Ben Wolfe

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title: "Ben Wolfe" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["american-jazz-double-bassists", "american-male-double-bassists", "educators-from-oregon", "juilliard-school-faculty", "living-people", "musicians-from-baltimore", "jazz-musicians-from-new-york-city", "musicians-from-portland,-oregon", "1962-births", "jazz-musicians-from-maryland", "educators-from-new-york-city", "21st-century-american-double-bassists", "21st-century-american-male-musicians", "american-male-jazz-musicians"] description: "American jazz bassist" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Wolfe" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American jazz bassist ::

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Field	Value
name	Ben Wolfe
birth_name	Benjamin Jonah Wolfe
birth_date
birth_place	Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
origin	New York City
genre	Jazz
occupation	Musician
instrument	Double bass
years_active	1978–present
label	Mons, Amosaya, Planet Arts, Maxjazz, Posi-tone
associated_acts	Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr.
website
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| name = Ben Wolfe | birth_name = Benjamin Jonah Wolfe | birth_date = | birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | origin = New York City | genre = Jazz | occupation = Musician | instrument = Double bass | years_active = 1978–present | label = Mons, Amosaya, Planet Arts, Maxjazz, Posi-tone | associated_acts = Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr. | website = Benjamin Jonah Wolfe is an American jazz bassist who has performed in groups with Wynton Marsalis, Harry Connick Jr., and Diana Krall. He is currently on the teaching faculty at The Juilliard School Jazz Division.

Career

Wolfe was born in Baltimore and raised in Portland, Oregon. He was a member of his high school band, playing tuba and trombone, and a member of pop music groups in which he played bass guitar. In college he started playing double bass, with some lessons from Ray Brown. In the mid-1980s he went to New York City, where he played with Junior Cook, Dakota Staton, and Duke Jordan. He formed a duo with Harry Connick Jr. in 1988 and became a member of Connick's big band. In the early 1990s he toured and recorded with Wynton Marsalis's septet and then became part of Marsalis's Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in 1995. He has also played with Wynton's brother, Branford Marsalis, in addition to Frank Kimbrough, Marcus Roberts, and Mary Stallings. In 1997 he went on tour with singer Diana Krall. He has been teaching jazz at The Juilliard School since 2002.

Discography

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Year	Title	Label	Notes
1996	13 Sketches	Mons
2001	Murray's Cadillac	Amosaya
1997	Bagdad Theater	Mons
2004	My Kinda Beautiful	Planet Arts
2008	No Strangers Here	Maxjazz
2010	Live at Smalls	SmallsLIVE
2013	From Here I See	Maxjazz
2015	The Whisperer	Posi-Tone
2019	Fatherhood	Resident Arts Records
2023	Unjust	Resident Arts Records
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References

References

1. "Wolfe, Ben at The Juilliard School". The Juilliard School.
2. (2002). "The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz". Grove's Dictionaries Inc..
3. "'Unjust' by Ben Wolfe Review: Jazz, Swinging and Sophisticated".

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