A visionary guitarist with virtuosic technical facility, an atmospheric, nearly cinematic approach and an inimitable, searching lyricism, New York native Ben Monder has carved an individual niche in modern jazz. Logging early experience with two of most exploratory large ensembles to emerge in the 1990s in the Maria Schneider Orchestra and Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos, Monder has flourished in settings that allow his pointillistic melodic signature and floating, cloud-like chords to shine through. He has contributed his singular sonic landscapes to his work with Paul Motian, Lee Konitz, Donny McCaslin, and vocalist Theo Bleckmann, and was a critical presence on David Bowie's 2016 swan song Blackstar.
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A visionary guitarist with virtuosic technical facility, an atmospheric, nearly cinematic approach and an inimitable, searching lyricism, New York native Ben Monder has carved an individual niche in modern jazz. Logging early experience with two of most exploratory large ensembles to emerge in the 1990s in the Maria Schneider Orchestra and Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos, Monder has flourished in settings that allow his pointillistic melodic signature and floating, cloud-like chords to shine through. He has contributed his singular sonic landscapes to his work with Paul Motian, Lee Konitz, Donny McCaslin, and vocalist Theo Bleckmann, and was a critical presence on David Bowie's 2016 swan song Blackstar.
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