NEWS
June 4, 2008
Just to update everyone on my upcoming plans...I am about to go the NYC for 10 days to record a new album with Cachuma, a band i co-lead with Jonathon Haffner in NYC. Also doing a cd-release concert with another band i am in with Andrew Emer and Will bernard...we are releasing our first album with the Brooklyn Jazz Underground Label and are doing a cd release concert at Smalls in NYC on June 14th. Then, i am am playing with Derek Nievergelt and Aaron Thurston at the Tea Lounge in Brooklyn on June 16th...trio music. After that I am performing in Maribor, Slovenia at a major jazz festival and am doing another concert with Lisa Bassenge and Paul Kleber in Karlsruhe, Germany...the fall is dedicated to promoting the Benny Lackner Trio European release of PILGRIM on BHM-Music which is scheduled to happen in the fall. I will be doing some touring with Cachuma and Bernard / Emer group as well....
April 30, 2008
Here are some recent videos from The Hot Club in Lisbon.
Benny Lackner - Piano
Mathieu Chazarenc - Drums
Nelson Cascais - Bass
Coming Down/Mowgla
Let It Die, First
If Six Was Nine
February 21, 2008
I am in Europe right now working as a musical director for a play called "FREAKS" in Jena, Germany. Its fun as hell because i get to teach a bunch of actors how to play punk rock...something i have always wanted to do but never did because i was a "Jazz Musician". Then i am off to ireland to play with this great , young guitarist Mark Mcknight..hard and interesting music. Then I am in Portugal 3 times this year playing with David Binney and Joao Lencastre as well as Hugo Antunes and my band. Then I have to get to NYC for a CD release for a new band I am in with grammy nominated guitarist, Will Bernard and Andy Emer and Mark Ferber. Really good collective where we all contribute original material. After that, my trio will play festivals and clubs in Greece, Slovenia, Germany, Belgium, France in Matthieu Chazarenc's home town...he is a drummer from Paris that I have been playing with a lot..awesome guy and great drummer...on top of that I am doing some concerts with the German singer, Lisa Bassenge (who is on Universal Records). We are also recording a live record this year to document the trio's progress...will let you know more about that later. I am very excited about 2008...things are getting better every year. Please check back for updates soon...Benny
December 4, 2007
Hello Everyone, This Year we played shows in Germany, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Slovenia, Slovakia, Check Republic, France, Ireland, California, Croatia, Austria and a final concert December 1st at the Blue Note in NYC. Next year is looking even busier and we will record a new album halfway through the year...probably a live record this time. Please keep checking my site for updates...best wishes for the new year, Benny
September 2007
The Benny Lackner Trio, just signed on with NYC based management company, Stray Dog Music (www.straydoghaus.com). They released their third record, Pilgrim April 2007 in NYC and the trio will be toured Europe in April, May and June of 2007 to promote the release as well as September, October, November 2007. They are playing the Blue Note NYC December 1st, 2007. they just headline Galway jazz festival ireland and are about to go to Spain, Portugal, Greece, Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Croatia.