Ben Sidran performed with his trio at the Yamaha studio NYC as part of the WBGO/Yamaha Concert Series. The event was hosted by Leo Sidran (who also plays drums in the trio).
In his 60-year career, Ben Sidran’s love of music has led him to be a pianist, a singer-songwriter, an author, a record producer and a music journalist among other things. He has been his own short-order cook, juggling his own career and his projects. He has produced artists such as Mose Allison, Diana Ross, Boz Scaggs, Phil Upchurch, Tony Williams, Jon Hendricks, Richie Cole and Van Morrison.
His most recent solo album (his 37th) was recorded live in France in 2024 and features a collection of original songs that channel the complex world of today through his “hipster” filter and demonstrating why he is indeed the “first ever existential jazz rapper”.
Leo Sidran is a Grammy winning multi-instrumentalist musician, producer, arranger, composer, recording artist, and journalist. He hosts The Third Story podcast and The Art of The Story for WBGO, often interviewing his father about music, sociology and life.
Ben and Leo have spent the last 30 years performing and recording together. For this special father's day event at the WBGO/Yamaha Concert Series they offered a glimpse of their ongoing conversation and musical relationship.
They were joined by frequent collaborator Alexis Cuadrado on bass.
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