Eric "Benny" Bloom
January 8, 2020
Jam Cruise 18 @ Golden Jazz Bar

Schoeps mk4/cmc6 -> Sound Devices 788 -> Wavelab 7 (fades and dither) -> CDWav -> Traders Little Helper -> Azureus Vuze
Notes: Recorded from the stage lip

01. ?Jam? > Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) [Marvin Gaye] (coda)
02. In Walked Bud [Thelonious Monk]
03. Don't Get Around Much Anymore [Nat King Cole]
04. Ramblin' [Ornette Coleman] (with Eric Krasno)
05. So What [Miles Davis] (with Etienne Stoufflet & other horns & Mike Dillon)
06. Four [Miles Davis] (with Etienne Stoufflet, Philip Lassiter & other horns & Mike Dillon)
07. How Blue Can You Get? [B.B. King] (with Marcus King & Mike Dillon)
08. Jan Jan [The Fabulous Counts / Grant Green] (with Eric Krasno & Mike Dillon)
09. I Mean You [Thelonious Monk] (with ?Eric Krasno? & Mike Dillon)
10. I Left My Heart in San Francisco [Tony Bennett] (with ?Eric Krasno? & Mike Dillon)

Eric "Benny" Bloom - trumpet & vocals
Garrett Sayers - bass
Aron Magner - keyboards
Matt Scarano - drums
Danny Abel - guitar

Guests:
Eric Krasno - guitar
Etienne Stoufflet - tenor saxophone
Philip Lassiter - trumpet
other unknown horn players
Mike Dillon - vibraphone
Marcus King - guitar & vocals

https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/jam-cruise-18-day-2-2020/

Schtick, Schmaltz, and Sit-Ins With Benny Bloom In The Jazz Lounge

Lettuce trumpeter Eric Benny Bloom is known by fans as much for his mischievous sense of humor as he is for his horn skills. Less widely known-of are his regular solo jazz sets in his home of New Orleans, where he shows off his classically trained abilities and earnest appreciation for the jazz greats alongside plenty of Bloom-y schmoozing with the audience.

For his Wednesday night Jazz Lounge set, Bloom combined the intimate, jovial nature of his solo jazz sets with the collaborative spirit of Jam Cruise for what was easily among the most entertaining sets of the voyage so far. As shows continued on the two main stages, countless artists from elsewhere on the bill packed the lounge and the side stage areas to get a look at Bennyâ€™s performanceâ€”always a strong indicator that youâ€™ve made a good choice in that time slot.

With the help of a backing band comprised of bassist Garrett Sayers (The Motet), keyboardist Aron Magner (The Disco Biscuits, SPAGA), and drummer Matt Scarano (SPAGA), Bloom worked through material by jazz greats like Ornette Coleman, Nat King Cole, and more between his tangents of side-splitting banter. He also welcomed a number of those artists in the audience to join the band throughout the set, including Eric Krasno, Marcus King, Mike Dillon, and a veritable army of horns.

These kinds of relaxed, intimate, light-hearted affairs are what Jam Cruise is all about, and the addition of Bloomâ€™s one-of-a-kind sense of humor only served to solidify that status for this Jazz Lounge set. For Cruisers who missed out on all the schmaltz at Bennyâ€™s Jazz Lounge set, fear notâ€”the real shenanigans are still to come at his Atrium set on Friday, aptly billed as â€œEric Benny Bloomâ€™s Really Tacky Show.â€

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