Go West, Young Man: Left Coast Marco
Score one for bearded hipsters. One-half of the best duo in music recently announced seven dates out west to promote his three-disc set from a glorious Novemberstand at the now-closed Tonic. You’re gonna have some fun here:
Marco Benevento will perform a series of shows on the West Coast in August to support the release of his first ever solo project, the three-CD set Live At Tonic, due August 14 on Ropeadope. Best known as one half of the acclaimed post-jazz, indie rock experimentalists Benevento/Russo Duo, the visionary 29-year old keyboardist will be joined on the dates by Reed Mathis on electric guitar and bass and Matt Chamberlain on drums.
Here’s a sweet video of the Live at Tonic teaser…tour dates follow below:
Marco/Mathis/Chamberlain Tour Dates:
August 3 | Trilogy | Boulder, CO
August 4 | Telluride Jazz Festival | Telluride, CO
August 7 | The Triple Door | Seattle, WA
August 8 | Kuumbwa | Santa Cruz, CA
August 9, 10 & 11 | Yoshi’s | Oakland, CA
Hello Yoshi’s!
Perfect place for this.
Stoked. Stoked. Stoked.
That is awesome…have fun, Monkowitz. Every time I think of Yoshi’s I think of this:
http://stash.nugs.net/hornsby/98yoshis_mp3.asp?artist=11&show=232&cmd=shows
[...] Without hesitation I can easily say the trio night with Reed Mathis and Matt Chamberlain really stood out for me, which is pretty much what leads me here to Seattle — we just began a seven-day West Coast run. The energy of the three of us on stage is very visible; we’re totally in awe of how the music happens. It was and still is unexplainable! Every time Reed and Matt touch their instruments, they do it with wide-eyed wonder and excitement, which I’m a big fan of. The first disc of the “Live at Tonic” release features a lot of the trio, however, the second tune on the second disc “We’re Using Time For Fun” is one of my favorite improvisations of the entire run. [...]