Ben Markley

Last summer I played on Andrew Stonerock's debut jazz recording. The album Pavlov's Waterfall features Andrew Stonerock - alto sax, Dan Jonas - trumpet and flugelhorn, Forest Greenough - bass, Ed Breazeale - drums and myself on piano. Andrew wrote…Read more

It was a real honor to have Dr. Lonnie Smith playing my arrangements with the Wyoming Jazz Ensemble. He dug them too! To listen to excerpts of the charts, click on the links below. Once I get the publication details…Read more

This week the UW jazz festival will host approximately 600 middle and high school vocalists and instrumentalists from all over Wyoming. Our Thursday evening Concert (March 26) will feature the UW Vocal Jazz Ensemble opening for grammy nominated Tierney Sutton…Read more

The 2015 Guatemala Jazz Festival off to a great start for The American Jazz Collective. The group comprised of Andrew Stonerock, Dan Jonas, Forest Greenough, Ryan Bell and myself played a concert to a full house in Xela tonight. More…Read more

In a few weeks I'm headed to Guatemala to perform in the 2015 Guatemala International Jazz Festival. The band comprised of Andrew Stonerock, Dan Jonas, Forrest Greenough, Ryan Bell, and Jerome Fleg will stick around and work with students from…Read more

Hey Folks,
Earlier this month Clint Ashlock and I recorded a studio performance on Kansas Public Radio with Bob McWilliams . We played music from our album The Return. It airs tomorrow night (Thursday, Jan 29 9:06pm) as well as…Read more

My book A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO JAZZ IMPROVISATION - THE DAVID HAZELTINE METHOD is now available through Jamey Aebersold jazz.
http://www.jazzbooks.com/jazz/product/PAJ#.VItYmKTF-5I

Hi Folks,

Just wanted to let you know The Return (Ben Markley/Clint Ashlock Quintet album) is now available. We put a lot of time into this and hope you'll purchase a copy either directly from us or via cdbaby or…Read more

Some of my big band are now available through UNC Jazz Press. UNC Jazz Press has a tone of great charts for all kinds of groups and ability levels. Also be on the lookout in the coming months for some…Read more

Hey Folks, 
I wanted to a share a cut from an upcoming release I'm doing with my friend Clint Ashlock . It features all original compositions from Clint and myself. If you like what you hear consider, taking a copy…Read more

I have a number of big band and vocal jazz charts available for purchase. You're able to buy and download directly from this site. I can provide live recordings or MIDI files for all charts.