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MP3 Ben Powell - Light
10 MP3 Songs in this album (53:39) !
Related styles: JAZZ: Jazz quartet, JAZZ: Mainstream Jazz
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“Following in the footsteps of the great Stephane Grapppelli, Ben Powell has developed a very personal inspired voice on the violin. His ideas flow freely with expression in every kind of music he’s exploring….. It has been a pleasure working with him over the last few years and I look forward to hearing him more in the future. Bravo.”
Joe Lovano
Gary Burton Chair in Jazz Performance
Berklee College of Music
“Ben, you’ve got it, you’ve got the touch, this little….”je ne sais quoi”. Man, you are up there with the very good ones.”
Gilles Apap
“Ben Powell is an extraordinary young jazz violinist who has grown by leaps and bounds over the last few years into one of the finest jazz violinists in the world. He has absorbed much of the sound and approach of the great Stephane Grappelli and combined it with his own deep
musicianship and contemporary attitude to produce jazz violin playing that is both technically scintillating and musically gratifying.”
Matt Glaser
String Department Chair
Berklee College of Music
Ben Powell was born in Cheltenham, England into a musical family. His mother is a Suzuki violin teacher and his father is a cellist in the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Ben eagerly started the violin at the age of two, learning from his mother.
His talent was eminent from a very young age resulting in an invitation to solo at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics in Japan as part of an international Suzuki celebration. The following year, Ben traveled to Washington D.C with the National Isis Strings Academy of Great Britain performing at the Kennedy Centre and on the steps of the Capitol Building. The following year Ben was invited to lead a European Suzuki tour as a guest soloist performing in Germany, Belgium, Holland and France. Ben’s first major orchestral experience soon followed with his successful placement into the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at age 16. In his three years as an orchestral member, Ben played under many internationally renown conductors such as Yan Pascal Tortelier, Sir Roger Norrington and Marin Alsop to name a few. Ben toured the major concert halls of the UK with the National Youth Orchestra, each year culminating with a televised Prom from London''s Royal Albert Hall. In his third and final year in the orchestra, Ben was awarded the position of principle second violinist.
Ben’s love for jazz started at an early age and he has been experimenting with the style ever since. From his 2001 invitation to play for jazz trumpeter Randy Brecker as part of the Cheltenham International Jazz festival, Ben has since shared the stage with greats such as Herbie Hancock, Steve Gadd, Gary Burton, Joe Lovano, Gloria Estefan, Paul Simon, Abe Laboriel, Stevie Winwood and Philip Bailey to name a few. In 2005 Ben was awarded a scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he is currently finishing a degree in jazz composition. In addition to college requirements Ben enjoys playing in the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra.
As a soloist Ben has given performances all over the world in places as far ranging as Turin, Italy; Munster, Germany; San Francisco, Boston, Washington DC, Louisville, Los Angeles, Houston; USA. In 2005, Ben played a solo performance in the prestigious Purcell Rooms in London''s Queen Elizabeth Southbank complex. He has also had the privilege of performing for the First Lady, Laura Bush and Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan. In the summer of 2007 Ben had the honor of meeting ''The Champ'' Muhammad Ali in recognition of his musical outreach efforts in the city of Louisville, Kentucky.
Ben looks forward to pursuing a career in jazz violin after finishing his studies at Berklee, Boston. His other loves include golf and flying.
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