Ben Perowsky was born on May 12,1966 and is an American drummer, percussionist, composer, and music producer.
22 Facts About Ben Perowsky
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Ben Perowsky is the drummer on stage in the 8 TONY award winning Broadway musical Hadestown.
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Ben Perowsky is a founding member of the electric jazz group Lost Tribe.
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Ben Perowsky was born and raised in NYC to jazz musician Frank Perowsky and modern dancer Ginger Perowsky.
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Ben Perowsky performed with jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie in DiCiccio's tri-state band on the Merv Griffin Show.
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Ben Perowsky attended The Berklee School of Music from 1986 to 1987.
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Ben Perowsky studied music at Manhattan School of Music and Banff School of Fine Arts.
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Towards the end of 1986 Ben Perowsky began work with an array of artists such as James Moody, Rickie Lee Jones, David Liebman and Richie Beirach.
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Ben Perowsky joined Roy Ayers, performing with Ayers and backing artists such as Lonnie Liston Smith and Bobbi Humphrey.
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Ben Perowsky toured in the Mike Stern Trio from 1990 to 1993 appearing on 4 recordings.
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Ben Perowsky appeared with and recorded thru the 1990s with Bob Berg, David Kikoski, Jim Beard, Ronnie Cuber, Eliane Elias, Michael Brecker, Dave Douglas, Walter Becker, Jimmy Scott and Mike Mainieri's Steps Ahead.
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Ben Perowsky began touring and recording with pianist Uri Caine's trio and various ensembles in 2000 up to the present.
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Ben Perowsky appears in the video for the song "Eternal Flame" and on the records To Survive, Cover and Joanthology.
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In 2003, Ben Perowsky produced Bop on Pop for his father Frank with Sam Yahel on organ.
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Ben Perowsky joined Rufus Wainwright's band in 2012 for extensive touring in the US, Europe and Australia, releasing the Live from the Artist's Den and appearing on The David Letterman Show, Conan O'Brien, Ellen DeGeneres, Graham Norton and The Tonight Show.
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In 2014 Ben Perowsky produced the Woodstock Jazz Festival with Liz Penta and WDST radio in Woodstock, New York.
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Between 2005 and 2017 Ben Perowsky played on 2 releases for Jamie Saft trio and toured in Europe, Japan and South America.
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In 2016 Ben Perowsky joined the band for the Off Broadway musical production of Anais Mitchel's Hadestown.
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Ben Perowsky helped create and define all the drum and percussion parts for the score at the New York Theatre Workshop, further developing the parts for the Broadway production starting in March 2019 at the Walter Kerr Theater.
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Ben Perowsky performed with the band and cast on the Tony Awards, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Live with Kelly and Michael, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and NPR's Tiny Desk.
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Ben Perowsky was house drummer for a number of producer Hal Willner productions between 2001 and 2019 including the tribute to Hal himself at Roulette in NYC.
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Ben Perowsky contracted the jazz quartet for composer Fabrice Lecompte's recording sessions for the 2020 released motion picture and soundtrack Sylvie's Love directed and conceived by his elementary school friend Eugene Ashe.