Adam Day – Funk and Jazz Keyboards

The John Bennett Band is a 16-piece funky modern Big Band.

“London-based trombonist John Bennett takes on an ambitiously large group to play his own compositions which take big band, funk and rock elements and combine them into long, intricate pieces. He’s not afraid to take them into freer jazz areas and there’s a fair bit of squawking and harrumphing in addition to the smoother charted brass parts. Bennett goes back a long way and has played everything from jazz to session work with the Beatles. The influence of his one time teacher Graham Collier is clear in his at times orchestral approach to the writing. A strong, though at times relentless, disc”.
Rating: ★★★
(Peter Bacon – The Birmingham Post)