Makaya McCraven, Robert Walter, Marco Benevento, Cochemea, and Tim LeFebvre coming together to play some Coltrane, Yusef Lateef, Pharoah Sanders, Gil-Scott Heron, and Nina Simone jams? Sure thing - count on the good folks over at Funk It Blog to bring it to you. The combination of Benevento on piano and Walter on Rhodes and keyboards sounds some kind of lovely to these ears, … [Read more...]
Marco Benevento Live at Signal Kitchen (Download)
Our favorite hippie, keyboardist Marco Benevento, has been touring fairly steadily since the release of his latest genre-bending album, Swift. Back in April, Benevento played Burlington, Vermont's Signal Kitchen in a show that had everything-- a masquerade ball, a full moon, a segue into a David Bowie tune, and all the craziness that would entail Benevento and his posse playing … [Read more...]
Marco Benevento – “If I Get to See You At All” (Video)
Marco Benevento's latest album, Swift, changes the game up. The keyboardist who always brings the party goes even further, singing all throughout this release, a first for him, and bending the music from a purer jazz direction to one a little more rock-based and a lot more raucous. In the new video for "If I Get to See You At All", the party is on full display, featuring GoPro … [Read more...]
Best Jazz Albums of 2010 by Nextbop.com
It was rather difficult putting together a list of the best jazz albums of 2010. Unlike our list of non-jazz albums, there didn’t seem to be a massive sense of agreement in all the different jazz writers. Sure, some albums matched up here and there, but by and large, 2010 didn’t have everyone walking lockstep behind a Vijay Iyer’s Historicity or Darcy James Argue’s Secret … [Read more...]