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ABOUT Ben Alleman

Ben Alleman is a Los Angeles-based pianist and improviser whose work spans international touring, record production, session work, film composition, and his own distinctive instrumental music. Raised in Southeast Louisiana, he began his career touring in the band of six-time Grammy winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Dr. John, and has since toured extensively with musical luminaries Social Distortion, Jenny Lewis, and Grace Potter. He is also a member of Conan O’Brien’s band, The Vigodas.

Working from his personal studio and recording rooms across the country as a session musician, Ben has built a wide-ranging body of work with artists including Anders Osborne, Madi Diaz, The Wood Brothers, Elisapie, Brad Wilk, Sean McConnell, Maggie Rose, Olivia Kaplan, Greg Holden, Quinnie, Lisa Leblanc, and Marc Broussard. As a record producer Ben’s credits include Sean McConnell - Skin (2025), Kristin Diable - Impossible Things (2026), Malin Andersson - Calm The Chaos (2026), and Pet Fangs - Ultra Deluxe (2019). His on-stage collaborations include Willie Nelson, Warren Haynes, Don Was, Karen Elson, Jamie Lidell, John Medeski, and The McCrary Sisters. Additional touring credits include Elizabeth Cook, Dan Horne Band, Sean’s Weird Ears, Samantha Fish, Betty Who, and desert rock legends earthlings?. His live performance work also includes television appearances on Fallon, Kimmel, Colbert, Ellen, Corden, and Conan.

His compositions have appeared in Resynator, winner of the 2024 SXSW Documentary Feature Audience Award; Showtime’s Shameless; Gimlet Media’s Heavyweight podcast; and Jalouse Magazine’s Billie Eilish feature. His commercial work includes music for Visa, Airbnb, Halston x Netflix, Umbro x Material Girl, Krewe Eyewear, Amiri, and Billy Reid.

Ben’s debut album, A Study in Unknowing, released in June 2024 through Well Kept Secret, brings his work as an instrumentalist, composer, and improviser into focus. Drawing on places, people, and memories, the record blends acoustic and electronically treated sounds in an intimate, emotionally driven landscape. Co-produced with Parker McAnnally, it features contributions from Sebastian Steinberg, Anna Butterss, Dylan Day, Matt Musty, and Joe Harrison.

His latest album, Underneath the Orange Tree, released in May of 2026, picks up where A Study in Unknowing left off - exploring the contradictions of life in Los Angeles. Joined by studio veterans Matt Musty on drums and Brian Lang on bass, Alleman’s autobiographical melodies bloom into collective improvisation, blending communicative interplay with post-rock sounds and harmony. The result is a personal reimagining of the piano trio, finding beauty, tension, and possibility in the uncertainty of modern life.