CD release: July 12, 2024
3X GRAMMY Nominee Lakecia Benjamin to Release First Live Studio Album, Phoenix Reimagined (Live), on July 12, 2024 via Ropeadope
Transcendent performance boasts four new songs, including the title track featuring John Scofield, Randy Brecker and Jeff “Tain” Watts.
New York, NY- May 24, 2024 – First announced on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and following her week-long stint sitting in with The Late Show Band, 3x GRAMMY nominated star alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin returns with her first-ever live studio album, Phoenix Reimagined (Live), due out via Ropeadope on July 12, 2024.
CD release: January 27, 2023
Phoenix, the latest and fourth studio album from virtuosic saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin, out January 27, 2023 via Whirlwind Recordings. The far-reaching new album finds the tour-de-force saxophonist in a poised and profoundly individual position alongside an all-star cast of musicians.
Phoenix is the highly-anticipated, expansive new album in the musical evolution of alto saxophonist and composer Lakecia Benjamin. The album was produced by the multi-Grammy-award winning Terri Lyne Carrington and features a star-studded line up of specially curated guests Dianne Reeves, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Patrice Rushen, Sonia Sanchez, Angela Davis and Wayne Shorter.
CD release: March 27, 2020
In March 2020, the indisputably dynamic, charismatic and virtuosic saxophonist/bandleader, Lakecia Benjamin will release a 13-track collection of tunes originally penned by two of the most influential jazz figures of the 20th and 21st century: Alice and John Coltrane. With the highly-anticipated release of Pursuance, the New York City-native is not only honored to pay homage to this tour-de-force pair, but is thrilled to do it in the company of what can only be described as sheer jazz elite: Reggie Workman, Ron Carter, Gary Bartz, Dee Dee Bridegwater, Meshell Ndegecello, Regina Carter, Bertha Hope, Last Poets, Greg Osby, Steve Wilson, John Benitez, Marc Cary, Marcus Gilmore, Keyon Harrold, Marcus Strickland, Brandee Younger, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Jazzmeia Horn.
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Featuring China Moses
By Lakecia Benjamin
Release Date March 23 2018
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By Lakecia Benjamin
Released 11/27/2012
By Lakecia Benjamin
Released 2012