Dear readers, I am pleased to announce the inaugural tour of Matt Mayhall / Sam Minaie / Adam Benjamin Trio. Please join us in Reno, Sparks, or Truckee this week/end. Details as follows:

There will be a masterclass / performance at University of Nevada at Reno the following day (Friday, March 12). I am pleased to visit with the fine jazz program that is cooking up there featuring luminaries such as Peter Epstein and David Ake.

There will be two performances in the picturesque mountain villa of Truckee, CA (conveniently located half an hour from both Reno and Lake Tahoe) at Moody’s Bistro in the Truckee Hotel on Friday, March 12 and Saturday, March 13, beginning at 9pm and going past midnight.

There will be an album made subsequently, recorded next week at the Steinway Piano Gallery in Reno, courtesy of Steinway Pianos. It’ll come out and you’ll hear it and it will be thought-provoking. Provoke! Provoke!

And then next week we will perform Friday, March 19 at Cafe Metropol in Los Angeles, with Hamilton Price IV on bass.

And then, just around the corner, is my solo piano performance to celebrate the release of my new CD, Alphabets and Consequences! This will take place on Sunday, April 10, at F.Boo Studios in Burbank, CA.

Other recent major events include the addition of our beloved hound Enid to the Benjamin clan. There are, y’know, photos on Facebook if you want to see how sweet she is.

And I was happy to provide music for the matrimonial ceremony of Nate Wood and Jesske Hume this last weekend. Joining me in said affair was the erstwhile Richard Stekol, whose recent foray into the realm of Low Resolution Text Art has been a real eye-opener. Please allow me to share my most recent favorite:

This S is heavy, no doubt.