Benny Bennet
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Benny Bennet (1922 - 1961) was an American jazz drummer, conductor, and entertainment musician with Cuban origin, who mostly worked in France.
Biography
Born in Port of Spain on 1922, his family soon moved to the United States at his age 2.
At the age of 12, he took percussion and drums lessons at the Manhattan School of Music. He had his first appearances in the environment of the early bebop musicians in the club Minton's Playhouse. Under the influence of his first wife, Cathalina, a Cuban dancer, he became interested in Latin music.
After the end of the WWII he moved to Paris, where he initially played in jam sessions with jazz musicians such as Harry Cooper, Robert Mavounzy, Frank Goudie and Charlie Lewis. In 1947 he belonged to the BeBop Minstrels with Hubert Fol, André Persiany and Emmanuel Soudieux; in a similar cast he recorded with Robert Mavounzy & His Orchestra. In 1951/52 he played with Don Byas and His Rhythm (among others with Maurice Vander and Jean-Pierre Sasson), in 1953 with Clifford Brown, Henri Renaud and Pierre Michelot ( Clifford Brown in Paris ) and in 1960 with André Réwéliotty,[1] before he shifted to dance and light music and in Paris with his own bands (Benny Bennet et son Orchester de Musique Latine-Américaine) worked.
In the 1960s he released a series of singles, EPs and LPs such as Festical a Cuba – Cha Cha Cha (Disques Vogue). In the field of jazz he was involved in 17 recording sessions from 1946 to 1961.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lord, Tom. The jazz discography. ISBN 1-881993-00-0. OCLC 30547554.
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