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ArrangerLes BenedictLes Benedict is a versatile
musician who performs on alto,
tenor and
bass trombones, euphonium
and tuba, and sundry other
brass
instruments. He recorded with
Clare Fischer’s “Jazz Corps” on
Eb
Cornet, Eb flugelhorn, and Eb
helicon tuba, covering three
octaves of
instruments. Les played
trombone on Bette Midler’s CD
Bathhouse
Betty, trombone and
euphonium on Herbie
Hancock’s soundtrack to A
Soldier’s Story, and lead
trombone on Gerald Wilson’s
Grammy-
nominated Suite for Monterey.
He has performed with the
Honolulu
Symphony and the Honolulu
Opera Orchestra, and played
alto horn
on the soundtracks of Glory
and The Hunt for Red October.
A concert
with Buddy Collette in
Washington, D.C. was
broadcast on Public
Radio and will soon be
released on CD, the first such
recording
produced by the Library of
Congress. He played on Joe
Zawinul’s
Grammy-nominated CD, Faces
and Places, on tuba, bass
trombone,
tenor and alto trombones,
marching trombone, alto horn
and
euphonium. Les performed in
the Vienna, Austria Concert
House with
The Gerald Wilson Orchestra,
and toured Japan with The Billy
Vaughn
Orchestra, Abe Most and Ray
Anthony big bands, the U.S.
and
Canada with Frank Sinatra, and
has performed with Tony
Bennett,
Elvis Presley, and Quincy
Jones. Performances at jazz
festivals
include Monterey, Playboy,
Santa Barbara, Ocho Rios
(Jamaica),
Drew, San Francisco, Boston
Globe, Honolulu, West Coast
and Central
Avenue. The L. A. Jazz Scene
wrote that Les is “…a very
gifted
trombonist who can play in
many different styles.”
Les is in demand as an
educator. He received a B.S. in
Music
Education from Tennessee
Tech and an M.M. in
Performance
(emphasis in classical and
jazz) from the University of
Hawaii. He
collaborated with Conrad
Herwig in producing the book,
Fond
Memories of Frank Rosolino
(Double-Time Records), in the
preface to
which the Grammy-nominated
Herwig wrote, “Les Benedict…
has
taught me most of what I know
about playing the trombone.”
Les is
an active private instructor and
has conducted numerous
clinics and
master classes nationwide. He
was on the faculty of the
Idyllwild Arts
Summer Program for two
seasons, and has participated
in master
classes for the UCLA film
scoring department. |
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