Ben Street

Ben Street
Background information
BornMaine, U.S.
GenresAvant-garde, free jazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentDouble bass
LabelsGM, Tzadik
Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ben Street, and Rodney Green

Ben Street is an American jazz double bassist. Street has performed and recorded with many renowned artists, including John Scofield, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Ben Monder, Michael Eckroth, Sam Rivers, Billy Hart, Danilo Perez, Aaron Parks, and Adam Cruz, among others.[1][2]

He studied the acoustic bass with former Weather Report bassist Miroslav Vitous.[2]

He is the son of saxophonist and saxophone mouthpiece maker Bill Street and is a native of Maine.

  1. ^ Layne, Joslyn. "Ben Street Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Ben Street at All About Jazz". Archived from the original on 3 January 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2010.