Bootleg from the Kneebody Canada tour!  This is my tune “Another One”.  EXTRA long solo dedicated to all the sax players out there that can’t take the horn out of their mouth!  😅🎷😅

Sonically surfing… 

#wendelworkouts

Looking forward to this! Village Vanguard run starts tomorrow! 🎷☺️🙏 tix: vv.squadup.com/artists/ben-we…

The arpeggios in the second movement of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 are such killers.😭🥹😭

Nerd Mountain - Kneebody - Rhodes, Drums Cover by Gaku Kano Hope you like it!!!! youtube.com/shorts/f9AG06T… #kneebody #jazz #drums #Rhodes Kneebody Nate Wood Ben Wendel

#NowPlaying, 'Leaving', off Ben Wendel's *Frame*. (2012). The #CapitalJazzClub984, with #JacobAsiyo, & kaima mwiti. Bass: Ben Street Drums: Nate Wood Electric Piano: Adam Benjamin Guitar: Nir Felder Saxophone, Bassoon, Melodica: Ben Wendel.

Absolute honor to play with this band at the greatest club in the world. Thank you to the Village Vanguard as always and my buddies Taylor Eigsti, Gilad Hekselman, Harish Raghavan and Nate Wood! 🙏🙏🙏

For the blessed gear nerds out there…my current effects pedal setup!

Absolutely beautiful time teaching at Stanford Jazz with so many friends! Some memorable moments… 1. The goat George Cables showing me how he plays Duke Pearson’s “You Know I Care”

Playing over my tune “In Anima” with the wonderful Taylor Eigsti, Or Bareket and Nate Wood!

Try this one on for size! #wendelworkout

Phil Woods solo over Night In Tunisia on the album Le'Grand Jazz. So many tasty lines in a 32 second solo! 🤓🎷🤓

Loving listening to this album on repeat at the moment. 🙌

Edition Records limited edition red vinyl of this excellent recording of Ben Wendel live at Village Vanguard with Gerald Clayton and Linda May Han Oh and Obed Calvaire arrived today 👌

Very excited to be bringing my quartet to Mexico this week! Featuring the amazing Gilad Hekselman, Or Bareket and Ofri Nehemya! Sep 4 @conjuntosantander Sep 6 @elcantoral

Así inició Ben Wendel su #concierto en El Cantoral dentro del ciclo New York Jazz All Stars coproducido por Conciertos de jazz en CDMX | DeQuinta Producciones y Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Found another big room…

Mexico City was amazing! I will post some concert clips soon but first this! Had the great privilege of hanging with master tea purveyor Henrietta Lovell (of Rare Tea Company) and her partner Richard Hart (of Tartine and Hart Bageri fame), considered one of the best bakers!

I’ve been opening my concerts lately with solo saxophone. It’s a fun challenge to start completely exposed with no plan, and find my way into the first tune. Here’s a moment from Mexico City. Big thanks to Eugenio, Romain and Mirabel from De Quinta Producciones!