Jazz

Ben Monder: Hydra

New York-based guitarist Ben Monder has been an active member of the contemporary jazz scene for more than two decades, appearing on over 100 sessions as a sideman for such luminaries as Paul Motian, ...
Jazz

Ben Monder: Dust

Guitarist Ben Monder's sophomore effort, originally recorded for Arabesque in 1997 and now reissued by Sunnyside, covers all the ground from free, ambient and discordant to tight, together and ...
BroadwayWorld

The Cornelia Street Café Hosts Ben Monder & Bill McHenry and The Cellar & Point, 6/17

The Cornelia Street Café (29 Cornelia St.) hosts Ben Monder and Bill McHenry as well as The Cellar and Point tonight, June 17th, at 8:30 p.m. Cover is $10. For more information, please call ...
Rolling Stone

Hear ‘Blackstar’ Guitarist Ben Monder’s Doomy Take on ‘Goldfinger’ Theme

Ben Monder has spent more than two decades carving out an extremely personal aesthetic niche. The guitarist has played with tons of jazz luminaries, including Paul Motian and Maria Schneider, but ...
Yahoo

‘Blackstar’ Guitarist Recalls Bowie’s Last Days in the Studio

When jazz guitarist and composer Ben Monder entered the studio to record wispy guitar textures and abrupt chord bursts for David Bowie’s 25th studio album Blackstar, he had no idea that Bowie was ...
The Irish Times

Ben Monder - Amorphae: the sound of great musicians listening to one another

Even if, like guitarist Ben Monder, you have appeared on north of 100 recordings (including David Bowie's Blackstar), your ECM debut as leader is a special moment and an opportunity to stretch into ...
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Dan Weiss Starebaby (ft. Trevor Dunn, Ben Monder, etc) prep new LP (stream a track)

In 2018, avant-garde/jazz/metal drummer/composer Dan Weiss released his new album Starebaby with bassist Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Tomahawk, Secret Chiefs 3 ...
The Guardian

Ben Monder: Amorphae review – a haunting and distinctive soundworld

For the individuality of his methods, sense of space and tonal subtlety, American guitarist Ben Monder has long sounded like an ECM artist, but Amorphae is his late debut for the German label. And ...
The New York Times

Ben Monder and David Torn, Jazz Guitarists Unafraid to Wrestle With Darkness

Can a jazz guitarist touch the void? What role can darkness play in improvised music, which has historically been built on a spirit of earnest collaboration and bright, restorative energy? The ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

BEN MONDER “Hydra” (Sunnyside)

This is guitarist Ben Monder’s sixth album since his 1995 debut, Flux, and his first in eight years. The opener, “Elysium,” features layered tinkling sounds and Gian Slater’s soaring, wordless vocals ...

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Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons) When jazz guitarist and composer Ben Monder entered the studio to record wispy ...