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Ben Wolfe is an American jazz double bassist and academic.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Wolfe was raised in Portland, Oregon.
During his career he has worked with Harry Connick, Jr. (for five years), Diana Krall and Wynton Marsalis's Septet.[clarification needed] Wolfe has also played in the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, as well as playing with Carl Allen, Benny Green, Branford Marsalis, James Moody and Eric Reed .[citation needed]
He teaches at the Juilliard School in New York City, New York.
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, big-band leader/conductor, pianist, actor, and composer. He has sold over 25 million albums worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top 60 best-selling male artists in the United States by the Recording Industry Association of America, with 16 million in certified sales. He has seven top-20 US albums, and ten number-one US jazz albums, earning more number-one albums than any other artist in the US jazz chart history.
Connick's best selling album in the United States is his 1993 Christmas album When My Heart Finds Christmas, which also is one of the best selling Christmas albums in the United States. His highest charting album, is his 2004 release Only You which reached #5 in the U.S. and #6 in Britain. He has won three Grammy awards and two Emmy Awards. He played Grace's husband, Dr. Leo Markus, on the TV sitcom Will & Grace from 2002 to 2006.
Connick began his acting career as a tail gunner in the World War II film, Memphis Belle, in 1990. He played a serial killer in Copycat in 1995, before being cast as jet fighter pilot in the 1996 blockbuster Independence Day. Connick's first role as a leading man was in 1998's Hope Floats with Sandra Bullock. His first thriller film since Copycat came in 2007, when he played the violent ex-husband in Bug, before two romantic comedies, 2007's P.S. I Love You, and the leading man in New in Town with Renée Zellweger in 2009.
Orrin Evans (born 1976) is an American jazz pianist.
Evans was born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia. He attended Rutgers University, and following this studied with Kenny Barron. He worked as a sideman for Bobby Watson, Ralph Peterson, Duane Eubanks, and Lenora Zenzalai-Helm, and released his debut as a leader in 1994. He signed with Criss Cross Jazz in 1997, recording prolifically with the label. He was awarded a 2010 Pew Fellowships in the Arts.
Evans is married to vocalist Dawn Warren.
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Harry Connick Jr. - Jam with Ben Wolfe (Live, Sunday Night 1989)
Ben Wolfe (w/ Wynton Marsalis) - So Lovely
Ben Wolfe Quartet - S.T.F.U.
Orrin Evans Trio... "Autumn Leaves" with Ben Wolfe, Obed Calvier (he's there trust me)
The Pace Report: "A Bassist In Wolfe's Clothing" The Ben Wolfe Interview
Ben Wolfe (featuring Wynton Marsalis) - Sweet Beautiful
VICTUS COFFEE & BEN WOLFE PRO CYCLIST
Fly me to the Moon - Harry Connick Jr and Ben Wolfe
Ben Wolfe - Bass Line Construction
Ben Wolfe Quintet - Unjust
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