller, for whom he wrote the hit song "Space Cowboy". He participated also in productions of The Rolling Stones, by Peter Frampton, Eric Clapton and Charlie Watts, before he returned to America in 1970, worked with Boz Scaggs and ever- zuwendete jazz. In 1983 he presented, for example, the album " Bop City" with Eddie Gomez and Peter Erskine, 1987 " Have You Met Barcelona? " With Johnny Griffin, Jimmy Woode and Ben Riley. With Gil Evans, he has performed in Paris. His solo albums partly reminiscent of Mose Allison. On " Life Is a Lesson" (1993, with Mike Richmond and Danny Gottlieb) he studied with the Jewish liturgy. His " Concert For Garcia Lorca " (2000) was nominated for a Grammy. He has performed with Dizzy Gillespie, Bobby McFerrin and Manhattan Transfer at Carnegie Hall on, with the " Brecker Brothers" at the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Newport Jazz Festival.

As a radio and television presenter and producer of television series (such as the 1989 with the " Ace Award" winning series " New Visions " ), he worked with Diana Ross, Booker T., Phil Woods, Sarah Vaughan, Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis or Annie Ross together. Furthermore, he was with his label " GoJazz " as a music producer operates, for example, for Tony Williams, Richie Cole and Georgie Fame. He writes for Rolling Stone, Esquire and other magazines. The keyboardist Leo Sidran is his son.

Discography

• Dylan Different, bonsai Music
• The Concert for Garcia Lorca, Go Jazz ( Alive )
• Do not Cry For No Hipster, Bonsai Music, 2012