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Daniel Bennett Group: The Mystery at Clown Castle
by Budd Kopman
Daniel Bennett is an extremely talented player (alto saxophone, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe and piano) and composer whose music has a simple, light and lyrical quality which hides quite a bit complexity going on underneath. There is also more than a bit of wry satire thrown into the mix. While his brand of music ...
Daniel Bennett Group: The Mystery at Clown Castle
by Mike Oppenheim
The Daniel Bennett Group's 2015 release The Mystery at Clown Castle, the successor to 2013's Clockhead Goes to Camp, picks up where the latter left off with a fresh and distinct new feel. The personnel has changed, with Daniel Bennett joined by guitarist Nat Janoff, bassist Eddy Khaimovich, and drummer Matthew Feick. Special guests include pianist ...
Daniel Bennett Group: The Mystery at Clown Castle
by Mark Sullivan
The Daniel Bennett Group's music is seductive. Bennett's jazz/rock tunes are bright, attractive, and relentlessly catchy: but odd meters, minimalism, hard rock guitar, and outside jazz are all lurking just below the surface. He even manages to make spoken word go down just as easily as vocals, no doubt greatly aided by the skills of guest ...
Paul Platypus
Album: The Mystery at Clown Castle
By Daniel Bennett
Label: Manhattan Daylight Media Group
Released: 2015
Duration: 3:10
Clockhead Goes to Camp
Label: Manhattan Daylight Media Group
Released: 2013
Track listing: The Old Muskrat; An Elephant Hugs a New Car;Nine Piglets; Mr Duck’s
Beautiful New Kitchen; Clockhead Goes to Camp; Whatever it Might Be;
Last Summer at Camp Creepy; Paint The Fence; Sandpaper is Necessary;
John Lizard and Mr Pug; Cabin 12 Escapes Into the Night; Patience; Ten
Piglets.
Daniel Bennett Group: Clockhead Goes to Camp
by Mike Oppenheim
Clockhead Goes to Camp, by the Daniel Bennett Group, is a refreshing album in its originality, positivity, and apparent simplicity. There are many ways in which this is not a typical jazz album. The instrumentation is one of them. Fronted by Daniel Bennett on saxophone and clarinet, a prominent percussion background, folk inspired guitar, and a ...
Daniel Bennett Group: Clockhead Goes to Camp
by C. Michael Bailey
Colleague Sammy Stein said of Clockhead Goes to Camp: Clockhead Goes to Camp is an album which is easy to listen to but not easy listening. The tone is light, mellow and uplifting yet it has enough depth to give many surprises." These adjectives all describe Daniel Bennett's music. More ...
Daniel Bennett Group: Clockhead Goes to Camp
by Hrayr Attarian
Reedman Daniel Bennett's Clockhead Goes to Camp is a crystallization of the motifs explored in his previous work. The thirteen short tracks--the longest clocking at less than six minutes--are concise, crisp and deceptively simple. The intriguingly surreal ambience results from the mixture of international folk influences and futuristic minimalism.Last Summer At Camp Creepy" is ...
Daniel Bennett Group: Clockhead Goes to Camp
by Sammy Stein
Manhattan based saxophonist Daniel Bennett graduated from the New England Conservatory in 2004 and since then has made ever increasing waves as a composer, band leader and woodwind player in the New York theatre scene. Clockhead Goes To Camp is the Daniel Bennett Group's fourth album, following the success of the 2011 Peace and Stability Among ...