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JD Benjamin

About Me

I play cornet with The Red Hook Ramblers Brooklyn's premier Dixieland band - check out their site for the most up-to-date gig info! www.myspace.com/redhookdixieramblers
I'm a freelance trumpeter-for-hire. Some past/present collaborators:
Beat the Devil (featuring Shilpa Ray)
Belowsky
The Bowmans
Michael Campbell (as A Fermata)
Cheese on Bread (featuring Dan Fishback)
Columbia University Wind Ensemble
Dan Costello
Creaky Boards
Dave Cuomo
Eddy Davis (and the Woody Allen band)
The Deedle Deedle Dees
Eidolon Ballet Company
Miki Huber
The Ladybug Transistor
Lance Romance
Alex Lowry
Rob Kendt
Phoebe Kreutz
M Shanghai String Band
David L.K. Murphy
Peter Nevins
Pace University production of Funny Girl
Peaks and Valleys
Matthew Peverly
Purse Snatchers (featuring Doug Marvin from Dirty on Purpose and Annie Hart from Au Revoir Simone)
Walker Street Orphans
The Wows
A few of the NY venues I’ve played include:
Williamsburg Music Hall
Mercury Lounge
Knitting Factory
CBGBs
Blender Theater at Gramercy
92nd Street Y
Louis Armstrong House & Museum
American Folk Art Museum
Broadway United Church of Christ
Middle Collegiate Church
Greenpoint Reformed Church
Resurrection Presbyterian Church
Jalopy Theater
Barbes
Rubulad
South Street Seaport
Sunny's
The Slipper Room
Neighborhood Public Radio.org
Live on WFMU (91.1 FM)
Live on WBAI (99.5 FM)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 29/03/2005
Band Members: Member of The Redhook Ramblers and freelance trumpeter
Influences: Trumpet/Cornet: Louis Armstrong, Bunk Johnson, Bix Biederbecke, King Oliver, Herbert Clarke, Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Bubber Miley, Jabbo Smith

Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

list of gigs 2005 - 2007

You've clicked on this, so...This is not a complete list of gigs I've done in the last 3 years, in fact, I got tired of writing them down half-way through 2007 because the Red Hook Ramblers were ...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:03:00 GMT

Louis Armstrong is Alive and Shops at C-Town

He was one of the grandest spirits to walk the land. A spirit that big just shines and shines and never stops. Read  Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans
Posted by on Wed, 27 Jul 2005 14:59:00 GMT