This weekend you have the chance to see the keyboard sensation twice, if you’re willing to road trip. He plays Chelsea’s in Red Stick on Friday and at the Blue Nile in the Crescent City on Saturday.
For more than a decade, pianist Marco Benevento has been amassing an extensive resume of composition and collaboration. His albums set forth a vision that connects the dots between Explosions In The Sky and Tortoise on one side, Brian Eno and Brad Mehldau on the other.
The 35-year old artist took a major step forward last year with the release of his latest album, TigerFace.
The ten-track collection is painted in a myriad of sonic colors, shimmering with acoustic piano, synths and analog keyboards, while the songs are seemingly conceptualized from every wisp of melody that’s ever tickled his ear.
Recorded by Tom Biller (Silversun Pickups) and Bryce Goggin (Pavement), TigerFace features a stellar cast to help capture his ideas including drummers Matt Chamberlain (Pearl Jam) and John McEntire (The Sea & The Cake), bassists Dave Dreiwitz (Ween) and Mike Gordon (Phish), saxophonist Stuart Bogie (Antibalas), and vocalist Kalmia Traver (Rubblebucket).
Benevento will be appearing with his regular band featuring Dave Dreiwitz on bass and Andy Borger on drums (Tom Waits, Ani DiFranco).
