Jean Luc Ponty, Charlie Parker, George Benson, Canonball Adderley, Stevie Wonder, John Scofield, Jaco Pastorious, John Mclaughlin, Mike Stern, Michael Brecker, L. Shankar, Zakir Hussain, Joshua Redman, D'Angelo, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Michel Camilo, Chick Corea, Paco de Lucia, Jorge Pardo, Franc O'shea, Nigal Hitchcock, Jeff Beck, Michael Jackson, Trilok Gurtu, Bernard Wright, Marcus Miller, Billy Cobham, Omar Hakim, Horacio Hernandez, Medeski Martin & Wood, Groove Armarda, Massive Attack, Nightmares on Wax, Bjork, Talvin Sing, Nitin Sawney, Outside, 4 hero, Rage Against the Machine, Spongle, Juno Reactor, Infected Mushroom, L T J Bukem, J.S.Bach, Hans Zimmer, Bernard Herman, John Williams, Danny Elfman, Ravel, Saint-Saens..........
Ben is clearly a gifted musician, wowing audiences with his jazz fusion and funk gigs on the violin and saxophone. From the tender age of 6 Ben embarked upon his musical journey taking up the violin. After playing 6 years studying classical violin ben was eager to experiment with other forms of music. He took up the saxophone at the age of 11 and became more influenced by jazz and fusion music (jean luc ponty/charlie parker). By 15 ben was spotted by a local fusion bassist franc o'shea, who took him under his wing and introduced him to the jazz scene. He began playing with pro musicians around brighton and the south coast such as Tristan Banks, Franc O'shea, Dave Trigwell, Tom Phelan. By 16 ben played his first london gig at the 606 jazz club with franc o'shea's quintet featuring young jazz musician of the year- Tom Cawley(piano), young jazz musician of the year- Gareth Lochrane(flute) and Tristan Banks on drums. Since then Ben has been involved with many different projects and sessions around brighton including flamenco(Candela)-Womad 2005, gospel/jazz(Viola Wills)-ronnie scotts 2004, world fusion-playing with indian tabla player Sirish Kumar, Psy-Trance(Supersting). Ben recently went to Granada, Spain to record on Franc O'shea's new release 'Alkimia' featuring world class flamenco musicians; Rubem Dantes(cajon), Jorge Pardo(flute), Canizares(guitar). Ben is now working with his own jazz quartet(The Ben Sarfas Quartet), fusing many styles, such as drum and bass, funk, jazz and soul. He has recently completed the motion picture sound track for forthcoming local film 'Brighton Wok'. You can catch Ben playing sax in local funk band 'Oomphf' every wednesday at the Casablanca Jazz Club, Brighton. Look out for his kick ass quartet playing around the south, featuring guest vocalist and younger brother Sammy Sarfas, with Tristan Banks(drums), Mark Edwards(Keys) and Andre Fry on bass... biog by Sammy Sarfas.
Heya Ben!! I'm gutted that I didnt get to go to one of your shows, I ended up getting that terrible flu that all of England seems to be getting and spent my last 5 days in Brighton in bed!! how crap, huh! Oh well I'm now back at school and will at least be moving back to Bri at the end of May so I'm excited to be back and plan on a full summer of Casablancas and music so till then, eh?! I'm so excited to move back! So lets be in touch till then and hope the shows went well! great speakin to you n ill see ya soon-ish:-)
hey Ben!! how have you been? hope you are well! You still preforming in Brighton? Well I'm coming back for a visit from Dec. 28th- Jan. 12th from the states and I was really hoping to see you and esp hoping to see you n your brothers funk band! Are you guys still playing at Casablancas on weds? Awww i miss those days!! well i defo want to see you guys play and hope to have those ole cigarette catch ups outside on your breaks. Let me know when you guys are playing and ill try n bring my old crew to watch. Hope your doing great and that you n your fam have a great Christmas. C ya soon! Sabina xox
Hi there. Thank you for listening and joining with us and the others. We hope you enjoyed our songs. If so we have some new tracks up on our Overplay page. You can listen to these here www. overplay. co. uk/taboo. Hope to speak soon, all the very best to yer. Taboo.
Hey Ben, how's it going?! dunno if you remember me, from last year, i kept telling you you looked like dave grohl! you and your bro still doing the covers band at Casablanca?
Thanks for the add! I'm just trying to spread the word and I appreciate your support and help:-) Def. let me know any feed back about the new pics of my jewelery that I just put up and you can reach me for orders at EuroTrash_Girl_Rocks@hotmail.co.uk Have a great weekend love!! xox
BEN!!! how is life in Bri?? i miss it so much! but all is good here in Austin. The big music festival is comin up here in mid march called SXSW so that should be a great week! Im trying to study abroad in Bri this Fall so hopefully I'll be dancing like a madman to your awesome tunes at Casablanca in no time at all:-) stay in touch! Ciao xoxo
We are putting on this party to show case DJ's/ MC's & producers. We are SPHER][CAL aka DJ STATIC / TopNotchMC. Headlining our party is Nebulus with support coming from 2 Brighton legends Redford and MC Buzz (rare drum and bass set) as well as Heat/Fever In2Beats and Legends Of The Dark Black affiliate DEVASTATE.
Saturday 15th December 2007 11.30pm > 4am Pressure Point, Brighton TICKETS ARE £3+BF (50P) £4 ON THE DOOR AND ARE AVAILABLE FROM DANCE 2, RESIDENT AND ROUNDER RECORDS IN BRIGHTON.
I went to Casablanca the other week. The music was really good. Will definitively come back. Glad I found you on myspace. Carry on the good work and take care. Oubah
hey ben..hows everything going with you? It was nice to see you guys the other day at Casablancas...I might pop in again some time soon...I never have a bad night there! Things are good with me, im moving to Switzerland in a few weeks to do a ski-season! Send my love to the family....x x x
hey Ben, hows it going? miss going to the jazz club to see you guys and trying -being the important word- to get u pissed :)anyone else said you look like Dave Grohl lately!? Sophie x
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