Marco Benevento in Los Angeles at the Coronet Theater

Source: Calabro Music
June 18, 2008
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WHO:
MARCO BENEVENTO
(with Reed Mathis on bass and Matt Chamberlain on drums)

WHEN:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
Show at: 8:30 PM

WHERE:
LARGO (AT THE CORONET THEATER)
366 N. La Cienega Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90048
(310) 855-0350

PRICE:
$30

WHAT:
In Support Of Debut Solo Album, INVISIBLE BABY, Marco Benevento performs with his trio, featuring Reed Mathis (Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey) on bass and Matt Chamberlain (Tori Amos) on drums, for the first time in Los Angeles.

Marco Benevento has been blowing minds around the world for the past six years as one half of the critically-acclaimed post-jazz, instrumental rock luminaries, The Benevento-Russo Duo. From Austin City Limits to Bonnaroo, from The Fuji Rock Festival to Lollapalooza, Benevento's extra-terrestrial keyboard visions have earned him a legion of fans.

While still touring frequently with The Duo, Benevento's also stepped out as a leader. Last year, he formed his own trio for a string of sold out U.S. shows. Soon thereafter, he entered the studio to document the songs he'd been performing. The results are captured on Invisible Baby--Benevento's debut studio album. The music runs from tasty Mellotron jams to distorted piano excursions, experiments with circuit bent toys like Speak & Spells and Casio keyboards to a spectrum of audio colors, including banjos, drum loops and Glockenspiels.

Here's what critics have been saying about “INVISIBLE BABY":

“On Invisible Baby (Hyena) with bassist Reed Mathis and drummers Andrew Barr and Matt Chamberlain, Benevento sculpts his pieces with playful weirdness too (the insect-dance hook of 'The Real Morning Party') and addresses the melodies and spaces in 'Ruby' and 'You Must Be Lion' with heated grace."
-- David Fricke, Rolling Stone

“...Benevento is actually a pop formalist, albeit a sneaky one, and, for all his improvisational chops, a textural minimalist very much in the tradition of Brian Eno or Sigur Ros. Chaos and chance are the calling cards, but his songs are always accessible..."
-- Bret Gladstone, Village Voice

“The new Benevento record will appeal to fans of Thelonious Monk, Air, Radiohead and Phish...tunes like 'Bus Ride' and 'Are You The Favorite Person Of Anybody' are ambient soundscapes winking at the psychedelic."
-- David Callicott, New York Press

“Pure fun." -- Austin L. Ray, Paste Magazine

Brief and spare, yet powerful and moving, there is nothing but joy at the heart of Invisible Baby, which is nothing short of an instant classic."
-- Josh Potter, Jambase.com

“Benevento is something of an iconoclast on the piano. He knows his Monk and his Basie, but he prefers to play like a rock star, bashing power chords into the ivories and hooking up with others who straddle the rock-jazz line. Is it jazz? Is it rock? Hard to say, but it hardly matters."
-- Steve, Greenlee, The Boston Globe

“Invisible Baby is an eight track masterpiece."
-- Lucas Stangl, The Late Greats

“Invisible Baby will twist your synapses, feed your head, and turn on your love light. It will, in short, make you feel glad to be alive."
-- Chris May, All About Jazz

“...more tightly focused and accessible than the glorious sprawl of Benevento's 3-disc, Live at Tonic outing last year, Invisible Baby remains a daring, genre-bending trio record."
-- Britt Robson, eMusic

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