[ATTENDED: August 31, 2016] Marco Benevento
I’d never heard of Marco Benevento before this show. I looked him up before the show and listened to one song and thought it sounded okay. Because of a tight security force (understandable in light of recent events), I missed the opening few minutes of his set, but he played for nearly an hour, so I got a full taste of Marco’s music.
And Marco is a performer. Sitting at a modified piano in a black and white striped suit, he conducted his trio through long, groovy songs. Andre Borger played drums. And I was struck as soon as I walked in at how great and wild the drums were. Many songs had a click track of some sort (I think more just electronic noises on repeat), but Borger dominated the rhythm–playing great fills and smashing the hell out of everything in sight.
But the real star of the show was bassist Karina Rykman. (more…)
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