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Warren Benbow

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Warren Benbow is a New York-based drummer who has worked and recorded with Nina Simone, Larry Willis with Eddie Gomez on the CD "Inner Crisis", Olu Dara, Jimmy Owens with Chris White and Kenny Barron, Phyllis Hyman, Michael Urbaniak, Billy "Spaceman" Patterson, Teruo Nakamura. Theatre and film artists Bill Duke, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Gilbert Moses, Chapman Roberts, Melvin Van Peebles and was an original member of James Blood Ulmer's band 'Odyssey.' At the High School of Performing Arts in New York City Mr. Benbow studied drums and percussion with Jazz percussionist Warren Smith and with Morris Goldenberg of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra

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Article: Building a Jazz Library

Guitar Gods & Goddesses: An Alternative Top Ten Albums

Read "Guitar Gods & Goddesses: An Alternative Top Ten Albums" reviewed by Chris May


Although it has been present in jazz since the 1920s, when it was routinely used in rhythm sections, as a solo instrument the guitar struggled to make itself heard--literally--until the second half of the 1930s, when reliable pick-ups and portable amplifiers became available. Foremost among the pioneers of the electrified instrument was Charlie Christian, a member ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Drummer Warren Benbow's New Book, "A Drummers Story" Now Available

Drummer Warren Benbow's New Book, "A Drummers Story" Now Available

Like many drummers I started out early, and by the time I was sixteen and a half I began playing my first professional gigs. It seemed to me that I was born a drummer. Here is a little about me: I've been fortunate to have performed and or recorded with artists like: Whitney Houston, Nina Simone, ...

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Article: In Pictures

James Blood Ulmer trio at the 2018 GetCloser Festival

Read "James Blood Ulmer trio at the 2018 GetCloser Festival" reviewed by Roberto Cifarelli


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News: Book / Magazine

Warren Benbow's New Book, "A Drummer's Story" Now Available!

Warren Benbow's New Book, "A Drummer's Story" Now Available!

A Drummer’s Story by Warren Benbow is now available. Jazz is one of the major forms of musical expression. In the 1970s, jazz was moving away from strict acoustic instruments and was adding electric instruments— turning its style toward rock music. Warren Benbow, who has been playing drums since he was young, details the changes jazz ...

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Warren Benbow's Harmolodic Adventure

Label: Dengel Music Co.
Released: 2013
Track listing: The Ballet; Hey Girl; The Ides Of A March; Just Trippin'/Soundscape; Locomotion; Al's Blues; .Just For The Swing Of It ; Compulsion.

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Warren Benbow's Pow Wow Project

Label: Dengel Music
Released: 2011
Track listing: 1. 'Pow Wow'! 06:46 2.For Jimi... 05:59

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The Spiritual Jazz Quartet

Label: Dengel Music Co.
Released: 2009
Track listing: 1. Motherless Child 04:35 2. Wade in the Water 04:13 3. Joshua fit de Battle 05:49 4. Swing Low 07:11

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American Blues

Label: Dengel Music, Co.
Released: 2008
Track listing: 1. 'L.A.'! 05:38 2. 'American Blues' 05:55 3. 'distorted prayer' 11:54 4. 'Munich' 04:27 5. 'Cahuenga Blvd.' 02:21

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L. A. Odyssey

Label: Dengel Music Co.
Released: 2007
Track listing: 1. revisited 03:48 2. brunch in san bernadino 05:20 3. Hollywood, Vine and Sunset 03:29 4. Denny's Scrambled Eggs 03:47 5. L.A. Odyssey 03:14 6. Axis 04:20 7. voice of the angles 03:42 8. Runnin' from the cops in L.A. 02:46 9. 'Cahuenga Blvd.' 02:21


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