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Ben LaMar Gay is a composer and cornetist who moves sound, color, and space through folkloric filters to produce electro-acoustic collages. His unification of various styles is always in service of the narrative and never solely a display of technique.
All songs composed by Ben LaMar Gay (Tobany G Sound ASCAP), except "Nyuzura" composed by Ben LaMar Gay & Dorothée Munyaneza, and "I Once Carried A Blossom" composed by Ben LaMar Gay & A.Martinez. Recorded March - June 2021 at International Anthem Studios, Chicago.
Dec 1, 2021 · Ben LaMar Gay. 2021. 7.5. By Ben Cardew. Genre: Jazz. Label: International Anthem / Nonesuch. Reviewed: December 1, 2021. The Chicago multi-instrumentalist and composer’s second album...
In the tradition of toddler crayon scribbles on perfectly painted bedroom walls, multi-freshness composer Ben LaMar Gay expands on the teachings of Alabama star spirits and presents a collection of work involving sound, fabric, movement, rivers, shadows, Lagosian memories, light and listening.
Composer, singer, and instrumental polymath Ben LaMar Gay releases his new album, Open Arms to Open Us, November 19 on International Anthem / Nonesuch Records.
Ben LaMar Gay is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, poet, and patently eclectic polymath who Afropunk has called “strikingly original,” Pitchfork has called “uncategorizable,” and Jeff Parker has called "hands down, one of my favorite musicians on the planet today.”
Nov 18, 2021 · On a smaller scale, rhythm is made a central part of Ben LaMar Gay’s Open Arms To Open Us. As the Chicagoan cornetist and composer explains in an accompanying essay, the album deals with rhythm as an “inheritance of information – sort of like DNA or RNA”.
