Benjamin Lapidus Trio al parco Venturini Natale
For the last 19 years, Benjamin Lapidus has performed and recorded Cuban tres and guitar on film soundtracks, video games, television commercials, and albums with some of the most notable musicians in Latin music and jazz such as Ibrahim Ferrer (Buena Vista Social Club), Pío Leyva (Buena Vista Social Club), Orlando “CachaÍto” López, Juan Pablo Torres, Paquito D’Rivera, Cándido Camero, Larry Harlow, Ruben Blades, Típica 73, Pedrito Martínez, Roman Díaz, Adonis Puentes, Pablo Menendez, Bobby Sanabria, Ralph Irizarry, Charlie Sepulveda, Luis Marin, Humberto Ramírez, Harvie S. , Brian Lynch, Mark Weinstein, Chico Álvarez, Alfredo “Chocolate” Armenteros, Emilio Barretto, Eddie Zervigón, José Fajardo, Rudy Calzado, Jose Conde, Kaori Fujii, Roberto Rodríguez, Maurice El Medioni, and many others.
As the leader of the Latin jazz group, Sonido Isleño (founded in 1996), he has performed throughout North and South America, Europe, and the Caribbean while releasing five internationally acclaimed albums of his original compositions. In 2007, Lapidus served as musical director and arranger for “Garota de Ipanema” (JVC/Victor Japan) with Kaori Fujii and toured Japan twice. In 2008, he recorded “Herencia Judía” an album that Newsday’s Ed Morales called “thoughtful and passionate.” In 2014, he will release his eighth album as a leader, “Ochósi Blues” featuring Candido Camero, Bobby Sanabria, Pedrito Martínez, Gene Jefferson, Frank Anderson, and Enid Lowe, among others. This exciting new recording project was funded by a grant from PSC-CUNY.
Benjamin Lapidus: Chitarra
Marco Catinaccio: Percussioni
A. pancaldi: Sax