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BEN ALLISON | Bassist • Composer • Producer • Educator

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w/Booker T

w/Booker T

w/Joey Arias and Brandon Seabrook, Joe's Pub, NYC 2019

w/Joey Arias and Brandon Seabrook, Joe's Pub, NYC 2019

w/Al Bell- legendary producer, songwriter, Stax Records co-founder

w/Al Bell- legendary producer, songwriter, Stax Records co-founder

w/Sheila Jordan and Tracy Jordan, Birdland 2019

w/Sheila Jordan and Tracy Jordan, Birdland 2019

w/Alex Foster, Billy Drummond, Mark Whitfield, Vitoria Spain, 2018

w/Alex Foster, Billy Drummond, Mark Whitfield, Vitoria Spain, 2018

w/Steve Cardenas and Rufus Reid

w/Steve Cardenas and Rufus Reid

w/Ruby at The Grammys, NYC 2018

w/Ruby at The Grammys, NYC 2018

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Ben & Betty Lavette 2013.jpg
University of Maryland, Baltimore Band

University of Maryland, Baltimore Band

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The Easy Way (w/Steve Cardenas & Jaleel Shaw, 2017)

The Easy Way (w/Steve Cardenas & Jaleel Shaw, 2017)

Think Free in Madeira, Portugal 2014

Think Free in Madeira, Portugal 2014

Think Free in Madeira, Portugal

Think Free at Green Mill, Chicago, 2016

Think Free at Green Mill, Chicago, 2016

Think Free in Portugal - Jeremy Pelt, Rudy Royston, Steve Cardenas

Think Free in Portugal - Jeremy Pelt, Rudy Royston, Steve Cardenas

Ben Allison Testifies before US Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Ben Allison Testifies before US Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Ben Allison Testifies before US Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Also pictured David Israelite, CEO National Music Publishers Association. June, 2012

Ben on the steps of City Hall, NYC

Ben on the steps of City Hall, NYC

Cambodian chapei master Kong Nay (also, Marc Ribot, Rudy Royston)

Cambodian chapei master Kong Nay (also, Marc Ribot, Rudy Royston)

Ben and 4th-graders talk about improvisation, 2013

Ben and 4th-graders talk about improvisation, 2013

Think Free in Portugal (2014)

Think Free in Portugal (2014)

Interview on "Labor Press" AM970, NYC

Interview on "Labor Press" AM970, NYC

w/Taylor Swift at MSR Studios, 2015

w/Taylor Swift at MSR Studios, 2015

Taylor Swift and Ben Allison

At the Greenmail Jazz Club, Chicago (2014)

At the Greenmail Jazz Club, Chicago (2014)

 At The Epic Theater, Kalamazoo, MI with Steve Cardenas (2012)

At The Epic Theater, Kalamazoo, MI with Steve Cardenas (2012)

With US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky

With US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky

 Be with students from the Music Department at the University of Alabama, with their Director Chris Kozak. Also pictured, Steve Cardenas, Brandon Seabrook and Rodney Green.

Be with students from the Music Department at the University of Alabama, with their Director Chris Kozak. Also pictured, Steve Cardenas, Brandon Seabrook and Rodney Green.

Somewhere outside of Milan c. 2009

Somewhere outside of Milan c. 2009

Easy Way Trio

Easy Way Trio

Think Free in Guadalajara, MX - Steve Cardenas, Mark Guiliana, Shane Endsley

Think Free in Guadalajara, MX - Steve Cardenas, Mark Guiliana, Shane Endsley

Think Free in Guadalajara, MX - Steve Cardenas, Mark Guiliana, Shane Endsley

Think Free in Guadalajara, MX - Steve Cardenas, Mark Guiliana, Shane Endsley

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Allison Miller, Joey Arias, Ben @ NYC Summer Stage 2012

Allison Miller, Joey Arias, Ben @ NYC Summer Stage 2012

Steve and Ben duo at Town Hall, NYC

Steve and Ben duo at Town Hall, NYC

(Ben receives 2014 NYC Nightlife Award)

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North Sea Jazz Festival

North Sea Jazz Festival

At Small's, NYC 2015

At Small's, NYC 2015

Easy Way Trio at Rubin Museum, NYC 2014

Easy Way Trio at Rubin Museum, NYC 2014

Man Size Safe with the Jazz Sinfonica Orchestra, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2008

Man Size Safe with the Jazz Sinfonica Orchestra, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2008

Man Size Safe with the Jazz Sinfonica Orchestra, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2008

Man Size Safe with the Jazz Sinfonica Orchestra, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2008

With maestro Joao Galindo

Joey Arias joins the band at Shapeshifter Lab, NYC 2016

Joey Arias joins the band at Shapeshifter Lab, NYC 2016

At Jazz Standard c. 2009

At Jazz Standard c. 2009

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Ben Allison Group at Birdland 2014

Ben Allison Group at Birdland 2014

With Ted Nash, Jeremy Pelt, Steve Cardenas, Rudy Royston

The great Freddie Hubbard, May 2005

The great Freddie Hubbard, May 2005

George Wein in the House

George Wein in the House

 with unidentified friend of George's

Backstage with Greg Osby and Tom Harrell

Backstage with Greg Osby and Tom Harrell

Ben Allison Group at Birdland 2015

Ben Allison Group at Birdland 2015

With Frank Kimbrough, Jeremy Pelt, Steve Cardenas, Rudy Royston

Grammys on the Hill 2012

Grammys on the Hill 2012

With Elizabeth Healy, Rich Stumpf, Michael Whelan, Rep. Anita Lowey, Jennifer Blakeman & Linda Lorence.

Residency at UNC Chapel Hill

Residency at UNC Chapel Hill

With Jim Ketch & a great group of students!

My 1965 Ampeg B15 fliptop

My 1965 Ampeg B15 fliptop

Can't get better than this....

The Band at Shapeshifter, NYC

The Band at Shapeshifter, NYC

The Amazing Lisa Fischer

The Amazing Lisa Fischer

Grammy Future Now, 2014

Grammy Future Now, 2014

With Ryan Shaw, Jonatha Brooke, Erik Roberson, Elizabeth Healy

Somewhere in Mexico

Somewhere in Mexico

Man Size Safe at Jazz Standard, NY c.2008

Man Size Safe at Jazz Standard, NY c.2008

Ben Allison Quartet at Dizzys

Ben Allison Quartet at Dizzys

With Peter Bernstein, Ted Nash & Matt Wilson

On Mexican Daytime Talkshow

On Mexican Daytime Talkshow

Guadalajara, MX

Think Free at Teatro Degollado

Think Free at Teatro Degollado

Guadalajara, MX

At Dazzle, Denver

At Dazzle, Denver

Press Conference for "Fair Play Fair Pay"

Press Conference for "Fair Play Fair Pay"

With Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jerry Nadler (D-NY), Neil Portnow, Casandra Wilson, Rosanne Cash, Martha Reeves, Cindi Lauper, Elvis Costello, Nels Cline, Marc Ribot, Ray Parker, Jonatha Brooke

Martha Reeves & Gloria Gaynor

Martha Reeves & Gloria Gaynor

Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)

Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)

With Judy Tint

Backstage at Birdland, 2016

Backstage at Birdland, 2016

With Alli Miller, Joey Arias, Steve Cardenas, Michael Blake

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Poster for "Fair Play Fair Pay"

Poster for "Fair Play Fair Pay"

Who's sigs can you find?

Greg Osby, Melissa Aldana, Lee Konitz, 2016

Greg Osby, Melissa Aldana, Lee Konitz, 2016

Dee Snider

Dee Snider

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Outside the Green Mill, Chicago, 2016

Outside the Green Mill, Chicago, 2016

With Allan Mednard

Neil Portnow, Daryl Friedman

Neil Portnow, Daryl Friedman

And unidentified man

Taylor Swift and My Family

Taylor Swift and My Family

Backstage, Metlife Stadium, 2015

Collective 20th Anniversary Poster, 2012

Collective 20th Anniversary Poster, 2012

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Grammy Town Hall, 2015

Grammy Town Hall, 2015

FIT, 2015

FIT, 2015

 Mexico City, 2014

Mexico City, 2014

 I wrote Mark Hamill a fan letter in 1977 and he sent this to me. I was king of "show and tell" for all of 6th grade.

I wrote Mark Hamill a fan letter in 1977 and he sent this to me. I was king of "show and tell" for all of 6th grade.

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Southbank Centre, London

Southbank Centre, London

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 Bernie Worrell left us too soon in 2016. Here we are after a set at Bonnaroo, 2012.

Bernie Worrell left us too soon in 2016. Here we are after a set at Bonnaroo, 2012.

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 Riding the Nuclear Tiger

Riding the Nuclear Tiger

 w/Hamid Drake and Michael Blake, Venice (2010?)

w/Hamid Drake and Michael Blake, Venice (2010?)

 w/Joe Lovano, James Wideman, Milan Simich, Vincent Herring, 

w/Joe Lovano, James Wideman, Milan Simich, Vincent Herring, 

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 w/ the great Dewey Redman, Italy c. 2007

w/ the great Dewey Redman, Italy c. 2007

 Receiving the Bird Award at North Sea Jazz Festival, c. 2005

Receiving the Bird Award at North Sea Jazz Festival, c. 2005

My Mentor Joe Lovano

My Mentor Joe Lovano

Ancona, Italy c. 2002

With Andrew Hill at the Jazz Journalists Awards 2003

With Andrew Hill at the Jazz Journalists Awards 2003

One of my biggest influences

Bass sections rule!

Bass sections rule!

Neutron Star

Neutron Star

 Peace Pipe in Cremona, c. 2002

Peace Pipe in Cremona, c. 2002

Think Free at Dizzy's, 2016

Think Free at Dizzy's, 2016

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Ben Allison blue.jpg
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w/Booker T
w/Joey Arias and Brandon Seabrook, Joe's Pub, NYC 2019
w/Al Bell- legendary producer, songwriter, Stax Records co-founder
w/Sheila Jordan and Tracy Jordan, Birdland 2019
w/Alex Foster, Billy Drummond, Mark Whitfield, Vitoria Spain, 2018
w/Steve Cardenas and Rufus Reid
w/Ruby at The Grammys, NYC 2018
IMG_7016.jpg
Ben & Betty Lavette 2013.jpg
University of Maryland, Baltimore Band
IMG_1595.JPG
The Easy Way (w/Steve Cardenas & Jaleel Shaw, 2017)
Think Free in Madeira, Portugal 2014
Think Free at Green Mill, Chicago, 2016
Think Free in Portugal - Jeremy Pelt, Rudy Royston, Steve Cardenas
Ben Allison Testifies before US Congress, House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Ben on the steps of City Hall, NYC
Cambodian chapei master Kong Nay (also, Marc Ribot, Rudy Royston)
Ben and 4th-graders talk about improvisation, 2013
Think Free in Portugal (2014)
Interview on "Labor Press" AM970, NYC
w/Taylor Swift at MSR Studios, 2015
At the Greenmail Jazz Club, Chicago (2014)
 At The Epic Theater, Kalamazoo, MI with Steve Cardenas (2012)
With US Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky
 Be with students from the Music Department at the University of Alabama, with their Director Chris Kozak. Also pictured, Steve Cardenas, Brandon Seabrook and Rodney Green.
Somewhere outside of Milan c. 2009
Easy Way Trio
Think Free in Guadalajara, MX - Steve Cardenas, Mark Guiliana, Shane Endsley
Think Free in Guadalajara, MX - Steve Cardenas, Mark Guiliana, Shane Endsley
69212_10151458732026111_1862497701_n.jpg
Allison Miller, Joey Arias, Ben @ NYC Summer Stage 2012
Steve and Ben duo at Town Hall, NYC
Ben-In-Milan.jpeg
North Sea Jazz Festival
At Small's, NYC 2015
Easy Way Trio at Rubin Museum, NYC 2014
Man Size Safe with the Jazz Sinfonica Orchestra, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2008
Man Size Safe with the Jazz Sinfonica Orchestra, Sao Paulo, Brazil 2008
Joey Arias joins the band at Shapeshifter Lab, NYC 2016
At Jazz Standard c. 2009
BenAllisonBandAtKnox.jpg
Ben Allison Group at Birdland 2014
The great Freddie Hubbard, May 2005
George Wein in the House
Backstage with Greg Osby and Tom Harrell
Ben Allison Group at Birdland 2015
Grammys on the Hill 2012
Residency at UNC Chapel Hill
My 1965 Ampeg B15 fliptop
The Band at Shapeshifter, NYC
The Amazing Lisa Fischer
Grammy Future Now, 2014
Somewhere in Mexico
Man Size Safe at Jazz Standard, NY c.2008
Ben Allison Quartet at Dizzys
On Mexican Daytime Talkshow
Think Free at Teatro Degollado
At Dazzle, Denver
Press Conference for "Fair Play Fair Pay"
Martha Reeves & Gloria Gaynor
Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
Backstage at Birdland, 2016
CgA8iowW4AAgAdS.jpg
Poster for "Fair Play Fair Pay"
Greg Osby, Melissa Aldana, Lee Konitz, 2016
Dee Snider
CJL7JNfUkAAX_8o.jpg
Outside the Green Mill, Chicago, 2016
Neil Portnow, Daryl Friedman
Taylor Swift and My Family
Collective 20th Anniversary Poster, 2012
CRTa0E0VAAA3hXl.jpg
Grammy Town Hall, 2015
FIT, 2015
 Mexico City, 2014
 I wrote Mark Hamill a fan letter in 1977 and he sent this to me. I was king of "show and tell" for all of 6th grade.
IMG_9557.jpg
Southbank Centre, London
jazzArchives.png
 Bernie Worrell left us too soon in 2016. Here we are after a set at Bonnaroo, 2012.
Joey-Ben.jpg
l.jpeg
North-Sea-20091.jpg
photo.jpg
Picture-3.jpg
 Riding the Nuclear Tiger
 w/Hamid Drake and Michael Blake, Venice (2010?)
 w/Joe Lovano, James Wideman, Milan Simich, Vincent Herring, 
SteveBen-Tom-Stio_72.jpg
ThinkFreePortugal.jpg
01.jpg
 w/ the great Dewey Redman, Italy c. 2007
 Receiving the Bird Award at North Sea Jazz Festival, c. 2005
My Mentor Joe Lovano
With Andrew Hill at the Jazz Journalists Awards 2003
Bass sections rule!
Neutron Star
 Peace Pipe in Cremona, c. 2002
Think Free at Dizzy's, 2016
NYisMusicPC.jpg
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