Benjamin Boone at Mad Duck

Boone and a select group of Fresno area jazz musicians will perform works from his new Origin Records album Confluence: The Ireland Sessions as they celebrate the wonderful work of the Lund Foundation (created in honor of Ed Lund). This is an art auction and scotch tasting event, and is always great fun!

Boone's work has been enthusiastically received by critics and fans with awards including #3 “Best Album of 2018” in DownBeat Magazine’s 83rd annual Readers Poll, #5 “Best Album of 2020” and #5 “Best Instrumental Group of 2020,” in the 42nd Annual JazzStation Awards, and #1 on the Amazon Charts. DownBeat noted, “despite the star turns [guests Branford Marsalis, Chris Potter, Greg Osby and Tom Harrell], Boone not only distinguishes himself with uncluttered, affecting orchestrations, but by passionately balancing intellect and emotion.” All About Jazz echoed, Boone’s “guest artists might be the attraction for the jazz listener… but that would miss the extraordinary music both written and performed by Boone.” Jazz giants Ambrose Akinmusire, Kenny Werner, Ben Monder, Ari Hoenig, and Corcoran Holt have also recorded with Boone....

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Boone and a select group of Fresno area jazz musicians will perform works from his new Origin Records album Confluence: The Ireland Sessions as they celebrate the wonderful work of the Lund Foundation (created in honor of Ed Lund). This is an art auction and scotch tasting event, and is always great fun!

Boone's work has been enthusiastically received by critics and fans with awards including #3 “Best Album of 2018” in DownBeat Magazine’s 83rd annual Readers Poll, #5 “Best Album of 2020” and #5 “Best Instrumental Group of 2020,” in the 42nd Annual JazzStation Awards, and #1 on the Amazon Charts. DownBeat noted, “despite the star turns [guests Branford Marsalis, Chris Potter, Greg Osby and Tom Harrell], Boone not only distinguishes himself with uncluttered, affecting orchestrations, but by passionately balancing intellect and emotion.” All About Jazz echoed, Boone’s “guest artists might be the attraction for the jazz listener… but that would miss the extraordinary music both written and performed by Boone.” Jazz giants Ambrose Akinmusire, Kenny Werner, Ben Monder, Ari Hoenig, and Corcoran Holt have also recorded with Boone.

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