Jazz Articles about Daniel Bennett

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Daniel Bennett: The Bear Truth

by Ludwig vanTrikt
July 24, 2012

Whether considered a member of Generation X or Y, saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist/composer and bandleader Daniel Bennett's career certainly is indicative of how many young artists' careers are ascending with the advent of the internet. But Daniel has a measured cynicism towards balancing live performance with the wonders of tech.Moreover what is also refreshing about this young musician is his candor. He readily admits to being very raw when his career began in earnest only a few years ago, not even ...

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Album Review

Daniel Bennett Group: Peace And Stability Among Bears

Read "Peace And Stability Among Bears" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
January 17, 2012

The album art (a bear bedecked in Wild West accouterments) and song titles ("Farmer Joe Was A Bear," “Dogs Of Our Time") of Daniel Bennett Group's Peace & Stability Among Bears promise a good--if cartoonish--time. What's going on in the music, however, is something altogether different. The quartet performance led by reeds player Bennett sounds light at first blush but is, in fact, pretty weighty business, welcoming and aesthetically coherent. Three elements of this success have nothing to do with ...

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Album Review

Daniel Bennett Group: Peace And Stability Among Bears

Read "Peace And Stability Among Bears" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
June 28, 2011

The Daniel Bennett Group's trio of bear-related albums, the “Bear Thompson Trilogy," reaches its lovably eccentric conclusion with Peace And Stability Among Bears, a delightful collection of Americana-flavored jazz tunes. The trilogy started with 2007's A Nation Of Bears and 2008's The Legend Of Bear Thompson (both on Bennett Alliance), but while all three are linked by reeds player/composer Bennett--and, of course, bears--the lineup has changed a little over time. This album features a quartet, with guitarist Chris Hersch, bassist ...

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Album Review

Daniel Bennett Group: Peace & Stability Among Bears

Read "Peace & Stability Among Bears" reviewed by Josep Pedro

by Josep Pedro
June 15, 2011

Multi-instrumentalist Daniel Bennett concludes his trilogy of fables about bears, deepening his unique mixture of jazz, folk, minimalism and trance musics with Peace & Stability Among Bears. Following melodic exploration as the main idea, Bennett combines lightness and subtlety with dreamlike passages that define his particular sound universe. Entertaining and complex, Peace & Stability Among Bears keeps pouring fresh ideas into the jazz world. Polyphony, catchy melodies, African-tinged percussion and open door folk atmospheres all form part of an organic ...

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Extended Analysis

Daniel Bennett Group: Peace & Stability Among Bears

by AAJ Staff
April 21, 2011

Daniel Bennett GroupPeace & Stability Among BearsBennett Alliance2010 The New York-based Daniel Bennett Group has released its third “bear album," Peace & Stability Among Bears (Bennett Alliance, 2010). The disc is the last in a trilogy of what the former Bostonian describes as a “trilogy of fables" that follows the progress of a group of fictional bears. The two earlier releases were notable for their bright and mobile music, and a ...

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Extended Analysis

Daniel Bennett Group: The Legend Of Bear Thompson

by AAJ Staff
November 22, 2009

Daniel Bennett GroupThe Legend Of Bear ThompsonBennett Alliance2008Acoustic guitar and alto saxophone form a key part of Boston saxophonist Daniel Bennett's musical recipe, and the combination informs the pleasingly melodic The Legend Of Bear Thompson. The lineup is Bennett on alto saxophone and flute, Brant Grieshaber on acoustic guitar and Sean Jefferson drums. The sound is light on percussion, and indeed Bennett did not have a drummer between 2004 ...