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Ben Wendel

American jazz musician
Person Human Q4886670

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
February 20, 1976
Place of birth
Vancouver
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
jazz musician, saxophonist, musician
Employer
The New School[7]
Educated at
Eastman School of Music[8]
Genre
jazz[11]
Official website
www.benwendel.com[18]
Family name
Wendel[16]
Given name
Ben[17]
Instrument
saxophone, bassoon[19][20]
Member of
Kneebody[9]
Record label
Concord Records, Sunnyside Records, Motéma Music, Edition Records[12][13][14][15]
Social media followers
+6318, +5634[21][22]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ben Wendel ar بين وندل ja ベン・ウェンデル ru Бен Вендел ru Вендел, Бен
🔖 Identifiers · 25
ISNI
0000000140906454
VIAF cluster ID
187406867
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n2011074123
GND ID
136107362
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ben Wendel Nasjonal Jazzscene 2022 (205733).jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000068988
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
155301896
Deezer artist ID
1611889
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
136107362
Discogs artist ID
209746
Europeana entity
agent/base/45238
Facebook username
benwendelmusic
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Freebase ID
/m/0hr37kq
Instagram username
benwendel
MusicBrainz artist ID
d03b178f-d46b-43a0-b683-f24a32440b00
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000191921
Myspace ID
benwendelmusician
Prabook ID
2462163
Radio France person ID
ben-wendel
Songkick artist ID
1079239
Threads username
benwendel
Tidal artist ID
6491904
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJw4DhhXvRhtyyrCwJjcT3
X (Twitter) username
benwendel
Yale LUX ID
person/d23ddadb-dbe8-4537-8e33-9fec9fad5f2b

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🔗 Connections
Record label 3
Concord Records, Edition Records, Sunnyside Records
Instrument 2
saxophone, bassoon
Mb:member of band 2
The Jimmy Chamberlin Complex, Kneebody
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Eastman School of Music
Employer 1
The New School
Genre 1
jazz
Given name 1
Ben
Instance of 1
human
Mb:performer of 1
Simple Song
Occupation 1
jazz musician
Place of birth 1
Vancouver
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Ben Wendel was born on February 20, 1976[1], in Vancouver[2]. He has worked as a jazz musician[3], saxophonist[4], and musician[5].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[23]

  • Country: US[24]

  • Began / founded: 1976-02-20[25]

  • Genre(s): contemporary jazz, jazz, jazz fusion[26]

  • Community tags: contemporary jazz, jazz, jazz fusion[27]

  • MusicBrainz ID: d03b178f-d46b-43a0-b683-f24a32440b00[28]

FAQs

Where was Ben Wendel born?

Ben Wendel was born in Vancouver[2].

What did Ben Wendel do for work?

Ben Wendel worked as a jazz musician[3], saxophonist[4], and musician[5].

Where did Ben Wendel go to school?

Ben Wendel was educated at Eastman School of Music[8].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Discogs. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65759: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 7d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 1611889
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63226: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part3.: im"
  3. 8d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 6491904
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63222: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part3.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
  4. 13d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed claim qualifiers: Image: Ben Wendel Nasjonal Jazzscene 2022 (205733).jpg, Bot: replace P170 with P14574 as qualifier of P18, see…"
  5. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Ben
    Social media followers → 6,318, 5,634
    Family name → Wendel
    Country of citizenship → United States
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32116: import P21 and P106 from GND (29)"
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