Lakecia Benjamin is a
jazzy, soul, funky, sultry alto saxophone playing lady that can blow
the saxophone. Lakecia is a native of New York City, raised in
Washington Heights. Lakecia picked up the saxophone while attending
Fiorello LaGuardia High School for the Performing Arts. Lakecia
joined the renowned jazz program at New York's New School University.
While attending the university she was playing with known jazz
musicians Clark Terry and Reggie Workman. While playing with them she
gained notoriety. She got to tour and arrange the horn section for a
variety of artists. Some of them are Rashied Ali, the David Murray
Big Band, Vanessa Rubin and James "Blood" Ulmer, Stevie
Wonder, Alicia Keys, Macy Gray, The Roots, and Anita Baker,
Santigold, Maurice Brown, the Clark Terry Big Band, Krystle Warren
and Talib Kweli, among others. Lakecia debut album “Retox” will
be released on June 12, 2012. This album has a different kind of
soul/funk sound. Lakecia has Chinah Blac featured on the single “Jump
and Shout” she has that Chaka Khan vibe. Lakecia is also singing on
some of the songs on the album. Lakecia says "This album is
really a fruition of years of songwriting as much as it is a showcase
for my sax playing and horn arrangements and I was more concerned
with doing justice to my compositions than putting a sax solo in
every song." If the album is anything like the song “Jump and
Shout” I can’t wait to hear it. Streetwise Radio will be playing
her single “Jump and Shout”. You can also listen to Streetwise
Radio on iTunes, live365, Athena365 and MyGen365.
LM
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