Biography 
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For a piano player, Ben Dowling has had quite a ride. During the last ten years alone, he has played 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 live to make music. It is a spiritual practice for me, training me to be in the moment in a very profound way - whether it is improvising, composing or finding a singer's 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 and production, 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 so many - from jazz aficionados to healing music advocates. 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 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 & Honors Discography
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