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Bryant Park June 15th and other delights. Dear family, friends and colleagues,. I am way past due sending out an update on all things musical. Lots going on this spring and summer (! But I thought I would focus on an upcoming event: The Ben Kono Group. Will be a featured ensemble at the Bryant Park New Music Festival. From 4:30-10pm. This concert features works commissioned by Chamber Music America. In Nyack, NY. We'll be playing there Thursday evening August 13. Other upcoming events you may want to see:.
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Ben Kono Group Paradise in Manzanar. Ben Kono Group Rice. Ben Kono Group Common Ground. Share this track ( Hide.
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Voted 'Rising Star' flutist in Downbeat Magazine's 62nd Annual Critics Poll. Ben Kono Group performs CMA Commission Dont Blink at Chamber Music America 2016 National Conference. Dear Fellow Conference Attendee,. We are excited to present our showcase this evening and would love to see you there! The Ben Kono Group will be presenting excerpts from their 2013 Chamber Music America New Jazz Works commission DON"T BLINK. FRIDAY JANUARY 8, 5:00PM. WESTIN NEW YORK AT TIMES SQUARE. MAJESTIC BALLROOM 5TH FLOOR.
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Ben Kono Group - Bio
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Since moving to New York City in 1999, woodwind performer and saxophonist Ben Kono has been attracting attention as a singular emerging voice in cutting-edge groups like Darcy James Argue's Secret Society. And the John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble. With the release of his debut recording CROSSING. On Nineteen-Eight Records, he has come into his own light as a leader and composer of note. Following a five-year hitch with the U.S.Army's elite touring group the Jazz Ambassadors. And the Jersey Boys Orchestra.
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Nineteen-Eight Holiday Sale and end-of-year wrap-up
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Back to all posts. Nineteen-Eight Holiday Sale and end-of-year wrap-up. Hello friends, and seasons' greetings! In the spirit of the season, the good folks over at Nineteen-Eight Records. Or perhaps check out some of the other fantastic releases from this year. Either way, can't go wrong with great music! Crossing" has had some fine reviews over the year including some recent end-of-the-year press:. TOP DEBUT ALBUM OF 2011. JAZZ: SEMI-TOP TEN FOR 2011. Share this track ( Hide.
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Ben Kono Group - Press
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Press release for CROSSING. TOP DEBUT ALBUM OF 2011. JAZZ: SEMI-TOP TEN FOR 2011. An overpoweringly great record! Bill Milkowski, Jazz Times. Mr Kono, a versatile woodwinds specialist he’ll play tenor saxophone, clarinets, flutes and oboe here, along with English horn has a gleaming new album, Crossing (Nineteen-Eight), that establishes his style as a bandleader-composer: cosmopolitan and unflappable, with a feel for rallying his sidemen."- Nate Chinen, The New York Times, Feb.17, 2011.
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Shapeshifting, Mixing, Relaxing, and RIsing in July
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Back to all posts. Shapeshifting, Mixing, Relaxing, and RIsing in July. Thanks to everybody who came out to our second installment of "Don't Blink: A CMA New Jazz Works Commission" at Shapeshifter Lab in Brooklyn last month, and hope you are all enjoying the summer! They are very artist-friendly, provide some nice services like recording and video, and the tech crew make things much easier when you're running around madly trying to set things up. Thanks so much to Fortuna Sung, Matthew Garrison, and ...