New York bassist/composer and bandleader Ben Wolfe’s music has been described as “Mingus and Miles Davis meet Bartok and Bernard Herrmann” (Ben Ratliff – The New York Times). With acclaim by some of the jazz world’s most respected critics, Wolfe continues to produce works that draw top-flight reviews from fans and jazz journalists alike.
Ben’s 2026 release Any Time After Now is a quintet recording of original music featuring Joel Ross, Sullivan Fortner, Chris Lewis, and Aaron Kimmel.
From his liner notes Jeff “Tain” Watts writes “These great artists have come together and made a beautiful thing. It feels like one of those days where everything works. The older I get, I try to allow and enable music to happen, and this is a great example of selfless, almost baroque musicianship.”
Performances
New Release Coming May 15!!
Reviews
- The Understated is a beauty – Carlo Wolff, Downbeat
- Unjust is a brilliant work of melodic ensemble writing and superb playing by a stellar intergenerational crew. – Bill Milkowski, Downbeat
- Unjust by Ben Wolfe Review: Jazz, Swinging and Sophisticated – Larry Blumenfeld, Wall Street Journal
- Ben Wolfe’s Unjust Is the Latest Stop on a Journey That Started in 1929 – Will Friedwald, The New York Sun