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He was voted the #2 Male Jazz Vocalist "Rising Star" in the August 2023 issue of "Downbeat Magazine" and notably also appeared in the Trumpet "Rising Star" category - a rare distinction to be in multiple categories. He has a weekly residency hosting the Jam Session at Smalls Jazz Club in NYC when he
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He recently released his third studio album, "Third Time's the Charm" in June 2023, which debuted at #33 on the Jazz Week radio charts the subsequent month. The album features notable Jazz stars such as Peter Bernstein, Emmet Cohen, Bria Skonberg, Chad LB and more.
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Most recently Benack played on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" in the Late Show House Band for a handful of episodes in November 2022. Benack was also the house-trumpet player for
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isn't on tour, and has made frequent appearances on Emmet Cohen's "Emmet's Place" livestream which became the #1 stream in Jazz during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
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theme, "Beat 'Em Bucs." His father is musician Benny "Peek" Benack II. His mother Claudia Benack is a professor of music theater at
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Benack has served as the host and featured soloist of
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Benny Benack III is primarily known for his work in
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