BEN PEROWSKY is an American drummer, percussionist, composer, and music producer. He is the drummer on stage in the 8 TONY award winning Broadway musical Hadestown. Perowsky leads the Ben Perowsky Trio, Moodswing Orchestra and Upstream Trio with Chris Speed and John Medeski. He is a founding member of the electric jazz group Lost Tribe. A prolific sideman, Perowsky has performed with Roy Ayers, James Moody, John Scofield, The Lounge Lizards, Joan As Police Woman, Elysian Fields, Darryl Jenifer (Bad Brains), Uri Caine, Dave Douglas, Mike Stern, Bob Berg, Walter Becker (Steely Dan), Tegan and Sara, Steven Bernstein, Anonhi, John Zorn and more. Ben has been prolific as a leader all the while, with many releases as producer including the co-led band Lost Tribe records in ’92, ’93 and ‘98Ben Perowsky Trio ‘99 from which the title Segment was used for the movie Talegega Nights. JazzKey records Camp Songs in 2003, John Zorn’s Tzadik label. El Destructo: Volume I, 2006, El Destructo Records Moodswing Orchestra, 2009, El Destructo Records Esopus Opus, 2009, Skirl records. Upstream, 2019 El Destructo Records please visit http://www.perowsky.com for more info