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Yannick Benoit

I was born in 1983, I started playing music at a very young age with the recorder, an instrument that I still particularly like. Today my favorite instrument is the saxophone, I also use my voice more and more. Since my beginnings, thanks to the teachings of my first music teacher Jean Francois Millet, I have been playing and improvising. In order to deepen my musical knowledge, I went through the Paris Conservatory, which allowed me to meet the big names in Jazz and improvised music from France and elsewhere. I also learned a lot by listening and analyzing the playing and music of Jazz legends of the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s...  Today I feed on world music, particularly Mongolian singing techniques and the Australian didgeridoo and I work to understand and feel the effect of sounds on the body

Marc Cary, Wayne Shorter, Betty Carter & Addison Frei

by Joe Dimino
December 22, 2024

Kicking off the 885th episode of Neon Jazz, we dive in with New York City pianist Addison Frei and the title track from his new 2024 album, Coin Flip. A talent with deep Kansas City roots, Addison sets the tone before we shift to Marc Cary, a mentor who's shared meaningful time and music with him ...