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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Benjamin Jonah „Ben“ Wolfe</b> (* <a href="3._August" title="3. August">3. August</a> <a href="1962" title="1962">1962</a> in <a href="Baltimore" title="Baltimore">Baltimore</a>) ist ein amerikanischer <a href="Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazzmusiker</a> (<a href="Kontrabass" title="Kontrabass">Kontrabass</a>, <a href="Komposition_(Musik)" title="Komposition (Musik)">Komposition</a>).
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben_und_Wirken">Leben und Wirken</h2></div>
<p>Wolfe wuchs in Portland, Oregon, auf. Als Mitglied der Highschool-Band spielte er <a href="Tuba" title="Tuba">Tuba</a> und <a href="Posaune" title="Posaune">Posaune</a>; daneben spielte er Bassgitarre in Pop- und <a href="Funk_(Musik)" title="Funk (Musik)">Funkbands</a>. Auf dem College begann er, großteils als <a href="Autodidakt" title="Autodidakt">Autodidakt</a>, Kontrabass zu spielen, erhielt aber auch einige Stunden bei <a href="Ray_Brown" title="Ray Brown">Ray Brown</a>; er wurzelt nach eigenen Angaben in der <a href="Bebop" title="Bebop">Bebop</a>-Tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-db_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-db-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mitte der 1980er Jahre zog er nach New York City, wo er zunächst in einer <i>House Band</i> auf den <a href="Jam-Session" class="mw-redirect" title="Jam-Session">Jam-Sessions</a> im <a href="Blue_Note_(New_York)" title="Blue Note (New York)">Blue Note</a> spielte<sup id="cite_ref-db_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-db-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> und <a href="Junior_Cook" title="Junior Cook">Junior Cook</a>, <a href="Dakota_Staton" title="Dakota Staton">Dakota Staton</a> und <a href="Duke_Jordan" title="Duke Jordan">Duke Jordan</a> begleitete. 1988 bildete er ein Duo mit <a href="Harry_Connick_Jr." title="Harry Connick Jr.">Harry Connick Jr.</a> und wurde Mitglied von Connicks Trio und Big Band. Ab Januar 1994 tourte er mit dem Septett von <a href="Wynton_Marsalis" title="Wynton Marsalis">Wynton Marsalis</a> und 1995 wurde er Mitglied von dessen <a href="Jazz_at_Lincoln_Center" title="Jazz at Lincoln Center">Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra</a>, mit dem er mit <a href="Joe_Henderson" title="Joe Henderson">Joe Henderson</a>, <a href="Doc_Cheatham" title="Doc Cheatham">Doc Cheatham</a>, <a href="Jon_Hendricks" title="Jon Hendricks">Jon Hendricks</a>, <a href="Harry_Sweets_Edison" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Sweets Edison">Harry Sweets Edison</a> und <a href="Billy_Higgins" title="Billy Higgins">Billy Higgins</a> auftrat. Er spielte auch mit <a href="Branford_Marsalis" title="Branford Marsalis">Branford Marsalis</a> sowie mit <a href="Frank_Kimbrough" title="Frank Kimbrough">Frank Kimbrough</a>, <a href="Marcus_Roberts" title="Marcus Roberts">Marcus Roberts</a> und <a href="Mary_Stallings" title="Mary Stallings">Mary Stallings</a>. 1997 ging er mit der Sängerin <a href="Diana_Krall" title="Diana Krall">Diana Krall</a> auf Tournee.
</p><p>Seit 1996 hat Wolfe mehrere Alben mit eigenen Kompositionen und Arrangements veröffentlicht, die gut aufgenommen wurden.<sup id="cite_ref-db_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-db-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Er hat außerdem Alben mit Musikern wie Wynton Marsalis, <a href="James_Moody_(Saxophonist)" title="James Moody (Saxophonist)">James Moody</a>, <a href="Marcus_Roberts" title="Marcus Roberts">Marcus Roberts</a>, Branford Marsalis, <a href="Eric_Reed" title="Eric Reed">Eric Reed</a>, <a href="Benny_Green" title="Benny Green">Benny Green</a>, <a href="Carl_Allen" title="Carl Allen">Carl Allen</a>, <a href="Orrin_Evans" title="Orrin Evans">Orrin Evans</a>, <a href="Michael_Bubl%C3%A9" title="Michael Bublé">Michael Bublé</a>, <a href="Donald_Edwards" title="Donald Edwards">Donald Edwards</a> und <a href="Hugo_Lippi" title="Hugo Lippi">Hugo Lippi</a> eingespielt; Alben von Harry Connick (<i>When Harry Met Sally</i>, 1988) und Diana Krall (<i>When I Look in Your Eyes</i>, 1999), an denen er beteiligt war, wurden mit <a href="Grammy_Awards" title="Grammy Awards">Grammy Awards</a> ausgezeichnet.
</p><p>Seit 2002 unterrichtet Wolfe als Hochschullehrer Jazz an der <a href="Juilliard_School" title="Juilliard School">Juilliard School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskographische_Hinweise">Diskographische Hinweise</h2></div>
<ul><li><i>Unjust</i> (2023), mit <a href="Nicholas_Payton" title="Nicholas Payton">Nicholas Payton</a>, <a href="Immanuel_Wilkins" title="Immanuel Wilkins">Immanuel Wilkins</a>, <a href="Nicole_Glover" title="Nicole Glover">Nicole Glover</a>, <a href="Joel_Ross" title="Joel Ross">Joel Ross</a>, <a href="Addison_Frei" title="Addison Frei">Addison Frei</a>, <a href="Orrin_Evans" title="Orrin Evans">Orrin Evans</a>, <a href="Aaron_Kimmel" title="Aaron Kimmel">Aaron Kimmel</a></li>
<li><i>Fatherhood</i>, Resident Arts Records (2019)</li>
<li><i>The Whisperer</i>, <a href="Posi-Tone_Records" title="Posi-Tone Records">Posi-Tone</a> (2015)</li>
<li><i>From Here I See</i>, MAXJAZZ/<a href="Mack_Avenue_Records" title="Mack Avenue Records">Mack Avenue Records</a> (2013)</li>
<li>Ben Wolfe Quintet: <i>Live at Smalls</i>, SmallsLIVE (2011)</li>
<li><i>No Strangers Here</i>, MAXJAZZ/Mack Avenue Records (2008)</li>
<li><i>My Kinda Beautiful</i>, Planet Arts Records (2004)</li>
<li><i>Murray’s Cadillac</i>, Amosaya Music (2000)</li>
<li><i>Bagdad Theater</i>, <a href="Mons_Records" title="Mons Records">Mons Records</a> (1997)</li>
<li><i>13 Sketches</i>, Mons Records (1996)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lexikalischer_Eintrag">Lexikalischer Eintrag</h2></div>
<ul><li>Gary W. Kennedy: <i>Wolfe, Ben(jamin Jonah)</i> in: <a href="Barry_Kernfeld" title="Barry Kernfeld">Barry Kernfeld</a> (Hrsg.) <i><a href="Grove_Dictionary_of_Music_and_Musicians" title="Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians">The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz</a></i>.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://benwolfe.com/">Webpräsenz</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allaboutjazz.com/interview-with-ben-wolfe-ben-wolfe-by-stephen-a-smith">Interview</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000170429"><span>Ben Wolfe</span></a> bei <a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> (englisch)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/Ben+Wolfe">Ben Wolfe</a> bei <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-db-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-db_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-db_1-1">b</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-db_1-2">c</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Ted Panken: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tedpanken.wordpress.com/2020/08/03/for-master-bassist-composer-ben-wolfes-58th-birthday-a-2001-downbeat-players-profile-2-interviews-conducted-for-the-profile-and-an-uncut-2015-blindfold-test/"><i>2001 Downbeat Players Profile, 2 Interviews Conducted for the Profile, and an Uncut 2015 Blindfold Test.</i></a> tedpanken.wordpress.com,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 3. Februar 2022</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ABen+Wolfe&rft.title=2001+Downbeat+Players+Profile%2C+2+Interviews+Conducted+for+the+Profile%2C+and+an+Uncut+2015+Blindfold+Test&rft.description=2001+Downbeat+Players+Profile%2C+2+Interviews+Conducted+for+the+Profile%2C+and+an+Uncut+2015+Blindfold+Test&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Ftedpanken.wordpress.com%2F2020%2F08%2F03%2Ffor-master-bassist-composer-ben-wolfes-58th-birthday-a-2001-downbeat-players-profile-2-interviews-conducted-for-the-profile-and-an-uncut-2015-blindfold-test%2F&rft.creator=Ted+Panken&rft.publisher=tedpanken.wordpress.com"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.juilliard.edu/music/faculty/wolfe-ben"><i>Ben Wolfe.</i></a> juilliard.edu,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 3. Februar 2022</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ABen+Wolfe&rft.title=Ben+Wolfe&rft.description=Ben+Wolfe&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.juilliard.edu%2Fmusic%2Ffaculty%2Fwolfe-ben&rft.publisher=juilliard.edu"> </span></span>
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