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Sunday Series at Abingdon presents A Benefit Jazz Concert

Charlie Hunter Duo & Daniel Bennett Group

Friday, February 18 - 9:30pm

                                                             

The Triad Theater, 158 West 72nd Street, New York, NY 10028, (between Broadway and Columbus)

Sunday Series at Abingdon is proud to present 8-string "groove" guitarist Charlie Hunter and "Folk Jazz" Saxophonist Daniel Bennett who are teaming up for a special double bill performance to benefit not-for-profit Abingdon Theatre Company.

Guitarist Charlie Hunter has established himself as one of America's preeminent guitar players and musical innovators. Hunter’s latest recording, Gentlemen, I Neglected To Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid, features the guitarist alongside drummer Eric Kalb (Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, John Scofield) and a new horn section,  including trombonist Curtis Fowlkes (Jazz Passengers, Lounge Lizards, Bill Frisell), trombonist Alan Ferber (Don Byron,  Kenny Wheeler) and trumpeter Eric Biondo (Antibalas, TV On The Radio).This marks Hunter's second full-length release on his independent label Spire Artist Media.   Hunter follows up his latest trio album, Baboon Strength, with an ambitious effort recorded live direct to two-inch analog tape.

Critically acclaimed New York saxophonist Daniel Bennett has recently shared concert stages with national artists like Bill Frisell, Charlie Hunter, James Carter, Billy Martin (Medeski, Martin & Wood), Jerry Bergonzi, and David Fiuczynski.   Bennett’s musical journey began as a graduate student at the prestigious New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts.  While at NEC, Bennett studied saxophone with Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, and Ken Radnofsky.  Daniel Bennett graduated from the conservatory in 2004 and began performing as a freelance musician with groups like the Portland Symphony, New Hampshire Festival Orchestra, Musaner, and the Duprees. During this time, Bennett also began to compose songs that featured folk melodies played on the saxophone in a jazz quartet format.  Bennett's chord progressions also maintained a unique minimalist quality, influenced by composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass.. The band’s landmark debut album, A Nation of Bears, was met with critical acclaim. The Daniel Bennett Group released The Legend of Bear Thompson in the spring of 2008. Metronome Magazine ranked the album in their top five picks of the month, declaring, "the trio is so in sync with each other that it's downright mystical."  In 2009, the Daniel Bennett Group released Live at the Theatre, a groundbreaking album that was recorded live during a double bill performance with the Charlie Hunter Trio. The Daniel Bennett Group has been featured on popular radio programs like Harvard University’s Jazz Spectrum (WHRB 95.3FM).  The group has also made television appearances on Bandwidth TV, The Music Closet, Style Boston, and Sal's Show. The Daniel Bennett Group can be heard at clubs and festivals throughout the United States.

Since 1993, not-for-profit Abingdon Theatre Company has developed and produced new plays by American playwrights exclusively. Under the artistic direction of Jan Buttram, the company provides a safe home in which playwrights collaborate with other theatre artists and receive audience feedback through the utilization of a four-step development process: First Readings, Staged Readings http://www.abingdontheatre.org/reading/default.aspx, and Workout Labs, which culminate in Studio Productions http://www.abingdontheatre.org/season/default.aspx and Mainstage Productions http://www.abingdontheatre.org/season/default.aspx.

For Tickets visit http://www.abingdontheatre.org/

From: Jazz Promo Serviceshttp://www.jazzpromoservices.com/

New Product From Jazz’s Jammy Left Field: Charlie Hunter, Marco Benevento

By Evan Haga

We’re not going to waste your time with jokes about patchouli oil or Bonnaroo: Marco Benevento and Charlie Hunter, two jazz-trained players who have no qualms with pop, have new or forthcoming product worth seeking out.

For Benevento fans there’s Marco Benevento & Friends—Live in NYC: The Sullivan Hall Residency, a DVD released yesterday on the Royal Potato Family label. The concert film, directed by Karina Mackenzie for Shine a Light Productions, includes highlights from Benevento’s January 2008 residency at Sullivan Hall in NYC’s Greenwich Village. For five Thursdays, the Brooklyn-based keyboardist arranged collaborations with a who’s who of jazz-minded folks from the downtown and jam-band scenes. Featured players include drummer Joe Russo, Benevento’s partner in his popular Duo; and bassist Reed Mathis and drummer Andrew Barr, members of his working trio.

Other guests include drummers Billy Martin, Bobby Previte and G. Calvin Weston; saxophonists Skerik and John Ellis; guitarists David “Fuze” Fiuczynski, Brad Barr and Kaki King; bassist Marc Friedman and slide trumpeter Steven Bernstein. To check out the trailer click here; for a clip of Benevento locked into hefty riffs with Russo and Brad Barr on “Megafauna,” go here. Benevento, Skerik and Moore can also be heard on Power Patriot (Mega Force), the recently released full-length from Garage a Trois.

On Jan. 12, seven- and eight-string guitarist Charlie Hunter will release Gentlemen, I Neglected to Inform You You Will Not Be Getting Paid on his Spire Artist Media label. (The album will be available in brick-and-mortar retailers on that date and online at reapandsow.com.) Inspired in part by Lester Bowie’s Brass Fantasy, and following recent brass-heavy projects led by Dave Douglas and Roswell Rudd, Hunter has enlisted a groove-savvy lineup including trombonist Curtis Fowlkes, trombonist Alan Ferber, trumpeter Eric Biondo and drummer Eric Kalb. After previewing the record this afternoon, we can safely say longtime Hunter devotees should be thrilled.

It’s a great-sounding recording, with streamlined analog production that’s squeaky clean without being sterile—there’s a terrifically organic, old-school vibe to this one. The album follows last year’s more electronic Baboon Strength with keyboardist Erik Deutsch and drummer Tony Mason, and, with a beautifully empathetic horn section, it underscores Hunter’s strengths: pop melodicism, postbop improvisation, an innate feel for R&B and funk, and convincing hard-blues technique. Hunter will surely pull some of the new tunes out early next year at Rose Live Music in Brooklyn, where he starts a four-week Tuesday night residency on Jan. 5. For more information on Hunter, visit his official site.
http://jazztimes.com/sections/news/articles/25316-new-product-from-jazz-s-jammy-left-field-charlie-hunter-marco-benevento