Trombone with Ben M.

Owner

Ben has been a professional trombonist for 35 years. As a member of the nationally recognized University of Alabama Jazz Ensemble "A" he participated in several tours and top performances at both the Wichita State Jazz Festival and the Notre Dame Jazz Festival. He is founder of the Tuscaloosa Horns, a unit that has recorded hundreds of commercials and albums and has performed with The Temptations, The Four Tops, Natalie Cole, Nancy Wilson and many other Motown groups on dates throughout the country for 30 years. Ben worked in the Chicago advertising music industry playing on commercials for 7up, McDonalds, Century 21, Procter & Gamble brands and many others. Currently he is a member of two Big Bands - Brass Tracks, led by local trumpeter Tom Fox and the Shout Section Big Band led by Brett Dean, and has also played with the Jazz Consortium Big Band, the Vern Spivak Big Band, The John Burnett Orchestra, the Rob Parton Big Band, Jazz Community Big Band run by Marianne May and the Pete Ellman Big Band - and is a 2017 inductee of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame for his work with the Tuscaloosa Horns. Ben has studied with Dan Drill at the University of Alabama, Jim Mattern and Tim Coffman.

University of Alabama

Alabama Music Hall of Fame

Native Proficiency