Jimmy Bennington

Jimmy Bennington Color and Sound

Jimmy Bennington (born May 22, 1970; Columbus, Ohio) is a self-taught artist who began playing professionally in Texas, 1990.

Mentored by late John Coltrane drummer Elvin Jones during the last decade of his life, Bennington was eventually hired as Jones' band manager/drum tech, touring the world as part of the Elvin Jones Jazz Machine (2000-2002). Since then, Bennington lived on the West Coast for several years (1997-2006), and has made Chicago his home base (2006-Present). Jimmy has performed and recorded with artists such as Julian Priester, Perry Robinson, John Stowell, Ed Schuller, Bert Wilson, Ken Filiano, Steve Cohn, John Blum, John Gross, Daniel Carter, and French bassist Benjamin Duboc. In 2007, Bennington joined the labels Cadence Jazz Records, CIMP, CIMPoL, and recently Slam as a recording artist. Bennington's own label, ThatSwan! Records, produced the collectors item Portraits and Silhouettes featuring Julian Priester, earning recognition for 'Best Recordings of 2007' from AllAboutJazz- New York as well as live performances at the Chicago Jazz Festival and Fred Anderson

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Jimmy Bennington