Bennie Wallace
Bennie Wallace has long had his own unique style, combining together the raspy tone of Ben Webster with the frequent wide interval jumps of Eric Dolphy. He has an explorative style that sound-wise looks back toward the swing era. Wallace started on clarinet when he was 12 and a few years later switched to tenor. He graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1968, and in 1971 moved to New York, where he debuted with Monty Alexander. Wallace gigged with Sheila Jordan, played with many avant-garde musicians, was in George Gruntz's Concert Jazz Band in 1979, and led his own trio/quartet on and off throughout the 1970s and '80s. He recorded frequently prior to 1985 for Enja, but his mid- to late-'80s Blue Note recordings are more memorable, for they find him infusing his appealing sound with touches of New Orleans R&B and a healthy dose of humor. In the '90s, Wallace began writing music for films, including White Men Can't Jump. He also stayed active on the jazz scene, releasing Old Songs in 1993 on JVC, Talk of the Town also in 1993 on Enja, and Someone to Watch Over Me in 1999 on Enja. In 2002 Wallace scored critical success with Moodsville and followed it up with the release of In Berlin, a recording of a 1999 appearance at the Berlin Jazz Festival. Since that time, Wallace has released studio albums including The Nearness of You in 2004 and the Coleman Hawkins-themed Disorder at the Border in 2007.
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Discography
15 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Twilight Time
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 Jan 1985
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Nearness of You
Jazz - Released by ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann on 22 Mar 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Talk of the Town
Jazz - Released by ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann on 30 Dec 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bennie Wallace Plays Monk
Bennie Wallace, Dannie Richmond, Eddie Gomez, Jimmy Knepper
Jazz - Released by ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann on 27 May 1981
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Old Songs
Jazz - Released by Sledgehammer Blues on 1 Jan 1993
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Big Jim's Tango
Bennie Wallace, Dave Holland, Elvin Jones
Jazz - Released by Enja Horst Weber on 1 Jan 1982
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Someone to Watch over Me
Jazz - Released by ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann on 15 Feb 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mystic Bridge
Jazz - Released by ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann on 1 Jan 1983
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Enja 24-Bit Master Edition: Mystic Bridge
Jazz - Released by ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann on 3 Nov 2006
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bennie Wallace in Berlin
Jazz - Released by ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann on 15 Oct 2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Sweeping Through the City
Jazz - Released by ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann on 30 Dec 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Disorder at the Border - The Music of Coleman Hawkins
Jazz - Released by ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann on 30 Mar 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bennie Wallace
Jazz - Released by Sledgehammer Blues on 15 Sep 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Free Will
Bennie Wallace, Tommy Flanagan, Eddie Gomez, Dannie Richmond
Jazz - Released by ENJA RECORDS Matthias Winckelmann on 1 Jan 1994
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo