Ben Abarbanel-Wolff

Infobox musical artist
Name = Ben Abarbanel-Wolff


Img_capt = Ben at home in Berlin 2006
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
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Born = birth date and age|1974|9|24
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
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Instrument = Tenor saxophone, Baritone saxophone
Genre = Jazz,Afrobeat,Funk
Occupation = Composer, saxophonist
Years_active = 1991-present
Label = Rabbi Records, Intakt, Stone's Throw/Now Again
Associated_acts = Afrobeat Academy, Poets of Rhythm, Karl Hector and the Malcouns, Sirone's Concord, Ulrich Gumpert Quartette, Xavier Naidoo
URL = [http://www.benabarbanel-wolff.com/ www.benabarbanel-wolff.com]
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Ben Abarbanel-Wolff (b. 1974 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA) is an American saxophonist based in Berlin, Germany. Ben grew up in Washington, D.C., and studied at the University of Michigan and the New School for Social Research, in New York City. He also studied intensively with master drummer Milford Graves at Bennington College, where he earned a Master's degree. In 2001, Ben moved to Berlin where he is active in the city's funk, jazz, and African music scenes. He is a member of the Xavier Naidoo band, the Ulrich Gumpert Quartette, Sirone's Concord, musical director of the Afrobeat Academy Band (Bantu and Brother's Keepers). He also performs with the Poets of Rhythm and Karl Hector and the Malcouns (Stone's Throw/Now Again). He has performed with funk and soul legends Marva Whitney and Gwen McCrae. He has a long-standing collaboration with the original Africa 70 guitarist Oghene Kologbo.

Selected Discography

* 2008 Xavier Naidoo "MTV Unplugged Wettsingen in Schwetzingen" XNtertainment/MTV
Karl Hector and the Malcouns "Safari Swing" Stone's Throw/Now Again Records

* 2007Oghene Kologbo and Afrobeat Academy "Remember Fela Anikulapo Kuti" Lion's Ark Records

Ulrich Gumpert "Quartette", Intakt Records

D-Flame "Mom Song" EMI
Polyversal Souls "Sad Nile" 7", Fryer's Records

* 2006Afrobeat Academy "Afro Confusion" 7", Rabbi Records

Xavier Naidoo "Was Wir Alleine Nicht Schaffen", Band Version, Naidoo Records

Xavier Naidoo "Zeilen Aus Gold", live version, Naidoo Records

Xavier Naidoo "Bist du am Leben Interessiert", Band Version, Naidoo Records

* 2005Bantu feat. Ayuba "Fuji Satisfaction", Piranha Records
Maria Raducanu "Chants du Levant" Institut Francais

* 2004Berlin Jazz Composers Ensemble "Transylvaniana", Chaos Records
Caciula Trio "7 Songs from the Wagendorf of Dreams" Konnex Records

* 2003Mircea Tiberian "Viata Lumii", Jam Records
Sirone "Sirone's Concord", Not2 Records

Web

* [http://www.benabarbanel-wolff.com/ www.benabarbanel-wolff.com]