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Benito Gonzalez

Jazz band from New York, NY

Two Times Grammy Awards Nominee. Pianist/Producer Steinway & Sons Artist Jackie McLean, Pharoah Sanders, Kenny Garrett.

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Benito Gonzalez photo
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Shows on record
60+
Rooms played
30
Cities
21
Releases
10
Last show
Sep 26, 2026Regattabar

About

Benito Gonzalez is a band from New York, NY, tagged jazz by its sources. Shows on record run from 2013 to 2026, across 30 rooms in 21 cities.

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

60+ on record · event platform:ticketweb city, Songkick
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Shows per year

  1. 20131 show
  2. 201413 shows
  3. 201510 shows
  4. 20169 shows
  5. 20182 shows
  6. 20192 shows
  7. 20206 shows
  8. 20211 show
  9. 20221 show
  10. 20242 shows
  11. 20254 shows
  12. 20269 shows
Show history
DateVenue
Sep 26, 2026Regattabar · GeorgeHeadlinerwith McCoy Tyner Legacy Band, Francisco Mela, Santi Debriano, +1
Sep 26, 2026Regattabar, The Charles Hotel · CambridgeSupportwith Francisco Mela
Aug 8, 2026The Side Door Jazz Club · Old LymeHeadliner
Jun 9, 2026Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club · LondonHeadlinerwith Donald Edwards
May 23, 2026Blue Note Jazz Club · New York (NYC)Headliner
Apr 28, 2026Americano Italian Steakhouse · BayonneSupportwith Daniel Sky
Apr 9, 2026Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club · PortsmouthSupportwith Francisco Mela
Feb 14, 2026Café Ornithology · BrooklynSupportwith Daniel Sky, Stefano Battaglia
Jan 9, 2026Regattabar, The Charles Hotel · CambridgeHeadlinerwith Lenny White, Buster Williams
Oct 11, 2025Ornithology Jazz Club · BrooklynSupportwith Daniel Sky, Stefano Battaglia, Francisco Mela
Sep 12, 2025Regattabar, The Charles Hotel · CambridgeSupportwith Francisco Mela, Gerald Cannon, George Garzone
Jul 22, 2025Giardino Princigalli · BariHeadliner
Jul 9, 2025Ornithology Jazz Club · BrooklynSupportwith Daniel Sky
Aug 24, 2024Keystone Korner · BaltimoreHeadlinerwith Buster Williams, Lenny White, Nicholas Payton
Feb 8, 2024Drom · New York (NYC)Headliner
Mar 14, 2022Iridium · New York (NYC)Supportwith Cactus
Nov 24, 2021Pangea · New York (NYC)Supportwith David Stern, Dominic Duval
Jan 29, 2020Dizzy's Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith BENITO GONZALEZ TRIO., James Genus, Jeff "Tain" Watts
Jan 26, 2020Bird's Basement · MelbourneHeadlinerwith Marvin Smith, Philip Rex
Jan 25, 2020Bird's Basement · MelbourneHeadlinerwith Marvin Smith, Philip Rex
Jan 24, 2020Bird's Basement · MelbourneHeadlinerwith Marvin Smith, Philip Rex
Jan 23, 2020Bird's Basement · MelbourneHeadlinerwith Marvin Smith, Philip Rex
Jan 22, 2020Bird's Basement · MelbourneHeadlinerwith Marvin Smith, Philip Rex
Nov 28, 2019Duc des Lombards · ParisHeadliner
Jan 9, 2019Dizzy's Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Corcoran Holt, Stacy Dillard, Josh Evans, +1
Jul 22, 2018Bushnell Park · HartfordHeadliner
Feb 17, 2018Union Nightclub - the Loft · Los Angeles (LA)Supportwith Caitlin Gill, The Lucas Brothers
Oct 28, 2016Beyu Caffe · DurhamHeadliner
Oct 9, 2016Dizzy's Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Azar Lawrence, Eddie Henderson, Billy Hart
Oct 8, 2016Dizzy's Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Azar Lawrence, Eddie Henderson, Billy Hart
Oct 7, 2016Dizzy's Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Azar Lawrence, Eddie Henderson, Billy Hart
Jun 5, 2016Jazz Standard · New York (NYC)Supportwith Azar Lawrence Quartet, Azar Lawrence, Buster Williams, +1
Jun 4, 2016Jazz Standard · New York (NYC)Supportwith Azar Lawrence Quartet, Azar Lawrence, Buster Williams, +1
Jun 3, 2016Jazz Standard · New York (NYC)Supportwith Azar Lawrence Quartet, Azar Lawrence, Buster Williams, +1
Jun 2, 2016Jazz Standard · New York (NYC)Supportwith Azar Lawrence Quartet, Azar Lawrence, Buster Williams, +1
Jun 1, 2016Blues Alley · WashingtonSupportwith Azar Lawrence, Marvin "smitty" Smith
Nov 6, 2015Zarmedia · HoustonSupportwith Azar Lawrence, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Buster Williams
Jul 23, 2015Sunset/Sunside · ParisSupportwith Azar Lawrence, Essiet Essiet
Jul 22, 2015Sunset/Sunside · ParisSupportwith Azar Lawrence, Essiet Essiet
Jul 19, 2015Jazz Standard · New York (NYC)Supportwith Azar Lawrence, Steve Turre, Johnathan Blake
Jul 18, 2015Jazz Standard · New York (NYC)Supportwith Azar Lawrence, Azar Lawrence Quintet, Steve Turre, +1
Jul 17, 2015Jazz Standard · New York (NYC)Supportwith Azar Lawrence, Azar Lawrence Quintet, Steve Turre, +1
Jul 16, 2015Jazz Standard · New York (NYC)Supportwith Azar Lawrence, Azar Lawrence Quintet, Steve Turre, +1
Jul 11, 2015North Sea Jazz Festival · RotterdamSupportwith Azar Lawrence, Billy Hart, Cecil McBee
Apr 5, 2015Iridium · New York (NYC)Headlinerwith Azar Lawrence, Myron Walden
Apr 4, 2015Iridium · New York (NYC)Headlinerwith Azar Lawrence, Myron Walden
Dec 10, 2014Jazz Standard · New York (NYC)Supportwith Azar Lawrence, Reggie Workman, Billy Hart
Dec 9, 2014Jazz Standard · New York (NYC)Supportwith Azar Lawrence, Reggie Workman, Billy Hart
Aug 17, 2014Blue · PortlandSupportwith Azar Lawrence Quartet, Azar Lawrence
Aug 9, 2014Roscoe's Jazz Lounge · Long BeachSupportwith Azar Lawrence, Alphonse Mouzon, Jeff Littleton
Jul 20, 2014Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz · HartfordSupportwith Azar Lawrence, Eddie Henderson, Nat Reeves
Jul 19, 2014Saunders Park Greene · PhiladelphiaSupportwith Azar Lawrence, Eddie Henderson, Essiet Okon Essiet
Jul 12, 2014Roscoe's Jazz Lounge · Long BeachSupportwith Azar Lawrence, Brian Swartz, Marvin "smitty" Smith
Jun 29, 2014Dizzy's Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Azar Lawrence, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Eddie Henderson
Jun 28, 2014Dizzy's Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Azar Lawrence, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Eddie Henderson
Jun 27, 2014Dizzy's Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Azar Lawrence, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Eddie Henderson
Jun 26, 2014Dizzy's Club · New York (NYC)Supportwith Azar Lawrence, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Eddie Henderson
May 10, 2014Blues Alley · WashingtonSupportwith Azar Lawrence
May 9, 2014Blues Alley · WashingtonSupportwith Azar Lawrence
Nov 16, 2013Ginny's Supper Club · New York (NYC)Headliner

Showing the latest 60 shows; the record holds more.

Where they play

30 rooms in 21 cities

Rooms played most

Cities played

  • New York (NYC)26 shows
  • Melbourne5 shows
  • Brooklyn3 shows
  • Cambridge3 shows
  • Paris3 shows

and 16 other cities

Live history

86 shows on record
Shows counted
86
First on record
Feb 2010
Latest on record
Sep 2026

Shows per year

  1. 20103
  2. 20118
  3. 20129
  4. 20138
  5. 201413
  6. 201510
  7. 20169
  8. 20182
  9. 20192
  10. 20206
  11. 20211
  12. 20221
  13. 20242
  14. 20254
  15. 20268

Top rooms

  • Jazz Standard, New York (NYC) · 17
  • Dizzy's Club, New York (NYC) · 15
  • Blues Alley, Washington · 6
  • Bird's Basement, Melbourne · 5
  • Regattabar, The Charles Hotel, Cambridge · 3

Top cities

  • New York (NYC), NY · 42
  • Washington, DC · 6
  • Melbourne · 5
  • Paris · 3
  • Brooklyn, NY · 3

Often on the bill with: Azar Lawrence, Eddie Henderson, Billy Hart, Buster Williams, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Marvin Smith, Philip Rex, Francisco Mela

Counted from the shows BandSlate holds; missing shows are not counted.

Releases

10 releases, 2001–2026

  • Freedom of Art

    2026

  • That Place

    2024

  • Animo

    2022

  • Sing to the World

    2021 · Album

  • Passion Reverence Transcendence (The Music of McCoy Tyner)

    2018 · Album

  • Dream Rhapsody

    2015

  • Circles

    2010

  • Let It Go

    2010

  • Bringing the Flame Home: From Havana to Africa

    2001 · Album

  • Joyride

Lineup

  • Lenny White
  • Buster Williams

Airplay

No airplay on record.

Photos, art and posters

Benito Gonzalez — Regattabar, 2026-09-26
Poster · Regattabar, 2026-09-26 — event platform:ticketweb city
Benito Gonzalez — Regattabar, The Charles Hotel, 2026-09-26
Poster · Regattabar, The Charles Hotel, 2026-09-26 — Songkick
Benito Gonzalez — Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, 2026-06-09
Poster · Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, 2026-06-09 — Songkick
Benito Gonzalez — Americano Italian Steakhouse, 2026-04-28
Poster · Americano Italian Steakhouse, 2026-04-28 — Songkick
Benito Gonzalez — Iridium, 2022-03-14
Poster · Iridium, 2022-03-14 — Songkick
Benito Gonzalez — Pangea, 2021-11-24
Poster · Pangea, 2021-11-24 — Songkick

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This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.