Ben Wendel 

Press Reviews
“’The Seasons,’ a vividly imagined collection of duets by the saxophonist and bassoonist Ben Wendel, was one of the standout jazz records of 2015. But it was never released in album form, and took the entire year to hear in full . . . For the project, Mr. Wendel cast a wide net, creating what amounted to his own cross-sectional portrait of the modern jazz mainstream.”
- Nate Chinen, The New York Times
"Those who wish to be called creative musicians should actually create music, and hardly no one has done that better recently than Ben
Wendel . . ."
- Gary Fukushima, LAWeekly
“Tchaikovsky unveiled monthly samples of his piano suite ‘The Seasons’ throughout 1876; in 2015, this nimble saxophonist released
his own ‘Seasons’ project, informed by the Russian masterwork, and presented as monthly online videos.” 
- The New Yorker
“Almost 140 years ago, Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote a solo piano piece for every month of the year called The Seasons.
Now saxophonist Ben Wendel has taken this famous body of work and reinterpreted each piece by bringing along a different artist every
month. Reviewer Michelle Mercer says through these collaborations, Wendel is giving the listener insight into some of today's sharpest
musicians.” 
- Michelle Mercer, NPR-All Things Considered