Show: $10
Showtimes:
6:00 – 7:30 (Doors Open 5:30)
8:15 – 9:45 (Doors Open 7:45)
Jake Smith – saxophone
Ben Maloney – piano
Bradley Mellen – bass
Andrew Richard – drums
Ben Maloney is a pianist, composer, and arranger from Toledo, Ohio. He was motivated and drawn to music early in life, beginning piano lessons at the age of six. This early musical intuition led Ben to explore improvisation and Jazz. He developed his craft within the University of Toledo Music Department, graduating with a Bachelors degree in music performance with a Jazz concentration. During his time at UT, Ben had the opportunity to be mentored by and play with acclaimed Jazz and Classical musicians including Claude Black, Tim Whalen, Gunnar Mossblad, Jon Hendricks, and Tad Weed. He has also had the opportunity the to share the stage with other notable jazz greats such as, Shawn and Darden Purcell, Gilad Atzmon, Vic Juris, Michael Cox, Shawn Dobbins, Bobby Sanabria, and many others. Ben is active in the Greater Toledo and Columbus music scenes, as a new Columbus Ohio resident, as both a bandleader and an accompanist. Notably, he has been featured twice at the Jazz Master’s Concert Series at the Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, and was a finalist in the 2013 ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Competition. Ben is a member of the creative music group Talking Ear and is the pianist of the Columbus based band Waves de Ache
Tue, May 26 • 6:00 pm
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