from: Relix.com
Written by Mike Greenhaus
March 10, 2008
The Benevento-Russo Duo first made its name playing jazz gigs at New York’s Knitting Factory Tap Bar. And as much as those early collaborations were “shows,” they were also parties: excuses for all sorts of freaks to take a break from their regular lives and come together for a mid-week Indian summer. But The Benevento-Russo Duo has long since gone from being the soundtrack for a party to an actual band and gradually carved out its own niche in the blurry space where jazz, jam and indie meet.
Oddly enough, Marco Benevento’s burgeoning solo career has followed a similar blueprint: In the fall of 2006 the keyboardist hosted a loose, experimental residency, the following summer he released an album documenting that run and, in the months since, he’s molded the best moments from those discs into a new band (featuring Reed Mathis and Andrew Barr) complete with a solo album, Invisible Baby (click here to read more...).
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