Eric Benson writes about the New York City jazz scene for All About Jazz. His reports and essays on jazz, politics, and art have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Down Beat, and Nextbook. On Inauguration Day, he co-led a “mass observation” project, januarythe20th.com, to document the historic day. The endeavor was profiled in the New York Times and In These Times Magazine.

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Brooklyn, NY

My Desert Island Picks

1. John Coltrane - A Love Supreme
2. Peter Brötzmann - The Chicago Octet/Tentet
3. Brad Mehldau - The Art of the Trio, Vol. 2
4. Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Himself
5. Bill Evans - Portrait in Jazz
6. Miles Davis - Miles Smiles
7. Guillermo Klein - Filtros

What I'm Listening To Now (As of 2009-09-30)

1. Esteban Sehinkman - El Sapo Argentino
2. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - Infernal Machines
3. Fly - Sky & Country

Favorite Web Sites

• All About Jazz - The most thorough site for the most daring music
• Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise - The blog of one of music's most eloquent and encyclopedic critics
• Destination: OUT - My favorite place to discover new places in the music's farther reaches
• DO THE MATH - Pianist Ethan Iverson's fantastic weblog

Favorite Jazz Genres
Modern Jazz