Bassist
Ben Street is a member of the jazz groups
Orange then Blue on GMRecordings and
Sephardic Tinge on Tzadik. His work in avant-garde and free jazz during the '90s include performing and recording with
Lee Konitz,
Tim Berne, and in a variety of line ups with drummer
Kenny Wolleson.
Street has also worked with
Joey Calderazzo,
Gene Bertoncini,
Eugene Maslov,
Kurt Rosenwinkel, the
Frank Carlberg Quintet and
Once Blue.
Street's profile expanded in the 21st century. He has been drummer
Billy Hart's chosen quartet bassist and appeared in his bands on Billy Hart Quartet,
All Our Reasons and
One Is the Other (the latter two for
ECM). He has worked with
Danilo Perez (
...Till Then, Live at the Jazz Showcase, and
Providencia),
David Sanchez (Coral and
Cultural Survival),
Anat Cohen (
Place and Time), and is a standing member of
Lage Lund's band. In 2017,
Street and
Hart worked together again, this time as the rhythm section on
Aaron Parks' sophomore leader date for
ECM, 2017's
Find the Way. ~ Joslyn Layne