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BEN MIZRACH IS A SAXOPHONIST, COMPOSER, BANDLEADER AND EDUCATOR BASED IN BROOKLYN.
HE HAS BEEN INVITED TO PERFORM AT NYC WINTERFEST JAZZ FESTIVAL BY CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE, TOURED THE BAY AREA MAKING STOPS AT KUUMBWA JAZZ CLUB, FREIGHT & SALVAGE, AND SAN JOSE JAZZ FESTIVAL, and HAS PERFORMED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT NYC AT DIZZYS, NUBLU, JOES PUB ETC.
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BEN BEGAN PLAYING PIANO AT AGE 5 AND SAXOPHONE AT AGE 9. IN HIGH SCHOOL HE ATTENDED THE JAZZ HOUSE KIDS SUMMER WORKSHOP, WHERE THE INSPIRATION OF MENTORS BRUCE WILLIAMS, CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE and MIKE LEE WOULD ENCOURAGE HIM TO STUDY JAZZ SAXOPHONE AT NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY, and PHYSICS AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY.
BEN DRAWS FROM A SPRAWLING PALETTE OF INFLUENCES, FROM STEPHEN SONDHEIM TO ANTHONY BRAXTON. ALONGSIDE CREATIVE PARTNER HARRISON CLARK, BEN WROTE THE BOOK, MUSIC, AND LYRICS FOR ALMANAC – A STAGE MUSICAL EXPLORING THE ARTISTIC STRUGGLES OF THREE BLACK MUSICIANS STUDYING AT A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE COLLEGE. THE MUSICAL, INSPIRED BY THE WORK OF COMPOSER T.J. ANDERSON AND AMERICAN MINSTREL SHOWS, PREMIERED IN SOMERVILLE, MA TO A SOLD-OUT CROWD IN NOVEMBER OF 2021.
IN DECEMBER 2023, HARRISON AND BEN REUNITED TO DEVELOP AND PRODUCE ORBITING LOVERS & CONTRABAND AS PART OF THE OFFICE HOURS RESIDENCY PROGRAM AT THE KENNEDY CENTER. THE PROJECT EXPLORES CONNECTIONS AND DISCONNECTIONS - WITH EACH OTHER, OUR ENVIRONMENTS, OUR ANCESTORS, AND OURSELVES.
BEN REGULARLY PERFORMS IN NEW YORK WITH ALONGSIDE HIS quintet, Zohar & Adam, and other projects.
HE WORKS AS AN EDUCATOR and ASSISTANT FACULTY AT JAZZ HOUSE KIDS NYC, BROOKLYN FRIENDS SCHOOL , AND AS A PRIVATE LESSON INSTRUCTOR.
BROOKLYN, 2024
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