BEN MORRIS
Genres: Progressive Big Band, Jazz Related Soundtracks • United States

Ben Morris is a Colorado-based composer and jazz pianist whose music tells unconventional stories and crosses genre boundaries. His music has been described as “charming and heart-touching” (OperaGene) and "fresh and original" (All About Jazz). Ben’s creative work and research is inspired by his Norwegian heritage. He recently lived in Oslo, Norway on a Fulbright Grant composing a work for extended big band and video and received an American-Scandinavian Foundation Grant to research the influence of folk music on Norwegian jazz. Ben released his debut album, Pocket Guides, in June 2022, and it takes elements from Norwegian folk music, jazz, and contemporary chamber music. The music on this album garnered Ben two Downbeat Awards, an ASCAP Herb Alpert Jazz Composer Award, a big band commission from New York Youth Symphony’s First Music Program, and an invitation to perform an original set with his quintet at the Newport Jazz Festival in read more...