For a piano player, he's had quite a ride. During the last ten years alone,… Read Full Bio ↴For a piano player, he's had quite a ride. During the last ten years alone, Ben Dowling has performed at some of the most prestigious venues in the world - from the Montreau Jazz Festival in Switzerland, to the Blue Note nightclub scene in Tokyo, to New York's Lincoln Center to the Greek Theater and Hollywood Bowl in LA.

A "musician's musician," he was deeply involved in the development of modern sound synthesizers during his tenure with Korg in the late 80's and early 90's, developing the M1, Wavestation and Oasys synths. As a producer, a music director for Grammy and Academy Award winning artists, a synthesist for Joe Zawinul and Michael Jackson, as film score composer for the CINE Golden Eagle winning United Nations documentary A Place To Stand or as a co-writer on The Whispers new Gospel hit, Thou Art With Me, Dowling continues to astound with his recent release of jazz fusion project World Rising, featuring Will Kennedy, Bob Sheppard and Mindi Abair - currently playing on more than 100 jazz stations around the US.

"I love making music. It is a spiritual practice for me, training to be in the moment in a very profound way - whether it is improvising, composing or finding the inner artist and bringing that out in production. It's all so amazing."

While it might be expected that a keyboardist could play in as many technology-laden fields of music, what is unexpected is the virtuosity of Dowling's pianistic touch and approach. With a unique, suspensive pedal technique, reminiscent of Chopin and Keith Jarrett, his solo piano music has been embraced by everyone from Kenny Loggins to Best Song Academy Award Nominee Bird York - performing with her recently at several Hollywood benefits and award shows.

But it is as a complete musician that Dowling truly shines. With furious technical chops combined with multiple tradition-informed sensibilities, Dowling can rock out in a straight-ahead fashion ala Hancock and Evans, swim in contemporary classical waters, to playing nu-gospel with the Agape International Choir - all with complete commitment and authenticity.

Collaborating with other artists seems to be thematic in Dowling's life, demonstrated with his multi-media exploration with painter and visual artist Mark Wagner in Visionsound's The Path of Peace, released on CD/DVD hybrid "DualDisc" in 2007. Currently on tour with Earth, Wind & Fire's Al McKay, he scored the film Spiritual Liberation featuring American mystic Michael Bernard Beckwith - in addition to performing in his recent PBS Special The Answer Is You with Niki Haris, Siedah Garrett and the Agape Choir - and recording Structures of the Heart, a series of improvisations with Georg Faust, principal cellist of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Awards and Honors

Over the years, Dowling has accrued multiple Gold and Platinum records, a CINE Golden Eagle (for documentary scoring) and multiple technology awards for synthesizer developments. In addition, his original compositions have been featured on recordings, broadcast radio and television - and internationally in association with the United Nations.

Discography

Tom Coster: "Did Ja Miss Me" - 1989 (programmer)
Freddy Hubbard: "Times Are Changin'" - 1989 (programmer)
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe: "Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe" - 1989 (songwriter)
Tom Coster: "From Me To You" - 1990 (programmer)
Starr Parodi: "Change" - 1991 (programmer)
David Patt: "Intimate Notions" - 1991 (programmer)
Greg Walker: "Love You So Good" - 1991 (producer)
Michael Jackson: "Dangerous" - 1991 (programmer)
Yellowjackets: "Greenhouse" - 1991 (programmer)
Michael Jackson: "HIStory" - 1995 (keyboardist/programmer)
Kathleen Gibson: "Jungle Bungalow" - 1997 (producer)
Equator: "Equator" - 1998 (producer)
JD Martin: "One Heart" - 2000 (producer)
Suzanne Teng: "Mystic Journey" - 2001 (keyboardist)
Jami Lula: "Something's Calling Me" - 2001 (producer)
Benjamin Dowling "Ahimsa" - 2001 (artist/producer)
David Newman: "Soul Freedom" - 2001 (producer)
Al McKay: "Live at Mt. Fuji Jazz Festival" - 2003 (keyboardist)
Al McKay: "Live In Europe" - 2004 (keyboardist)
Korg Oasys: "Love Embraces All" - 2005 (artist/producer)
Andre Delano: "Full Circle" - 2005 (keyboardist/producer)
Ester Nicholson: "Child Above the Sun" - 2006 (producer)
Ben Dowling/Mark Wagner "The Path of Peace DualDisc" - 2007 (artist/producer)
Charles Holt: "I Am" - 2007 (producer)
Ben Dowling: "World Rising" - 2009 (artist/producer)

Film/Documentary/Multimedia Music

United Nations 50th Anniversary - "A Place To Stand" - 1995 (score - winner of Golden Eagle)
Interactive Earth - 1997 (score)
Interdependence - 1998 (score)
Power Shift - 2003 (score)
Spiritual Liberation - 2009 (score)

Resolve
Ben Dowling Lyrics

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Arcane Roots Can you warn me off this night Because there's something I…
Azusa Tadokoro 愚かなほどに戦い夢を見る運命をあざ笑うかの如く心に刻み込んだ敗北の味は私を強く変える勝たなくていいんだ …
B.O.O.K.S. One Okay, you back stab me Bitch, I gave you my all I'm…
Beth Gibbons Time rolls as days go by And now I've figured that…
Cloudian I won′t give in to your repulse Don't overcast my own…
Elegant Machinery Sometimes I find it hard to understand Why you do those…
Foo Fighters Something that I felt today, something that I had Swingin' f…
Gaby Marie Lately, I haven't felt like myself Lately, I've been dying f…

Gibbons Beth Time rolls As days go by And now I've figured That I ain't…
Gone Is Gone Day light take me No control No control Wind blows We go Sh…
Greenwheel A request So simple and yet It's so hard to expect Anythi…
Hand Of Mercy The thought had never crossed my mind But now I know…
Haste the Day Can you feel the tension? Have you heard the voices of…
Homesafe I'll waste another two years thinking of where I want…
Joey Cape Don't leave me in this room The walls are closing in This…
Johnny Manchild and the Poor Bastards RESOLVE I know it's strange But I'm feeling good about it I…
Lagwagon Don't leave me in this room The walls are closing…
Mammoth WVH No more flowers What we know is not the same Drunk with…
Myk Valen Ooo Oo Oo Tell me what you want Love me love…
nanashi If the sun won't shine today I'll set fire to the…
Pillars and Tongues Floating around, I think I just might die Driving in circles…
Rift Giant Breaking a face just to see it break is a…
Rustin Man & Beth Gibbons Time rolls as days go by And now I've figured that…
Sleeping at Last Generations wait Like the river sways, For a father's blood,…
Soap. Okay, you back stab me Bitch, I gave you my all I'm…
Tonic I wait for this, just like I should- It's what I…
V.S.D T'es déguisé en quoi toé Jazz Jazz I have some serious menta…

VR/NOBODY I know That you Won't be Here so long But now we'…

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