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Albums by Ben LaMar Gay
ALBUMCertain ReveriesBen LaMar Gay
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The Process (feat. Nubya Garcia, Theon Cross, Joe Armon-Jones, Quiet Dawn, Lefto, Don Leisure, Darkhouse Family, Earl Jeffers & Ben Lamar Gay)
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Artist Biography
Chicago cornetist Ben Lamar Gay is one of the city's most adventurous and boundary-pushing performers with sound that touches upon avant-garde jazz, hip-hop, indie rock, Brazilian traditions, and experimental electronic composition. A member of the AACM, Gay (who also spent time traveling and living in Brazil) emerged in the 2000s singing and playing a variety of instruments. Most often, he works in the studio, layering his songs with overdubbed parts, as he did on his own Juba Dance album Orange. Over the years, he has proven himself to be an unpredictable artist with a wide-ranging stylistic ear, as evidenced by 2021's wildly inventive Open Arms to Open Us.
Hometown
Chicago, IL, United States
Genre
Jazz