Benito Gonzalez at Chicago Jazz Piano Festival at Pianoforte Studios

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Gonzalez, a native of Maracaibo, Venezuela, will kick off the festival on March 29-30. Gonzalez has performed and recorded with such jazz greats as Jackie McLean, Pharoah Sanders, Bobby Hutcherson, Dave Liebman, Gary Bartz, Curtis Fuller, Al Foster, Lenny White, Billy Hart, Ignacio Berroa, Jeff”Tain”Watts, Buster Williams, Rene McLean, Steve Turre, Delfeayo Marsalis, Hamiet Bluiett, Ron Blake, Antonio Sanchez, Mark Gross, and Azar Lawrence.