Daniel Bennett | New York Saxophonist | Recording Artist


You need Flash player 8+ and JavaScript enabled to view this video. Tweets by @dbennettgroup	May 25 - Tomi Jazz 239 East 53rd St, New York, NY Daniel Bennett Group 8pm - 10:30pm May 29 - Liberty Hotel 215 Charles St, Boston, MA Daniel Bennett Group 6pm - 9pm June 3 - Liberty Hotel 215 Charles St, Boston, MA Daniel Bennett Group Private Event June 7 - Liberty House Restaurant 76 Audrey Zapp Dr, Jersey City, NJ Bennett with David Grossman June 8 - St. George Theatre 35 Hyatt St, Staten Island, NY Bennett plays woodwinds at the 7th annual Minty Awards June 15 - West Mount Country Club 728 Rifle Camp Rd, Woodland Park, NJ Bennett with David Grossman June 22 - Funky Monkey Cafe 130 Elm St, Cheshire, CT Daniel Bennett Group 7:30pm - 9:30pm June 29 - Tomi Jazz 239 East 53rd St, New York, NY Daniel Bennett Group 8pm - 10:30pm July 10 - Metropolitan Room 34 West 22nd St, New York, NY Daniel Bennett Group CD RELEASE CONCERT! 9:30pm (Doors at 9pm) July 13 - The Grove 691 Pompton Ave, Cedar Grove, NJ Bennett with David Grossman July 17 - The Beehive 541 Tremont St, Boston, MA Daniel Bennett Group 9pm-1am

"To counteract jazz excess while still delving into deep improvisations, Bennett draws on the inspiration of folk music and the classic American minimalism of Steve Reich, Philip Glass, and Terry Riley." - Boston Phoenix "Saxophonist Daniel Bennett makes hay with an airy approach that's buoyant enough to conjure notions of East African guitar riffs and Steve Reich's pastoral repetition." - Village Voice "Saxist Daniel Bennett airs his lilting, potentially hypnotic compositions" - Timeout New York "Entertaining and Complex" Josep Pedro (All About Jazz) "The New England Conservatory-trained multi-reedman is quickly gaining a reputation as a composer who combines folkloric elements with the minimalist chord progressions of Steve Reich and Philip Glass, yielding music that is fresh, accessible, and just a bit quirky." - Jazz Police "Bennett takes his unique brand of trance-like improvised soundscapes to sublime new heights." - Best Saxophone Website Ever Blog "Performing jazz that's diametrically opposed to most of the jazz of the Downtown scene... Not like any other horn player out of NYC." Something Else Reviews "Bennett has a genius for creating immediately affecting melodies, which the group then develops into small masterpieces" - Bruce Lindsay (All About Jazz)	"Daniel Bennett's Peace and Stability Among Bears is one of the most disctinctive and charming recordings I've heard in some time." - The Big City Blog "An indie rock vibe develops into African moods, as Bennett's alto presents his characteristic light and talkative sound." - All About Jazz (Simon Harper) "Daniel Bennett should make people sit up and take notice with this release. Defying strict or standard categorization, Bennett is charting his own musical path." - Digital Jazz News "Peace and Stability Among Bears is one of the coolest and most accessible jazz albums in years." - Muzik Reviews "Daniel Bennett, who moved to Manhattan after graduating from the New England Conservatory in 2004, has quickly found his own voice amidst the sea of aspiring jazz virtuosos." - The Star-Ledger "A marvelously hypnotic musical trip that will speak to the jazz enthusiast, as well as the casual listener." - The Dirty Lowdown Blog "Bennett has a cooler, limpid tone that forcefully articulates the shifting rhythmic permutations at hand." - Gapplegate Music Review "Bennett advances a sweet consonant voice that cultivates a blithesome and intimate performance on Peace and Stability Among Bears." - Matthew Voss Jazz Blog "Interlocking rhythmic patterns, with sudden stop-shifts in time signatures overlaid by swirling melodies. These building blocks call to mind minimalist composers like Steve Reich." - Jeff Dayton-Johnson (All About Jazz)