Ben Bishop Quintet

About

Ben Bishop Quintet November 6 @ 5:00 PM Ben Bishop - Electric Guitar Jakob Durst - Tenor Saxophone Duncan Wilson - Piano Jonathan Meyer - Bass Norbert Botos - Drums No Reservations Pay What You Can Ben Bishop is a guitarist whose energetic, bop based, style draws inspiration from the jazz greats of the 1950s and ’60s. He co-leads the organ trio Donnybrook and has collaborated widely with Canadian jazz artists such as Pat LaBarbera, Bernie Senensky, and Cory Weeds. His career has also taken him abroad, with highlights including a concert with saxophone legend Lee Konitz and a residency at Italy’s Umbria Jazz Festival with Ryan Truesdell’s Gil Evans Project. Ben holds a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree in Jazz Studies from the Eastman School of Music and is currently part of the music faculty at Toronto’s Humber College.