The Creswell Club
- Boston, MA
- Jazz Band
- 32 Verified Bookings
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I lead both a string quartet and jazz combo which play in venues across the New England area. The string quartet plays repertoire including classical, pop, folk, and jazz. The jazz combo plays in repertoire including jazz standards, current pop, and traditional New Orleans.
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Price Range: $400 and up
Gig Length: 30 - 180 minutes
Languages: English
Ben Friedland, a Chicago native, is an avid upright and electric bassist currently based in Boston. His primary training, performance history, and teaching experience lies in jazz and classical, though he is also exceptionally well versed in folk, pop, and rock. Ben has performed across the country at notable venues such as Symphony Center Chicago, The Jazz Showcase, The Chicago Theater (where he accompanied Ben Folds), Brevard Summer Music Institute, Severance Hall, Maltz Performing Arts Center, Night Town, Brother’s Lounge, Skokie Performing Arts Center, The Bop Stop, Roulette Intermedium, The New England Aquarium, Multi Cultural Arts Center, Dewey’s Jazz Lounge, and Jordan Hall.
As a jazz and orchestral musician, Ben has performed with a wide variety of groups, including the New England Conservatory Jazz Orchestra, Balla Kouyate West African Ensemble, Dominique Eade Vocal Ensemble, Case Western Jazz Ensemble, Quintessence, Fermata Chamber Soloists, Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, Evanston Symphony Orchestra, Brevard Music Festival Orchestra, Soggy Po Boys, and The Reanimators.
He has since been working in the Boston area as a bass player and educator working alongside musicians including, Balla Kouyate, Ethan Iverson, Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, and Jason Moran.
In 2023, Ben earned a Masters in Jazz Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music studying under Cecil McBee, Brian Levy, and John Lockwood. He received his undergraduate degree in Classical Performance at The Cleveland Institute of Music in 2020 studying under Derek Zadinsky, Assistant Principal Bassist for the Cleveland Orchestra.
In his free time, Ben enjoys working on and riding bikes.
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