PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Marco Benevento: The Jammy Side of Jazz

Berklee-educated jazz keyboardist Marco Benevento is defined by two things players with similar training often strive to avoid: jam-band associations and plainspoken, hooky melodies. He's embraced the jam scene's famously loyal fan base and collaborated with its players, from the workmanlike to the iconic. His original repertoire exploits pop and rock values, with the bold sonic textures of post-rock, electronic music and indie rock upholding tunes as hummable as those of movie themes, '80s pop ...

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