[4] A prolific sideman,[5] Perowsky has performed with Roy Ayers, John Scofield, The Lounge Lizards, Joan As Police Woman, Elysian Fields, Darryl Jenifer, Uri Caine, Dave Douglas,[6] Mike Stern, Bob Berg, Walter Becker, Steven Bernstein.,[7] and John Zorn.
Ben graduated from The High School of Music and Art in Harlem in 1984 where he played in the jazz band under the direction of Justin DiCiccio.
Ben performed with jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie in DiCiccio's tri-state band on the Merv Griffin Show.
Towards the end of 1986 Perowsky began work with an array of artists such as James Moody, Rickie Lee Jones, David Liebman and Richie Beirach.
He also appeared with and recorded thru the 1990s with Bob Berg,[10] David Kikoski, Jim Beard, Ronnie Cuber, Eliane Elias, Michael Brecker, Dave Douglas, Walter Becker, Jimmy Scott and Mike Mainieri’s Steps Ahead.
At the same time Perowsky became a mainstay on NYC's “downtown scene”, working with artists John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Spanish Fly (Steven Bernstein, Marcus Rojas, David Tronzo), The Fertile Crescent (Erik Sanko, and Danny Blume), Wayne Horvitz, John Cale and Don Byron.
Upon meeting producer, Steely Dan co-leader Walter Becker[11] in 1991, they were invited to record at Hyperbolic Sound in Maui, Hawaii.
Perowsky played drums on the 2008 UK hit single "Blind" by the band Hercules and Love Affair written and sung by Anohni.
Ben produced and played drums on An Afternoon In Gowanus, the Frank Perowsky Big Band debut album,[24] released in 2017.
Both productions released cast recordings; the Broadway version winning a 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater album.
Others included Neil Young Tribute,[28] American Standards Gershwin,[29] Freedom Rides,[30] and Edgar Allan Poe backing artists such as Lou Reed, Elvis Costello, James Blood Ulmer, David Johansen, Sting, Rufus Wainwright, Mark Anthony Thompson and Van Dyke Parks.
[35] with Lost Tribe With Elysian Fields With Joan as Police Woman With Mike Stern With John Zorn With Uri Caine With Steven Bernstein With Dave Douglas With Hercules in Love Affair With others