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Eli Bennett Named Music Director for BC’s Film Awards ‘The 2017 Leo Awards’!

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May 8, 2017 (Vancouver, BC) – Eli Bennett has been named the Music Director for The 2017 Leo Awards.  The Leo Awards celebrate the Best of BC Film and Television and will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on June 3 & 4, 2017.

For more information, visit: http://www.leoawards.com/2017/music/

Musical Director – Eli Bennett

Eli Bennett & EB Funk 

Celebration Awards Ceremony, Saturday June 3
Gala Awards Ceremony, Sunday June 4

Leo Award nominated film composer and award-winning jazz saxophonist Eli Bennett is quickly emerging as a top new talent. As the composer of over thirty film productions including feature and short films, documentaries and web series, he was recently awarded two SOCAN Foundation Awards.

Eli has performed twice at the GRAMMY Awards in Los Angeles and has shared the stage with the likes of Oscar Peterson, the Neville Brothers and currently tours internationally with the Juno nominated, Vancouver based party-funk band, Five Alarm Funk. His debut album Breakthrough was nominated for Jazz Album of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards.

Joining Eli Bennett & EB Funk is Scott Verbeek (guitars), Jay Esplana (keys), Jay Smith (bass) and Tayo Branston (drums), and special guests Juno nominated vocalist Warren Dean Flandez, international violin sensation Rosemary Siemens, Pacific Academy Dancers, back-up vocalists Katherine Flandez and Karolyn Volbek and Leo award-winning composer and vocalist Red Heartbreaker.

Eli Bennett’s debut album “BREAKTHROUGH” Released!!

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September 2, 2016 (Vancouver, BC) – Eli Bennett’s debut album Breakthrough is now released and available for purchase or digital download!

iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1149942325?ls=1&app=itunes

Physical Album:
Signed copies of Breakthrough may be ordered directly through this website by completing this FORM.

About Breakthrough:
“With Breakthrough, I wanted to take the listener on an experience through exhilarating groove-based tunes combined with sophisticated but accessible jazz-influenced compositions. Every composition preceding the closing title-track was inspired and crafted towards the album’s main theme: the embodiment of the journey from inspiration into that defining moment: Breakthrough.” – Eli Bennett

MUSIC VIDEO RELEASE: “Upside Swagger”

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October 8, 2015 (Vancouver, BC) – Eli Bennett’s latest music video “Upside Swagger” has been released.  To check out the video, visit the following link:

 

Get it on iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/album/breakthrough/id1149942325?mt=1&app=music

Eli Bennett’s debut album “BREAKTHROUGH” Released!!

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September 2, 2015 (Vancouver, BC) – Eli Bennett’s debut album Breakthrough is now released and available for purchase or digital download!

iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1149942325?ls=1&app=itunes

Physical Album:
Signed copies of Breakthrough may be ordered directly through this website by completing this FORM.

About Breakthrough:
“With Breakthrough, I wanted to take the listener on an experience through exhilarating groove-based tunes combined with sophisticated but accessible jazz-influenced compositions. Every composition preceding the closing title-track was inspired and crafted towards the album’s main theme: the embodiment of the journey from inspiration into that defining moment: Breakthrough.” – Eli Bennett

Featured in ‘The Toronto Star’

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June 12, 2015 (Toronto, ON) – Eli Bennett has been featured alongside six legendary artists (Celine Peterson, Branford Marsalis, Freddy Cole, John Pizzarelli, Carmen Bradford, and Gerald Clayton) in The Toronto Star to promote the Toronto International Jazz Festival.  Eli Bennett performs at the Toronto Jazz Festival on June 25 at The Rex Hotel with his quartet as part of his 2015 Breakthrough Tour across Canada.

SHOW INFO: http://torontojazz.com/concert/eli-bennett-quartet

TORONTO STAR ARTICLE: http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2015/06/12/how-i-got-the-jazz-gene-seven-artists-reveal-their-roots.html

Featured in Vancouver’s ‘The Georgia Straight’

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June 10, 2015 (Vancouver, BC) – Eli Bennett has been featured in Vancouver’s ‘The Georgia Straight’ newspaper promoting his 2015 Breakthrough Tour across Canada.  The newspaper is available at newsstands across the Lower Mainland and can also be viewed online below.

Full article: http://www.straight.com/music/467336/eli-bennett-keeps-his-jazz-audience-friendly

2015 Canadian Tour

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Breakthrough 2015 Canadian Tour:

Thirty-five-time award-winning jazz saxophonist and 4-time Leo-Nominated film composer Eli Bennett embarks on a 2015 Canadian Jazz Festival tour with his band in support of his critically acclaimed debut album Breakthrough.

Since its release Breakthrough has received international attention, ranking #3 on the Canadian National Jazz Charts in December 2014, and #14 on the US CMJ National Jazz Charts, while being featured on the homepage of iTunes Canada Jazz for two months as one of the top Canadian jazz albums. It was also named the “#4 Best Jazz Debut Album” of 2014 by the Ottawa Citizen and received rave reviews from All About Jazz and WholeNote magazine in addition to receiving major radio play in North America and Europe. In 2015, Breakthrough won the Julian Jazz Award from BC’s CJSF 90.1FM for Best Canadian Jazz Album by an Emerging Artist as well as a 2015 Western Canadian Music Award Nomination for Jazz Album of the Year.

With ten shows in seven cities, the Canadian tour will see Eli Bennett’s Quartet featured at jazz festivals across Canada beginning in Vancouver, with stops in Calgary, Medicine Hat, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and ending in London, Ontario.

2015 Canadian Tour Dates:
Sat. June 20 – Vancouver International Jazz Festival – Robson Stage – 5pm

Sun. June 21 – Vancouver International Jazz Festival – Italian Cultural Centre – 7pm

Mon. June 22 – Jazz YYC (Calgary) – Ironwood Stage – 8pm

Tue. June 23 – Medicine Hat Jazz Festival – Esplanade Studio Theatre – 2:30pm

Wed. June 24 – Medicine Hat Jazz Festival – Esplanade Studio Theatre – 10:30pm

Thu. June 25 – Toronto International Jazz Festival – The Rex Hotel – 8pm

Fri. June 26 – Ottawa International Jazz Festival – Confederation Park – 6:30pm

Sat. June 27 – Montreal International Jazz Festival – Scene TD Stage – 6pm

Sat. July 11 – TD Sunfest (London, ON) – Victoria Park

Sun. July 12 – TD Sunfest (London, ON) – Victoria Park

 

#BreakthroughTour

 

Thank you to the Canada Council for the Arts for making this tour possible.

Thank you to D’addario Canada, D’Addario Woodwinds, Selmer Paris and Applied Microphone Technology for their support.

Media Requests:
management@elibennett.com

Eli Bennett joins Selmer-Paris Saxophones as Endorsing Artist

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March 31, 2014 (CANADA) – Thirty-five-time award-winning jazz saxophonist Eli Bennett has joined Conn-Selmer’s artist roster as a Selmer-Paris Endorsing Artist. Eli performs exclusively on a silver Mark VI Selmer tenor saxophone.

Visit Eli Bennett’s Selmer Artist Page: HERE

Media inquires may to be directed to management@elibennett.com