Benny Sharoni Quartet

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Last Show: Thursday 23 rd June 2016

PizzaExpress Jazz Club (Soho)

Get ready for a high-energy evening from one of the top tenor players to recently emerge from the U.S!  Benny Sharoni fuses together classic bop influences of Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon and Steve Grossman with Latin rhythms and heartfelt emotion.  The result is a big sound that delights audiences worldwide. The repertoire includes unique arrangements of standards from the American Songbook, as well as melodic and rhythmic original compositions.

 Benny’s recordings have received international critical acclaim from the major jazz publications.  His recent CD, “Slant Signature”, was chosen as one of the top albums of 2015 by UK's "The Ear".

 Not to be missed by any jazz enthusiast!

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“Sharoni’s crack quartet brings [an] exhilarating groove….he’ll let out a honked bell note amidst nimble lines, and wax free in climax to an otherwise rail-running foray”

DownBeat Magazine

“...a tenor saxophonist with a big tone and a hard-driving style”– LA Jazz Scene

“Sharoni is a precise and exciting player…an intoxicating cocktail of brains and brawn” – All About Jazz

“…his tonality is pure gold...a truly wonderful sound that resonates and rings out with a quality rarely heard...skill and flair to potentially follow in the footsteps of the greats” – UK Vib

Band Lineup

Benny Sharoni (sax)

Leon Greening (piano)

Adam King (acoustic bass)

Matt Home (drums)