Ben Sidran Quartet

Presents Ben There, Done That

Ben Sidran piano and vocals, Leo Sidran drums, Tom Warburton double bass, Bill McHenry tenor sax

Pianist, organist, singer, composer, lyricist, former travelling companion of Steve Miller, collaborator with figures like Eric Clapton, Charlie Watts and the Rolling Stones, and a living legend of the popular music of our times. His name: Ben Sidran; a musician who has carved out a career in jazz, blues and rock, both as a session musician or producer of records by Van Morrison, Georgie Fame and Ricky Lee Jones, among others. He has also had a brilliant solo career, with dozens of albums to leave his mark his mark on several generations of music fans. Magazines like Audiophile have defined him as ta e writer of “compositions anchored in swing with ways that combine the soul of Horace Silver with the sensitivity of Mose Allison”, or a style half way between “the swing of jazz, hipster originality and classic r ‘n’ b” (Jazz Times). The “last jazz beatnik” (All About Jazz), described as a “treasure” by Fernando Neira (El País), comes downstairs to the Jamboree.