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"Dizzle McSizzle" BT3 @ BAM Café, 2010 (feat. Stacy Dillard) bentyree 137 views BT3 Brings Hard Jazz/Funk Grooves & Guitar Pyrotechnics to celebrate the debut release of re:Vision. From a lifetime of pushing boundaries, leading award-winning projects,...
"Because We Can" BT3 @ BAM Café, 2010 (feat. V. Jeffrey Smith) bentyree 167 views BT3 Brings Hard Jazz/Funk Grooves & Guitar Pyrotechnics to celebrate the debut release of re:Vision. From a lifetime of pushing boundaries, leading award-winning project...
"Thought Forms" + Interview (Ben Tyree @ Greenspace NYC) 6.3.11 bentyree 295 views Ben Tyree: "Thought Forms" © 2011, Ben Tyree/Sonic Architectures (ASCAP) June 3, 2011 www.bentyree.net www.myspace.com/bentyree www.twitter.com/bentyree
Happy 70th BDay, Bob Dylan!!! "Don't Think Twice" - Stephanie Rooker & Ben Tyree (5/21/11) bentyree 99 views Stephanie Rooker: Vocal Ben Tyree: Guitar Filmed live @ Ritchie Ave. Cultural Center (Takoma Park, MD) May 21, 2011
BT3 - Shapeshifter - 11/06/2010 BAM Cafe bentyree 240 views BT3 Brings Hard Jazz/Funk Grooves & Guitar Pyrotechnics to celebrate the debut release of re:Vision. From a lifetime of pushing boundaries, leading award-winning projects,...
BT3 - Drop Back - 11/06/2010 BAM Cafe bentyree 232 views BT3 Brings Hard Jazz/Funk Grooves & Guitar Pyrotechnics to celebrate the debut release of re:Vision. From a lifetime of pushing boundaries, leading award-winning projects,...
Ben Tyree plays Bouzouki - Athens, Greece (9/18/10) bentyree 216 views Ben Tyree plays a bouzouki for the first time at the Museum of Greek Popular Musical Instruments in Athens Greece. Filmed by Stephanie Rooker - September 18, 2010.
"Un Poco Loco" (Bud Powell) - Ben Tyree/BT3 2010 bentyree 843 views Ben Tyree Trio (BT3) • Ben Tyree: Guitar • Theo Harden: Bass • Lawrence Qualls: Drums Live @ The Iridium Jazz Club (NYC) August 13, 2010 "Un Poco Loco" (Bud Po...
"Shapeshifter" BT3 @ The Iridium Jazz Club (NYC) - 8/13/10 bentyree 584 views Ben Tyree Trio (BT3) • Ben Tyree: Guitar • Theo Harden: Bass • Lawrence Qualls: Drums Live @ The Iridium Jazz Club (NYC) August 13, 2010 "Shapeshifter" © 2010,...
Ben Tyree "No Wrong Turns" - solo acoustic guitar @ Rose Live Music - Brooklyn, NY (7/12/10) bentyree 278 views Ben Tyree: "No Wrong Turns" © 2010, Ben Tyree/Sonic Architectures (ASCAP) Live @ Rose Live Music Brooklyn, NY July 12, 2010 Video Shot by: Stephanie Rooker www...

About Ben Tyree

Welcome! This channel was created to present footage displaying the work of guitarist, musician and self-proclaimed "sonic architect" Ben Tyree. Once the bulk of the footage is uploaded, it should span from 1995 to the Present. Enjoy and leave as much feedback as you like!

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Guitarist and composer Ben Tyree began his musical journey in Washington, DC's diverse and eclectic music scenes, playing in jazz, funk and rock bands from a very young age. His vision stems from studies of classical guitar, composition and jazz performance at Washington, D.C.'s prestigious Duke Ellington School of the Arts and later, Howard University. Tyree founded the seminal and award-winning hip hop/fusion group Miscellaneous Flux. The group performed regularly at high-profile venues throughout the East Coast. Miscellaneous Flux released one self-produced EP (2000) in addition to the critically acclaimed Dead In Dreams (2002), which received a "Wammie" (Washington Area Music Association award) and 4 other nominations, including Best Urban Contemporary Instrumentalist for Tyree.

After relocating to New York City in 2002, Tyree established himself as one of the most versatile and creative musicians of his generation. Incorporating Coltrane-esque melodic sheets of sound, funk-derived and classical finger-style rhythm playing as well as chord voicings not typical to guitar arrangements, he has crafted an original, yet easily recognizable style of guitar playing and composing. Tyree further expanded his musical vision in collaboration with artists such as MuthaWit, Vernon Reid, Kyp Malone (TV On The Radio), Res, Nomi, The Family Stand, John Medeski, Clark Terry, and Elliot Sharp's SyndaKit, among others. An in-demand performer, Tyree has been featured at such high-profile venues as the Apollo, New York City's Blue Note, Lincoln Center, Tonic, D.C.'s Blues Alley and the Kennedy Center.

Tyree's music and guitar playing has been commissioned by companies including Green Team USA and ESPN. In February 2008, Ben Tyree joined the Solar Guitars roster, accompanying guitar legends Blackbyrd McKnight and Dean Brown. Also a freelance music journalist, Tyree has been published in Ugly Planet Media and Modern Guitars Magazine, interviewing such musicians as Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest), Mike Stern and Genesis P-Orridge.

Tyree is currently working on a solo acoustic guitar repertoire of explorations in standard and alternate tunings as well as his electric sci-fi jazz/funk trio BT3 (often augmented with vocalist Stephanie Rooker, turntablist DJ Logic, and saxophonist V. Jeffrey Smith). He also regularly performs with Stephanie Rooker & the Search Engine, Soul Understated (feat. Mavis "Swan" Poole), Michael Veal's Aqua Ife, and Burnt Sugar: The Arkestra Chamber.

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Brooklyn, NY

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