Palmetto 2140 (2009)
Platypus
Kramer v.s Kramer vs. Godzilla
Think Free
Ben Allison – Bass
Jenny Scheinman – Violin
Shane Endsley – Trumpet
Steve Cardenas – Guitar
Rudy Royston – Drums
All compositions by Ben Allison
- Fred
- Platypus
- Broke
- Kramer vs. Kramer vs. Godzilla
- Sleeping Giant
- Peace Pipe
- vs. Godzilla
- Green Al
8 Comments
“You’re a creative genius!” (via YouTube)
“Ben is incredible, amazing composer.” (via Last.fm)
“I bought my first BA record from him personally at the Kush, a (then) great hangout at the lower east side, nyc, run by himself, where he used to play sunday nights with michael blake in his trio. great memories.” (via Last.fm)
I love “Fred” (via Last.fm)
“This is wonderful! I just used the CD as inspiration while drawing a bookmark” (via YouTube)
Step outside the corral of your stored memory of melodies. Set aside notions of rhythm patterns, of how music ought to sound, and feel.
Go ahead and go the someplace else this music takes you.
Man they really poured their hearts into this whole performance. I am in awe. (via YouTube)
sounds like some ennio morricone! awesome. (via YouTube)