Active as bandleader in New York City since the mid 2010s, Joe
BENJAMIN HAS BUILT MANY DIFFERENT WORLDS FOR HIS MUSIC TO LIVE IN.
Until only a few years ago, he led a massive, genre-bending 11-piece
orchestra, whose sheer mass was its own spectacle. As Joe’s style
has evolved, his arrangements have become more streamlined, and his
new music replaces the cacophony of reeds and brass with a tight
three-piece horn section and back-up singers, just as it replaces the
bombastic and madcap swing rhythms of his former project with
irresistibly danceable grooves and earworm hooks.
While his newest work is heavily influenced by funk and soul bands
such as Jamiroquai and Earth, Wind & Fire, Joe Benjamin has a sound
all his own, and it is his intoxicating and idiosyncratic style that
has brought him on sold-out tours throughout Europe and the United
States (the most pertinent of which is his forthcoming summer 2019
tour) and given him a dedicated fanbase at home in New York City.
Together with his rhythm section (Ray Cetta, Tom Wilson and Michael
Gordon), Joe has written a new album that showcases his previously
under-displayed talent for creating searing, insistent grooves, catchy
hooks and expansive soundscapes with no frills or pretensions- just
the raw, captivating power that Benjamin has always been known for.
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