Ben Monder, steps away
Ben Monder and most of humanity are within 6 degrees of each other. This matrix combines the small-world principle behind this seemingly magical fact with inter-artist recommendations-in-series in order to make all artists potential curators and discoverable within a handful (or two) of steps from everywhere on the planet. It works like this:
I RECOMMEND people (do you?)Ben Monder & degrees of proximity
Why again is Ben Monder mere steps away from other artists in here, and by extension, most everybody on the planet?
WHO CURATES "I RECOMMEND" ABOVE?
- Vertex/Edges Out by: The Matrix via ↴
Artist & Where
- Name: Ben Monder
- City/Place: New York City
- Country: United States
Life & Work
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Bio:
A musician in the New York City area for over 30 years, Ben Monder has performed with a wide variety of artists, including Jack McDuff, Marc Johnson, Lee Konitz, Billy Childs, Andrew Cyrille, George Garzone, Paul Motian, Maria Schneider, Louis Cole, Marshall Crenshaw and Jandek. He also contributed guitar parts to the last David Bowie album, “Blackstar”.
Ben conducts clinics and workshops around the world, and has served on the faculties of the New England Conservatory and the New School. He was the recipient of a Doris Duke Impact Award in 2014, and a Shifting Foundation grant in 2013.
Ben continues to perform original music internationally in solo and trio settings, and in a long standing duo project with vocalist Theo Bleckmann. He has appeared on over 200 CDs as a sideman, and has released 7 as a leader: Day After Day (Sunnyside, 2019) Amorphae (ECM, 2015), Hydra (Sunnyside, 2013), Oceana (Sunnyside, 2005), Excavation (Arabesque, 2000), Dust (Arabesque, 1997), and Flux (Songlines,1995).
Contact Information
- Email: ben(at)benmonder.com
Media & Markets
- ▶ Book Purchases: http://www.c-marek.de/xmonder/?cat=13
- ▶ Website: http://www.c-marek.de/xmonder/
- ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UCcxHHi3RjzBFDS7uJAoxKpw
- ▶ Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/4CdfhCXT7I0uvRMssXrKd4?si=3a8158fe28be46f1
- ▶ Spotify 2: http://open.spotify.com/album/3S1slAMTdjb2ydqGlLWGSG?si=421b2b75a90f4a4a
- ▶ Spotify 3: http://open.spotify.com/album/5Mrw3EctDiyar08vqX9rq8?si=905f3e8dd006479b
- ▶ Spotify 4: http://open.spotify.com/album/0kQgyBMFcU4VE2umPXls0D?si=6576f587d24b42ec
- ▶ Spotify 5: http://open.spotify.com/album/3zgf0Ueset6P4HY80dazKd?si=d3fdedbae8b24377
- ▶ Spotify 6: http://open.spotify.com/album/6K7SVhPWFkGaMKYScsOJyF?si=b0de4cb9d3b547c8
Clips (more may be added)
ABOUT THE MATRIX
This matrix is dedicated to creative artists and non-algorithmic discovery.
It was described (to some degree) and can be accessed via this article in British journal The Guardian (which named our radio of matrixed artists as one of ten best in the world):
www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/apr/17/10-best-music-radio-station-around-world
While the Brazilian musicians I work with now you may not know, I formerly worked (chasing unpaid royalties!) on behalf of Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Led Zeppelin, Jim Hall, Mongo Santamaria, Gilberto Gil, Astrud Gilberto, Wah Wah Watson (Melvin Ragin), Philip Glass, The Cadillacs (Earl Carroll), The Flamingos (Zeke and Jake Carey), and others, including Oscar-winning world-class great-guy Robb Royer. I was interviewed by David Dye for broadcast on U.S. National Public Radio several years ago ... about the Brazilians:
- Randy "Pardal/Sparrow" Roberts
All is more connected than we know.
w/ David Dye for U.S. National Public Radio
The matrix was inspired in (the kabbalah-inspired fiction of) Borges' El Aleph, that in the pillar in Cairo's Mosque of Amr, where the universe in its entirety throughout all time is perceivable as an infinite hum from deep within the stone...
Our logo, per the "spirit" above, is a cortador de cana, a cane cutter. It was designed by Walter Mariano, professor of design at the Federal University of Bahia to reflect the origins of the music the shop specialized in. The Brazilian "aleph" doesn't hum... it dances and sings.
