Saturday, June 28th
two takes
Ben LaMar Gay, “I am (bells)”
Live, Berlin (Zig Zag Club), 3/27/23
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2024
Thursday, March 14th
sounds of Chicago
Macie Stewart (violin, voice), Ben LaMar Gay (cornet, electronics, voice), live, Chicago, 2/22/24
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Ruth Duckworth (1919-2009), Untitled (1970s), detail
2023
Tuesday, July 25th
sounds of Chicago
Damon Locks’ Black Monument Ensemble (DL, vocals, electronics; Dana Hall, drums; Arif Smith, percussion; Angel Bat Dawid, clarinet, vocals; Ben Lamar Gay, cornet; Monique Golding, vocals; Tremaine Parker, vocals; Erica Rene, vocals), “The Body Is Electric” (D. Locks), live, Netherlands (Utrecht), 2021
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2023
Thursday, June 8th
sounds of Chicago
Stephen Haynes with Friends (SH, cornet; Josh Berman, cornet; Ben LaMar Gay, cornet; Sarah Clausen, alto saxophone; Hunter Diamond, tenor saxophone; Peter Maunu, guitar, violin; Katinka Kleijn, cello; Damon Locks, samples, electronics; Matthew Lux, bass), live, Chicago (Elastic Arts), 5/30/23
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2022
Tuesday, August 30th
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Jaimie Branch (1983-2022, trumpet) with Ben LaMar Gay (cornet) and Josh Berman (cornet), live, Chicago (Experimental Sound Studio), 2016
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2022
Monday, June 6th
sounds of Chicago
Live, Chicago (Constellation), 6/2/22
1st Set (3:30-): ZRL (Zachary Good, clarinet; Ryan Packard, percussion, electronics; Lia Kohl, cello)
2nd Set (1:11:50-): RedGreenBlue (Paul Giallorenzo, keyboards, electronics; Ryan Packard, percussion, electronics; Charlie Kirchen, bass; Ben LaMar Gay, cornet)
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2022
Friday, February 18th
sounds of Chicago
Ben Lamar Gay, “Oh Great Be the Lake” (B. Gay), published 10/6/21 (Open Arms to Open Us, 2021)
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2021
Wednesday, November 17th
what’s new: sounds of Chicago
Ben LaMar Gay (cornet, composition), “Aunt Lola and the Quail,” published 11/9/21
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2021
Saturday, October 23rd
sounds of Chicago
Tim Daisy (drums), live (performance begins at 5:40), Chicago, last night, with (1) Matt Piet (piano), first set, and (2) Ben Lamar Gay (cornet) and Mabel Kwan (piano), second set
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2021
Wednesday, October 6th
sounds of Chicago
Marvin Tate (vocals, compositions) with Ben Lamar Gay (electronics, cornet, piano), Mike Reed (drums, percussion), et al., live, Chicago, 9/4/21
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