Benny Benack III

Benny Benack III

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Benny Benack III

Benny Benack III

Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 5:00pm
  • The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
  • Lounge at the Greer Cabaret
  • Ticket Prices
    Free and open to the public

Trumpeter Benny Benack is currently studying at the Manhattan School of Music in New York on a full tuition scholarship for Jazz Trumpet and has studied privately with such incredible trumpet artists as Sean Jones, Laurie Frink, Terell Stafford, Marcus Printup and Jim Rotondi. Benny has been a member of the Gibson-Baldwin GRAMMY Jazz Ensemble, performing alongside Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Joe Lovano, Terence Blanchard, and Christian Scott. Benny played in the Vail Jazz Festival as a member of the prestigious Vail Jazz Workshop and the Telluride Jazz Festival as a member of the Telluride Jazz All-Stars. Benny is a 2009 silver award winner of NFAA/Young Arts. He has played in the Jazz Band of America, the PA All-State Jazz Band and the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, which performed with Wynton Marsalis at the Monterey Jazz Festival. Benny is also an accomplished jazz pianist & singer, having performed in his father’s big band from a very young age.

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