Benny Benack III at Bethel Woods on May 3 brings one of jazz’s most charismatic young voices to the Hudson Valley venue built on hallowed ground. Benack — a trumpeter, vocalist, and bandleader from Pittsburgh — plays with a warmth and swing that recalls the golden age of jazz performance while remaining thoroughly contemporary. His technical facility on the trumpet is matched by a vocal style that channels the supper-club elegance of an earlier era without ever feeling like pastiche.
Bethel Woods provides a setting that, while best known for its rock and pop bookings, has the acoustic flexibility to serve jazz performance beautifully. The venue’s spring programming at the Hudson Valley campus often features more intimate configurations that suit an artist of Benack’s caliber.
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