Back in early 2008, Marco Benevento set-up a Thursday night residency at Sullivan Hall that featured a series of killer combos and collaborations including: Andrew Barr, Billy Martin, Bobby Previte, Brad Barr, DJ Olive, G. Calvin Weston, Reed Mathis, Joe Russo, John Ellis, Kaki King, Marc Friedman, Skerik, Stanton Moore, and Steven Bernstein. Shine A Light Productions captured it all on film and just recently completed a DVD of the events entitled "Marco Benevento (& Friends): Live In NYC: The Sullivan Hall Residency." Here's a little video teaser they put together for the [...]
on the seventh day god (small g) did not rest. instead (s)he got up, had a mug of strongblack and a delicious bowl of cocopops (maybe with maltesers added), cleared up the mucky debris of the previous six days creationist madness, then thought to him(her)self whilst sitting on the john, casually flicking through some foosty [...]
Concept albums have a bad name, and frankly with good cause. I would sooner eat my own earwax than be forced to listen to The Wall or The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway or some guff like that. Bobby Previte's 1991 album Weather Clear, Track Fast is, thankfully, an entirely different kettle of eels. A collection of seven instrumental pieces, all named after horse racing terms. Nice and loose on the concept front, and with the distinct bonus that horse racing is a subject it's just about impossible to get [...]
Bobby Previte : Airstrip One and Memory Hole From: The Coalition of the Willing [Ropeadope 2006) I regret that it was only until recently that I familiarized myself with New York composer and percussionist Bobby Previte , who has got to be one of the most exciting musicians working today. First a brief introduction: Previte grew up in upstate New York, where his first drum kit was fashioned out of metal garbage cans, aluminum pie plates, and wire coat hangers. His formal studies took place [...]
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