Ben Markley

Ben Markley is an associate professor and the Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Wyoming. A noted bandleader, composer/arranger, pianist, and educator, Markley performs widely throughout the northern Colorado–Wyoming region with the best touring and local musicians, many of whom play in the Ben Markley Big Band. His 2017 album, Clockwise: The Music of Cedar Walton (OA2 Records), received critical acclaim. Markley is the author of A Practical Approach to Improvisation: The David Hazeltine Method.