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- Ben Sidran is an American jazz and rock pianist, organist, vocalist and writer born in Chicago, noted for his work with the early Steve Miller Band (best-known for having written the Steve Miller hit song "Space Cowboy"). Ben was raised in Racine, Wisconsin, and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1961, where he became a member of The Ardells along with Steve Miller and Boz Scaggs. When Miller and Scaggs left Wisconsin for the West Coast and stardom, Sidran stayed behind to earn a degree in English literature. After graduating in 1966, Sidran enrolled in the University of Sussex, England, to pursue a PhD degree in American Studies. Sidran rejoined Miller in an English recording studio the next year, playing on the album "Children of the Future. " While in England, he was a session musician for artists that included Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Peter Frampton and Charlie Watts. After a brief stint in Los Angeles, where he began his career as a recording artist (teamed with Scaggs and drummer Jim Keltner) and record producer, Sidran returned to Madison in 1971 and has kept the university town as a home-base ever since, playing often with such Madison-based talents as drummer Clyde Stubblefield and keyboardist-composer Leo Sidran, who is also Ben's son. Over the years, while continuing to travel, perform and produce, he taught courses at the University (on the business of music) and, beginning in 1981, hosted a variety of jazz programs for NPR, (including the Peabody Award Winning "Jazz Alive" series) and for VH1 television (where his "New Visions" series in the early 90s won the Ace Award. ) Sidran's 30 solo recordings include the Grammy nominated "Concert for Garcia Lorca," "Life's a Lesson" (featuring twenty five well known Jewish jazz musicians playing their version of Hebrew liturgical songs) “Get to the Point,” “Old Songs for the New Depression,” “Bop City” (with Phil Woods) “On the Cool Side,” “Have You Met … Barcelona” (with Johnny Griffin), “Too Hot to Touch,” "Free in America,” “The Doctor is In,” “A Little Kiss in the Night,” “Live at Montreaux” (with the Brecker Brothers), “The Cat in the Hat” (with Joe Henderson, Steve Gadd and Mike Mainieri), "I Lead a Life," "Puttin' In Time On Planet Earth" (featuring the 8 1/2 minute "Now I Live "), "Don't Let Go", "Live à FIP" (broadcast on a french radio) and, more recently, on his own Go Jazz / Nardis labels, "Cien Noches," "Bumpin at the Sunside," "Nick's Bump," "Cool Paradise," "Walk Pretty" (the music of Alec Wilder), and "The Celebrity Lounge. " As a musician and a producer he has collaborated with artists that include Mose Allison, Van Morrison, Diana Ross, and Rickie Lee Jones. His written works include the book "Black Talk," (on the sociology of black music in America), the memoir "A Life in the Music," and "Talking Jazz," a collection of his historic interviews with jazz musicians. Ben has been referred to by the Chicago Sun Times as a "Renaissance man cast adrift in a modern world," and by the Times of London as "The first existential jazz rapper," in reference to his preferred mix of humorous, erudite commentary while playing grooves and bebop. He continues to lecture at Universities, most recently on the subject of "Jews, Music and the American Dream."
- Ben Sidran ist ein amerikanischer Jazzmusiker (Pianist, Organist, Sänger), Musikwissenschaftler, Journalist und Produzent.
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- Ben Sidran is an American jazz and rock pianist, organist, vocalist and writer born in Chicago, noted for his work with the early Steve Miller Band (best-known for having written the Steve Miller hit song "Space Cowboy"). Ben was raised in Racine, Wisconsin, and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1961, where he became a member of The Ardells along with Steve Miller and Boz Scaggs.
- Ben Sidran ist ein amerikanischer Jazzmusiker (Pianist, Organist, Sänger), Musikwissenschaftler, Journalist und Produzent.
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