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Ben Cohen

Ben Cohen is a Brooklyn based saxophonist and composer. After growing up in rural Tennessee, Ben went to the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where he studied with such luminaries as Jerry Coker and Donald Brown. After graduating, he moved to NYC where he continued his education under the tutelage of Ellery Eskelin. Now a regular on the Brooklyn creative music scene, Ben performs with Deric Dickens, Danny Fisher-Lochhead, John Merrit, Kenny Warren, Zach Clarke and many others. He leads his saxophone trio Viriditas and his record label Eschatology Records

Awards

Best Debut Album 2016: Viriditas -New York City Jazz Record


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Eli Wallace and Ben Cohen: Evaporation

Read "Evaporation" reviewed by Troy Dostert


In a series of imaginative projects, pianist Eli Wallace and saxophonist Ben Cohen have shown themselves to have a remarkable range of creative impulses. Wallace has thrived in a powerful duo with percussionist Rob Pumpelly called Dialectical Imagination; the two create furious intensity with a substratum of romanticism, as on The Angel and the Brute Sing Songs of Rapture (Atma Nadi Records, 2017). Cohen has a lyrical side as well, displayed to strong effect in his Viriditas trio, which at ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Evaporation

Eschatology Records
2020

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Viriditas

Eschatology Records
2016

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KinAesthetic: The Pin...

Eschatology Records
2016

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A Ramble

From: Viriditas
By Ben Cohen

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