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Lucian Ban (born 1969) is an American jazz pianist of Romanian origin. ==Biography== Raised in the tiny farming village of Teaca, (Transylvania, Romania), Ban grew up listening to folk songs performed at weddings, birthdays, holidays and other celebrations. At age seven, Ban moved to Cluj, where he started classical piano and composition training. He studied composition at Bucharest Music Academy from 1992 to 1995. He establishes the group Jazz Unit in 1995 and releases two albums as a leader for the Green Records label in Romania.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title= Lucian Ban - Biography )〕 In 1999 he moves to New York where he studies for two years at New School University. His American debut recording “Somethin" Holy” in duet with baritone sax Alex Harding was awarded 4 stars by Allmusic, and was followed by the critically praised quintet album ''Premonition'' (2003), "Tuba Project" (feat. Bob Stewart, 2006) and "Playground" (feat. Jorge Sylvester, 2006). The Lumination Ensemble co-lead with Alex Harding and featuring drum legend Barry Altschul was nominated “One of the 10 best shows of 2003” by All About Jazz. Since then he has played/recorded with: Alex Harding, Reggie Nicholson, Art Baron, Sam Newsome, Barry Altschul, Jorge Sylvester, Brad Jones, Bruce Williams, Damion Reid, Chris Dahlgren, Pheeroan AkLaff, J.D. Allen, Bruce Cox, Hill Greene, Carlo DeRosa, Curtis Fowlkes, Mark Helias, Gene Jackson, Ron Horton, Nasheet Waits, Bob Stewart, Gerald Cleaver, Derrek Phillips, and many more. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lucian Ban」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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