Marco Benevento - keys; Dave Dreiwitz - bass; Andy Borger - drums http://www.marcobenevento.com/ http://www.facebook.com/marco.benevento http://www.jambase.com/artists/24371/Marco-Benevento http://www.reverbnation.com/marcobenevento http://soundcloud.com/marco-benevento-rpf http://www.myspace.com/marco.benevento https://twitter.com/marcobenevento http://www.ropeadope.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Benevento : Marco Benevento (born July 22, 1977 in Livingston, New Jersey) is a pianist, organist and composer from Brooklyn. Benevento is known for his effected piano work with his trio as well as his Hammond Organ and Wurlitzer Electric Piano work with the Benevento Russo Duo. Benevento has also been a member of the New York's jazz and experimental music scene since 1999.... He graduated from Ramapo High in 1995 and Berklee College of Music in 1999.... He was a member of The Jazz Farmers from 1999--2001.... Benevento has studied under and played alongside teachers like Kenny Werner, Brad Mehldau, and Joanne Brackeen; and bandmates like Matt Chamberlain, Andrew Barr, Billy Martin, George Porter, Johnny Vidacovich, Steven Bernstein, Cindy Blackman, Wayne Krantz, Charlie Hunter, Stanton Moore, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon and Trey Anastasio.... In 2009 Benevento began his own record label with manager Kevin Calabro called The Royal Potato Family.... _____________________________________________________ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Dreiwitz: Dave Dreiwitz is a multi-instrumentalist, best known as the bassist for the band Ween. Dave Dreiwitz was born on January 2, 1966 in New York City, New York to traditional jazz musician parents, Richard and Barbara Dreiwitz. In 1985, at the age of nineteen, Dave joined the Hoboken, New Jersey based psych rock band Tiny Lights... In 1986, while attending Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, he met fellow schoolmate and drummer Scott Byrne and...they started the rock band Instant Death in 1991. Instant Death dissolved with the passing of Byrne in 2005. In 1997, Dave joined Ween. Dave also performs in the Led Zeppelin instrumental tribute band, Bustle In Your Hedgerow. He occasionally plays bass with Chris Harford and the Band of Changes, The Marco Benevento Trio, The Old Rugged Sauce as well in his own drum and bass duo, Crescent Moon, which features Dreiwitz on bass alongside various guest drummers. Crescent Moon drummers have included Claude Coleman, Chris Harfenist from the Sound of Urchin, Eric Slick of Dr. Dog and Joe Russo of Furthur. He has also performed with the Moistboyz, The Gene Ween Band, Andrew Weiss, Russell Batiste, Billy Martin, Lunar Bear Ensemble with John Ritchie, John Kruth, Peter Stampfel of The Holy Modal Rounders, Brook Benton, Hal Willner, Sam Shepard, John S. Hall, King Missile (Dog Fly Religion), Jack Petruzzelli, Greg Di Gesu, Robert Musso Trio, Clem Snide, Joan Osborne and Sparklehorse. http://www.jambase.com/artists/30949/Dave-Dreiwitz http://www.myspace.com/geneweenband http://www.myspace.com/davedreiwitz http://www.myspace.com/bustle http://wn.com/Dave_Dreiwitz ___________________________________________________ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Borger: Andrew Borger is an American drummer. Born in Colorado, Andrew Borger played extensively in San Francisco Bay Area club scene before being recognized by Tom Waits and eventually Norah Jones. Andrew's flare for percussion includes not only kit drums, but tablas, maracas, pots & pans, and he has even been known to solo on his snare box.... Andrew is featured in the DVD Norah Jones & the Handsome Band: Live in 2004. Today he lives in Brooklyn, NY and plays with Norah Jones, Jesse Harris, and the Take-out Kings, amongst others. http://royalpotatofamily.com/ http://www.facebook.com/TheRoyalPotatoFamily http://www.myspace.com/theroyalpotatofamily ___________________________________________________ You can check out all of the incredible bands that played at The Big Up 2011 by following the links here: http://www.thebigup.com/ http://www.facebook.com/TheBigUp _____________________________________________________ And you can become one of my muses & inspire to make more these videos by becoming a fan of mine on facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/phinnegansvideos ___________________________________________________________________________ Or connect to me in any other number of ways: http://phinnegansvideos.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com/u/0/105911422402466228549/posts http://www.reverbnation.com/fan/craigeugenephinneganphipps http://www.jambase.com/Fans/Phinnegan http://www.myspace.com/phinnegan69 http://soundcloud.com/phinnegan-1 https://twitter.com/Phinnegans And of course you should subscribe to my youtube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/Phinnegans _______________________________________________________________________________________

• published: 20 Dec 2013