Ben Allison
# Ben Allison

Ben Allison (New Haven, Connecticut, 17 de noviembre de 1966) es un contrabajista y compositor estadounidense de jazz contemporáneo.

## Historial

Ha liderado varios grupos: The Ben Allison Band, Peace Pipe, The Ben Allison Quartet, Medicine Wheel, The Kush Trio, Man Size Safe, y el Herbie Nichols Project (que co-lidera junto al pianista Frank Kimbrough). En 1991 impulsó la creación del Jazz Composers Collective, una organización no lucrativa radicada en a Nueva York.

## Discografía

### Como líder o con sus grupos

* Seven Arrows (Koch Records, 1995)
* Medicine Wheel (Palmetto Records, 1998)
* Third Eye (Palmetto, 1999)
* Riding the Nuclear Tiger (Palmetto, 2001)
* Peace Pipe (Palmetto, 2002)
* Buzz (Palmetto, 2004)
* Cowboy Justice (Palmetto, 2006)
* Little Things Run the World (Palmetto, 2008)
* Think Free (Palmetto, 2009)
* Action-Refraction (Palmetto, 2011)

### Como colaborador

* Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra, We Are MTO (Sunny Side, 2008)
* Ron Horton, It’s a Gadget World (ABeat, 2007)
* Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra, Vol. 1 (Sunny Side, 2006)
* Michael Blake Trio, Right Before Your Very Ears (Clean Feed, 2005)
* Frank Kimbrough, Lulluabluebye (Palmetto, 2004)
* Ron Horton, Subtextures (Fresh Sounds New Talent, 2003)
* Ted Nash, Still Evolved (Palmetto, 2003)
* Tom Christensen, Paths (Playscape, 2002)
* The Herbie Nichols Project, Strange City (Palmetto, 2001)
* Ted Nash Double Quartet, Rhyme & Reason (Arabesque, 1999)
* The Herbie Nichols Project, Dr. Cyclop's Dream (Soul Note, 1999)
* Ron Horton, Genius Envy (OmniTone, 1999)
* Frank Kimbrough, Chant (Igmod, 1998)
* The Herbie Nichols Project, Love is Proximity (Soul Note, 1995)
* Lee Konitz, Rhapsody II (Evidence, 1993)
* Lee Konitz, Rhapsody (Evidence, 1993)
* Ted Nash, Out of This World (Mapleshade, 1991)
