Contemporary Jazz Keyboardist David Benoit at Yoshi's in Oakland
Yoshi's Jazz Club and Restaurant, In Jack London Square across the street from BevMo (510 Embarcadero West Oakland, CA 94607)
- Full Price:
- $26.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $13.00*
* Additional fees apply.
All offers for David Benoit have expired.
The last date listed for David Benoit was Saturday April 21, 2012 / 10:00pm.
Currently at Yoshi's Jazz Club and Restaurant:
Yoshi's Oakland: The Best Live Jazz in the East Bay
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $26.00
- Our Price:
- $5.00 - $13.00
Yoshi's Oakland not only showcases the world's best jazz, gospel, world music and more, but its acclaimed chef Shotaro "Sho" Kamio is famed for creating some of the finest modern Japanese cuisine in the area. The live music club and upscale restaurant has been located in Jack London Square since 1997 and offers an unmatched entertainment experience. The venue has hosted such legendary jazz greats as Betty Carter, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Williams, Diana Krall, Branford Marsalis, McCoy Tyner, Harry Connick Jr., Oscar Peterson and hundreds of others. Please see the full event description for the lineup of upcoming performers. Learn More
Goldstar Member Tips
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Goldstar Member on Where to Park
Street parking (some free) Friday night is hit/miss, but there is a safe garage there.
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Goldstar Member on What to Wear
Casual
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Goldstar Member on What to Wear
Casual dress, or dressy dress. Not vacation wear.
14 Goldstar Member Reviews
Goldstar Member
David Benoit was outstanding! Better than I thought imaginable! Would definitely see again and highly recommend! It's an injustice that the Bay Area no longer has a radio station like KKSF to showcase talent such as his and others! If I had the funding I'd formulate a station myself!!!!!Written on Jul 25 2011
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The Colonel
Yoshi's is one great club for these kinds of events.Written on Jul 25 2011
Loved David Benoist concert.
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Jeanne Korn
David Benoit is one of the great jazz pianists of our age. His trio was tight a competent. Not at all edgy, though -- just straight up flowing tunes that had our group bopping pleasantly. And Yoshi's is beyond compare as an intimate, classy club in the East Bay.Written on Apr 23 2012
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More Information About David Benoit
Website
http://www.yoshis.com/oakland/jazzclub/artist/show/407
Description
Since launching his recording career in 1977, David Benoit’s expansive career as a contemporary jazz pianist has included over 25 solo recordings. His ‘80s releases This Side Up, Freedom at Midnight and the GRAMMY nominated Every Step of the Way are considered influential genre classics. Among his other Grammy nominations are those for Best Instrumental Composition (for “Dad’s Room,” from 1999’s Professional Dreamer) and Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance (for the GRP All-Star Big Band). His prolific output since 2000 includes several prominent Charlie Brown related projects (including Here’s To You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years and the star-studded 40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas) that reflect his lifelong passion for the music of original Peanuts composer Vince Guaraldi and solidify Benoit’s role as his musical heir. Benoit has also released the Billboard Contemporary Jazz charting albums Fuzzy Logic, Right Here, Right Now, Full Circle and Heroes, which paid homage to the pianist’s top jazz and pop influences.
Benoit’s ever expanding slate of orchestral music endeavors include his ongoing role as conductor of the Asia America Symphony Orchestra and leading such eminent orchestras as the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the symphonies of London, Nuremberg, San Francisco, Atlanta, San Antonio and San Jose. Concurrent with his burgeoning career as a conductor, he recorded 1996’s American Landscape with The London Symphony Orchestra and 2005’s Orchestral Stories with members of the Asia America Symphony Orchestra and the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Orchestral Stories featured his first piano concerto “The Centaur and the Sphinx” and his acclaimed symphonic piece “Kobe,” both of which he has performed in live settings across the country. In 2009, Benoit performed and conducted Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story” with the Asia America Symphony Orchestra in a show that included Broadway great Lea Salonga; he later conducted Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the same orchestra in his critically acclaimed debut at Los Angeles’ Disney Hall.
Benoit’s notable film scores include The Stars Fell on Henrietta, produced by Clint Eastwood and starring Robert Duvall; and The Christmas Tree, produced by Sally Field, voted Best Score of 1996 by Film Score Magazine. Benoit has also been a longtime guest educator with the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation, winning the organization’s “excellence in music education” award in 2001. Through 2010, Benoit will head on the road to perform his latest inspiration from the April 2010 release, Earthglow. On October 29, 2010, the Pianist was be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at The American Smooth Jazz Awards in Michigan City, Indiana.
About the Ticket Supplier: Yoshi's Oakland
Yoshi's began in 1973 as a small, North Berkeley sushi bar owned by a trio of struggling students with plenty of dreams. Its founder and namesake, Yoshie Akiba, orphaned during World War II, came to the U.S. to study fine arts, dance and dance therapy. She opened Yoshi's Japanese Restaurant with her two best friends Kaz Kajimura, a journalist and carpenter, and Hiroyuki Hori, a painter and Japanese cook. The original North-Berkeley, 25-seat restaurant quickly became successful and by 1977 the three partners moved to a larger space on Claremont Avenue in Oakland and began introducing live music in their restaurant. Over the next 20 years, Yoshi's built itself into one of the world's most respected jazz venues and won a reputation as the Bay Area's premier location for people who were looking for great food and the best jazz. Yoshi's has hosted legendary jazz greats such as Betty Carter, Max Roach, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Williams, Diana Krall, Branford Marsalis, McCoy Tyner, Harry Connick Jr. and Oscar Peterson among hundreds of others.
In 1997, Yoshi's was invited by the Port of Oakland to relocate to Jack London Square as part of a plan to revitalize the area. Together with Morimoto Architects, Yoshi's built an award-winning 330-seat jazz club with a state-of-the-art sound system and design. Occupying 17,000 square feet in the heart of Jack London Square, the club is in it's tenth year in that location which has become one of the East Bay's greatest destinations. The restaurant and lounge have a combined capacity of 220. In 1998 Peter Williams was hired as the club's artistic director. Under his leadership, the club has continued to present the finest in jazz music, as well as world music, blues, neo-soul, latin jazz and afro-cuban music. In fall of 2006, Kajimura decided that it was time to elevate the menu to the quality of the jazz by recruiting Executive Chef Shotaro 'Sho' Kamio, one of the Bay Area's top chefs to make the change. Chef Kamio (formerly of Ozumo) brought a whole new generation of modern Japanese cuisine to Yoshi's, which instantly put it on the map as a destination to dine in addition to the best place to hear great live music.