THE BEN GERSTEIN COLLECTIVE
Since 1999
New York City performances at the Knitting Factory, Internet Cafe, CBGB's, 55 Bar, Bar 4, Zebulon, Bowery Poetry Club and Williamsburg Art and Historical Society.

The following live recordings document the Collective from March 11th, 2001 up to the present day. March of 2001 because it was our first performance with computer (PD) interaction by Jacob Garchik.
All of our music is freely-improvised, where nothing is planned beforehand except for our beliefs in one another with desires to take the music further and in different directions every performance. We are of the same generation with a long history together of being "on the same page," inspired to make original contributions in a world of spontaneous artistic/spiritual opportunities.


Thank you...

















March 11 2001 Set 1, sample 1 (3MB mp3) sample 2 (4MB mp3) track 1 (16MB mp3) track 2 (14MB mp3) track 3 (13MB mp3) track 4 (10MB mp3)
* Set 2, sample (6MB) track 1 (9MB) track 2 (3MB) track 3 (3MB) *



Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone, melodica; Jacob Sacks - keyboard, melodica; Jacob Garchik - computer; Hans Glawischnig - bass; Dave Ambrosio - bass; Danny Weiss - drums*
Recorded at the Internet cafe

June 3, 2001 Set 1, sample (6MB) track 1 (26MB) track 2 (22MB)
Set 2, sample (7MB) track 1 (24MB) track 2 (22MB) track 3 (7MB)
Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone, melodica; Jacob Sacks - keyboard; Jacob Garchik - computer; Hans Glawischnig - bass; Dave Ambrosio - bass; Danny Weiss - drums
Recorded at the Internet cafe

July 17 2001 sample 1 (3MB) sample 2 (3MB)
part 1 (33MB) part 2 (27MB) part 3 (25MB)
Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone, melodica; Jacob Sacks - keyboard; Jacob Garchik - computer; Hans Glawischnig - bass; Dave Ambrosio - bass; Danny Weiss - drums
Recorded at the Knitting Factory

January 18 2002 sample (4MB)
part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6 part 7 part 8 part 9 part 10
Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone; Jacob Garchik - computer; Hans Glawischnig - bass; John Hebert - bass; Bob Bowen - bass; Danny Weiss - drums
Recorded at CBGB's

March 1 2002 sample (5MB) sample 2 (4MB)
part 1 (30MB) part 2 (38MB)
Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone; Jacob Sacks - piano; Jacob Garchik - computer; Hans Glawischnig - bass; Danny Weiss - drums
Recorded at the Knitting Factory

April 14 2002 sample (5MB) sample 2 (2MB)
part 1 (64MB) part 2
Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone; Jacob Sacks - piano; Jacob Garchik - computer; Hans Glawischnig - bass; Dave Ambrosio - bass; Danny Weiss - drums
Recorded at the Knitting Factory



April 17 2002 sample (4MB)
part 1 (65MB)
Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone; Jacob Sacks - keyboard; Jacob Garchik - computer; Hans Glawischnig - bass; Thomas Morgan - bass; Danny Weiss - drums
Recorded at CBGB's

July 7 2002 sample (9MB)
part 1 (28MB) part 2 (29MB)
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Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone; Jacob Sacks - keyboard; Jacob Garchik - computer; Dave Ambrosio - bass; Danny Weiss - drums
Recorded at CBGB's



December 19 2002 sample (5MB)
part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6 part 7
Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone; Jacob Sacks - piano; Jacob Garchik - computer; Hans Glawischnig - bass; Thomas Morgan - bass; Danny Weiss - drums
Recorded at the Knitting Factory

* February 18 2003 * sample (9MB) track 1 (7MB) track 2 (9MB) track 3 (9MB) track 4 (6MB) track 5 (4MB) track 6 (6MB) track 7 (4MB) track 8(9MB)
Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone; Jacob Sacks - piano; Jacob Garchik - computer; Dave Binney - sampler; Trevor Dunn - bass; Thomas Morgan - bass; Danny Weiss - drums
Recorded at the Knitting Factory

May 20 2003 sample (7MB) track 1 (3MB) track 2 (7MB) track 3 (2MB) track 4 (5MB) track 5 (7MB) track 6 (5MB) track 7 (7MB) track 8(2MB)
Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone; Jacob Sacks - keyboard; Jacob Garchik - computer; Dave Binney - sampler; Hans Glawischnig - bass; Thomas Morgan - bass; Danny Weiss - drums
Recorded at the 55 Bar

June 14 2003 sample (9MB)
part 1 (58MB)
video (33MB)
Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone; Jacob Sacks - piano; Dave Binney - sampler; Dave Ambrosio - bass; Thomas Morgan - bass; Danny Weiss - drums
Recorded at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center


December 30 2003 sample (4MB)
Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone; Carl Maguire - keyboard; Dave Binney - sampler; John Hebert - bass; Thomas Morgan - bass; Danny Weiss - drums
Recorded at the 55 Bar

January 4 2004 Set 1, sample 1 (4MB) sample 2 (3MB)
Set 2, sample 1 (3MB) sample 2 (6MB) Set 2 (51MB)



Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone, melodica; Jacob Sacks - keyboard; Dave Binney - sampler; Jacob Garchik - computer; Thomas Morgan - bass; Hans Glawischnig - bass; Dave Ambrosio - bass; Gerald Cleaver - drums
Recorded at the Bowery Poetry Club

* February 8 2004 * sample (5MB) track 1 (34MB) sample (4MB) track 2 (27MB)
Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone; Jacob Sacks - keyboard; Dave Binney - sampler; Jacob Garchik - computer; Thomas Morgan - bass; Trevor Dunn - bass; Danny Weiss - drums
Recorded at CBGB's Lounge

August 16, 2004 Track 1 (27MB) Track 2 (13MB) Track 3 (31MB) Track 4 (5MB)
Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone; melodica; Jacob Sacks - keyboard; Jacob Garchik - computer; Hans Glawischnig - bass; Thomas Morgan - bass; Dan Weiss - drums
Recorded at The 55 Bar

October 21, 2004 Track 1 (15MB) Track 2 (21MB) Track 3 (11MB) Track 4 (37MB)

Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone, melodica; Jacob Sacks - keyboard and rhodes; Jacob Garchik - computer; Eivind Opsvik - bass; Dan Weiss - drums
Recorded at Zebulon






March 27, 2005 Track 1 (35MB) Track 2 (18MB) Track 3 (22MB)
Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone; Jacob Sacks - keyboard; Jacob Garchik - computer; Dave Binney - sampler; Eivind Opsvik - bass; Thomas Morgan - bass; Dan Weiss - drums
Recorded at CBGB's by Jonathan Goldberg

* June 8, 2005 * Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 Part 13 Part 14 Part 15 Part 16 Part 17 Part 18 Part 19Part 20 Part 21 Part 22
Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone; Jacob Sacks - keyboard; Eivind Opsvik - bass; Thomas Morgan - bass; Dan Weiss - drums
Recorded live at CBGB's




February 19, 2006 Set 1: Ia (10.5MB) Ib (13MB) Ic (19MB) Id (7MB) II (22MB)
* Set 2: I (23MB) IIa (12MB) IIb (9MB) IIc (16MB) III (12MB) *



Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone, melodica; Jacob Sacks - keyboard, melodica; Jacob Garchik - computer; Thomas Morgan - bass; Eivind Opsvik - bass; Dan Weiss - drums
Recorded live at BAR4

March 13, 2006 Set 1: I (22MB) II (14MB) III (10MB)
* Set 2: I (8MB) II (23MB) III (16MB) *



Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone, melodica; Jacob Sacks - keyboard, melodica; Jacob Garchik - computer; Thomas Morgan - bass; Eivind Opsvik - bass; Dan Weiss - drums


Recorded live at The 55 Bar with video documentation by Eddie Stein

July 2, 2006 excerpt I (29MB) Incomplete recording due to technical malfunctions


Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone, melodica; Jacob Sacks - keyboard, melodica; Jacob Garchik - computer and accordion; Thomas Morgan - bass; Eivind Opsvik - bass; Dan Weiss - drums
Recorded live at BAR4



August 9, 2006 Part 1.1 Part 1.2 Part 1.3 Part 1.4 Part 1.5
Part 2 (14MB) Incomplete recording due to technical malfunctions

Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone, melodica; Jacob Sacks - keyboard, melodica; Jacob Garchik - computer and accordion; Thomas Morgan - bass; Dave Ambrosio - bass; Dan Weiss - drums
Recorded live at Barbes, Brooklyn

November 5, 2006 Part 1 18:03 Part 2 29:16

Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone, melodica; Jacob Sacks - keyboard; Jacob Garchik - computer, accordion; Thomas Morgan - bass; Eivind Opsvik - bass; Dan Weiss - drums
Recorded live at The 55 Bar, NYC



July 29, 2007 excerpt 5:13
Part 1 45:53 Part 2 19:47

Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone, melodica, harmonica, bulgarian flute; Jacob Sacks - piano, melodica; Jacob Garchik - computer, accordion; Thomas Morgan - bass; Trevor Dunn - bass; Dan Weiss - drums
Recorded live at Bar 4, Brooklyn