Ben Allison
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Ben Allison (b. New Haven, Connecticut, 1966) is an American jazz double bassist and composer.
He performs with the groups Peace Pipe, New Quartet, Medicine Wheel, the Kush Trio, and the Herbie Nichols Project (which he co-leads with pianist Frank Kimbrough). At the age of 25 he formed the Jazz Composers Collective, a New York City nonprofit organization, serving as that organization's Artistic Director and Composer-in-Residence.
His recording Peace Pipe features the unusual addition of a kora player, Mamadou Diabate.