Hi Everyone - Just a friendly reminder...

BEN WENDEL GROUP CD RELEASE SHOW @ THE JAZZ BAKERY

Tonight, Tuesday, March 31st @ The Jazz Bakery
8pm and 9:30pm
3233 Helms Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 271-9039
www.jazzbakery.com
$25 / Half for Students

Ben Wendel - Saxophones/Bassoon
Adam Benjamin - Piano/Fender Rhodes
Larry Koonse - Guitar
Darek Oles - Bass
Nate Wood - Drums

Ben Wendel CD Release Tour
"Simple Song" coming out on Sunnyside Records, March 24th, 2009
www.benwendel.com
www.myspace.com/benwendelmusician
www.sunnysiderecords.com

LA WEEKLY:
One of the town’s very best new saxophonists Ben Wendel is also
celebrating a new release, Simple Song, his first as a leader, with
longtime compatriots pianist Adam Benjamin, guitarist Larry Koonse,
bassist Darek Oles, and drummer Nate Wood. From the opening “Breath”
(which required plenty of them, carefully measured), you’ll pick up
right away on his highly original sound, crammed with ideas and chops
in perfect balance, an amazingly mature musician already — and he’s
still a relative kid, forchrissakes. Wendel’s never really been a
seat-of-the-pants player, and this is a thoughtful, hell, intellectual
album, with plenty of chamber passages and brooding think pieces, a
perfect match, really, to the Cryptogramophone stuff above. He’s
performing it (with the same band) down at Alva’s in San Pedro on
Saturday, March 28, and at the Jazz Bakery the following Tuesday.

Hi Everyone,

I have my West Coast CD Release coming up next week. I received a nice write-up in the LA Weekly about it (which I've pasted below). Please spread the word and thanks as always.

BEN WENDEL GROUP CD RELEASE SHOW @ THE JAZZ BAKERY

This Tuesday, March 31st @ The Jazz Bakery
8pm and 9:30pm Sets
3233 Helms Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 271-9039
www.jazzbakery.com
$25 / Half for Students

Ben Wendel - Saxophones/Bassoon
Adam Benjamin - Piano/Fender Rhodes
Larry Koonse - Guitar
Darek Oles - Bass
Nate Wood - Drums

Ben Wendel CD Release Tour
"Simple Song" on Sunnyside Records
www.benwendel.com
www.myspace.com/benwendelmusician
www.sunnysiderecords.com

LA WEEKLY:
One of the town’s very best new saxophonists Ben Wendel is also
celebrating a new release, Simple Song, his first as a leader, with
longtime compatriots pianist Adam Benjamin, guitarist Larry Koonse,
bassist Darek Oles, and drummer Nate Wood. From the opening “Breath”
(which required plenty of them, carefully measured), you’ll pick up
right away on his highly original sound, crammed with ideas and chops
in perfect balance, an amazingly mature musician already — and he’s
still a relative kid, forchrissakes. Wendel’s never really been a
seat-of-the-pants player, and this is a thoughtful, hell, intellectual
album, with plenty of chamber passages and brooding think pieces, a
perfect match, really, to the Cryptogramophone stuff above. He’s
performing it (with the same band) down at Alva’s in San Pedro on
Saturday, March 28, and at the Jazz Bakery Tuesday, March 31st.

Hi Folks -

Just a quick reminder - I have my CD release gig at the Jazz Gallery tonight with a great band. Here's the info...

Thursday, March 19th @ The Jazz Gallery
9pm and 10:30pm
290 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013
(212) 242-1063
info@jazzgallery.org

Ben Wendel - Saxophones/Bassoon
Adam Benjamin - Piano/Fender Rhodes
Nir Felder - Guitar
Ben Street - Bass
Nate Wood - Drums

Ben Wendel CD Release Tour
"Simple Song" coming out on Sunnyside Records, March 24th, 2009
www.benwendel.com
www.myspace.com/benwendelmusician
www.sunnysiderecords.com

Hi Friends -

I have my first solo album coming out on Sunnyside Records at the end of the month - it's called "Simple Song." I play saxophones/bassoon/melodica on it - it includes some of my favorite musicians: Tigran Hamasyan, Adam Benjamin, Taylor Eigsti, Larry Koonse, Darek Oles and Nate Wood.

I've set up a few gigs around the release - hope you can attend and please spread the word. Thanks!

Ben Wendel CD Release Tour
"Simple Song" coming out on Sunnyside Records, March 24th, 2009
www.benwendel.com
www.myspace.com/benwendelmusician
www.sunnysiderecords.com

-EAST COAST
(Ben Wendel - Saxophones/Bassoon, Adam Benjamin - Piano/Fender Rhodes, Nir Felder - Guitar, Ben Street - Bass, Nate Wood - Drums)

Thursday, March 19th @ The Jazz Gallery
9pm and 10:30pm
290 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10013
(212) 242-1063
info@jazzgallery.org

Sunday, March 22nd @ The Falcon
7:30pm
197 Old Post Rd.
Marlboro NY

-WEST COAST
(Ben Wendel - Saxophones/Bassoon, Adam Benjamin - Piano/Fender Rhodes, Larry Koonse - Guitar, Darek Oles - Bass, Nate Wood - Drums)

Saturday, March 28th @ Alva's Showroom
8pm
800-403-3447
1417 W. Eighth Street
San Pedro, CA 90732
www.alvasshowroom.com
$20

Tuesday, March 31st @ The Jazz Bakery
8pm and 9:30pm
3233 Helms Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 271-9039
www.jazzbakery.com‎
$25 / Half for Students

Friday/Saturday, April 3rd and 4th @ Moody's
9pm to 12am
10007 Bridge Street
Truckee, CA 96161
(530) 587-8688
www.moodysbistro.com