Ben Wolfe

Ben Wolfe
Ben Wolfe
Birth name	Benjamin Jonah Wolfe
Born	August 3, 1962; Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Origin	New York City
Genres	Jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Double bass
Years active	1978–present
Labels	Mons, Amosaya, Planet Arts, Maxjazz, Posi-tone
Associated acts	Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr.
Website	www.benwolfe.com

Benjamin Jonah Wolfe is an American jazz bassist who has performed in groups with Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., and Diana Krall. He is currently on the teaching faculty at The Juilliard School Jazz Division.[1]

Career

Wolfe was born in Baltimore and raised in Portland, Oregon. He was a member of his high school band, playing tuba and trombone, and a member of pop music groups in which he played bass guitar. In college he started playing double bass, with some lessons from Ray Brown. In the mid-1980s he went to New York City, where he played with Junior Cook, Dakota Staton, and Duke Jordan. He formed a duo with Harry Connick Jr. in 1988 and became a member of Connick's big band. In the early 1990s he toured and recorded with Wynton Marsalis's septet and then became part of Marsalis's Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in 1995. He has also played with Wynton's brother, Branford Marsalis, in addition to Frank Kimbrough, Marcus Roberts, and Mary Stallings. In 1997 he went on tour with singer Diana Krall.[2] He has been teaching jazz at The Juilliard School since 2002.[1]

Discography

Year	Title	Label
1996	13 Sketches	Mons
2001	Murray's Cadillac	Amosaya
1997	Bagdad Theater	Mons
2004	My Kinda Beautiful	Planet Arts
2008	No Strangers Here	Maxjazz
2010	Live at Smalls	SmallsLIVE
2013	From Here I See	Maxjazz
2015	The Whisperer	Posi-Tone
2019	Fatherhood	Self-released

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References

"Wolfe, Ben at The Juilliard School". The Juilliard School. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
Kennedy, Gary (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 3 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 976. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.

External links

Ben Wolfe at AllMusic
Concert review by The New York Times (2008)
Concert review by All About Jazz (2008)

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[Juilliard-1] "Wolfe, Ben at The Juilliard School". The Juilliard School. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

[New_Grove-2] Kennedy, Gary (2002). Kernfeld, Barry (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 3 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 976. ISBN 1-56159-284-6.