Press Release
Source: BT3
On 12/12/14, New York City guitarist Ben Tyree returns to The Blue Note Late Night Groove Series with his longstanding trio BT3. The evening’s performance will feature music from their latest release, Burn it! LIVE, as well as new, never before heard creations.
Ben Tyree: Guitar
Kevin Farrell: Bass
Jeremy “Bean” Clemons: Drums
A product of the diverse Washington, DC music scene, guitarist Ben Tyree is a performer and composer of virtuosic ability, infectious groove, and eclectic tastes.
All of those elements are placed on stunning display on his latest release, Burn it! LIVE, a blistering live set from the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s prestigious BAMcafé Live series. That album follows his gorgeous, classically-influenced acoustic solo album, Thoughtform Variations, ample evidence of his diversity and range.
Tyree studied at DC’s prestigious Duke Ellington School of the Arts and at Howard University, co-founding the pioneering jazz/hip-hop/rock fusion band, Miscellaneous Flux, before relocating to Brooklyn in 2002.
Since then he’s worked with artists as varied as Vernon Reid, Kyp Malone (TV On The Radio), The Family Stand, Valerie June and Elliott Sharp’s SyndaKit, among others. He also performs regularly with Stephanie Rooker & the Search Engine, Michael Veal’s Aqua Ife, and Burnt Sugar: The Arkestra Chamber.
