Eivind Opsvik, Jacob Sacks, Jacob Garchik, BG, Dan Weiss, Thomas Morgan, 2007



THE BEN GERSTEIN COLLECTIVE
A band formed in 1999 out of a need for free-improvisation in jazz, sprung largely from a close rapport with Dan Weiss, Jacob Garchik and Jacob Sacks of the Manhattan School of Music days, 1995-99. Energy to liberate influences and explore opportunity in spontaneous composition and collective/individual expressive-artistic potential...




















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

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 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)
Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone; Jacob Sacks - keyboard; Jacob Garchik - computer; Dave Ambrosio - bass; Danny Weiss - drums
Recorded at CBGB's



* 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

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




* 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

October 21, 2004 Track 1 (11MB)

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



Documentary excerpt by Lucie Hardoin & Ronan Cabon






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

August 15, 2009 57:20

Personnel: Ben Gerstein - trombone; Tony Malaby - saxophone; Jacob Sacks - piano; Jacob Garchik - computer, accordion; Thomas Morgan - bass; Dan Weiss - drums
Recorded live at The Stone, NYC