Marco Benevento will combine music and images at special presentation at the Winter Garden
Brookfield Place Winter Garden
200 Vesey St.
Thursday, September 19, free, 8:00
212-945-0505
www.brookfieldplaceny.com
www.marcobenevento.com
Pianist Marco Benevento, who has melded jazz, pop, and indie on such records as Between the Needles & Nightfall, Me Not Me, and his latest, the just-released TigerFace, will be at the Brookfield Plaza Winter Garden on September 19 for the special free presentation “A Circuit Bent Piano Rock Picture Show in Exploding Color.” Benevento will be joined by bassist Dave Dreiwitz (Ween), drummer Andy Borger (Norah Jones, Ani DiFranco), and video artist Jay Cooper, playing original songs to projections that will include new images as well as their previous videos. Benevento is entering another phase of his career, reaching the point where he can do exactly what he wants. “It’s nice to try to create with people who are in the same boat as me – they’re kind of doing well, but they’re also kind of trapped in this vague cloud of ‘what kind of music are you?’” he explained in a statement. Formerly known as the World Financial Center, Brookfield Plaza has been home to numerous productions that have combined live music with projected images, from DJ Spooky’s “Rebirth of a Nation” to the Alloy Orchestra performing to Buster Keaton shorts, so this evening should add to that welcome tradition.