Benny Reid
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hangon A graduate of the prestigious music program at Indiana University, Benny Reid grew up in a musical household where he was exposed to a variety of styles. From his New Jersey home, he would often go to New York to catch such musicians as Sonny Rollins and Phil Woods and even participate in jams at the Blue Note and Smalls. An early mentor was Buddy Rich’s alto saxophonist Andy Fusco, and Reid began writing music when he was 14. While his musical interests ran the gamut from the brass-infused pop band Chicago to the King of Pop Michael Jackson, guitarist Pat Metheny was his biggest influence. “I remember as a child being in my father’s arms while he danced around the house to Metheny music,” Reid says. “He was Pat’s biggest fan. So I soaked that influence and it hit me hard as I started to compose.”