MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble

The Musical Worlds of Ben Monder

December 05, 2015 | 06:00 pm

$$5
December 05, 2015 | 06:00 pm

A concert featuring: jazz guitarist and composer, Ben Monder; vocalists: Liz Tobias, Samantha Fomon, and Sandra Bayona, with the FJE under the direction of Frederick Harris. The program includes small and large ensemble music by Monder, Monk, Thad Jones, Hermeto Pascoal, Sergio Mendes, Bob Brookmeyer, Mark Harvey, and Jamshied Sharifi, with special arrangements by Guillermo Klein.

 

About Ben Monder
A musician in the New York area for 30 years, Ben Monder has performed with a wide variety of artists, including Jack McDuff, Marc Johnson, Lee Konitz, George Garzone, Paul Motian, Guillermo Klein, and Maria Schneider. He has conducted clinics and workshops around the world, and served on the faculty of the New England Conservatory from 2002-2005. He was also the recipient of a Doris Duke Artist Award in 2014. Ben continues to perform original music internationally with his own quartet, trio, and in an ongoing duo project with vocalist Theo Bleckmann. He has appeared on over 130 CDs as a sideman, and has released 5 as a leader: Hydra (Sunnyside, 2013), Oceana (Sunnyside, 2005), Excavation (Arabesque, 2000), Dust (Arabesque, 1997), and Flux (Songlines,1995).