ROADBLOG_benny lackner

February 21, 2008






I am in Europe right now working as a musical director for a play called "FREAKS" in Jena, Germany. Its fun as hell because i get to teach a bunch of actors how to play punk rock...something I have always wanted to do but never did because i was a "Jazz Musician". Then I am off to ireland to play with this great , young guitarist Mark Mcknight..hard and interesting music. Then I am in Portugal 3 times this year playing with David Binney and Joao Lencastre as well as Hugo Antunes and my band. Then I have to get to NYC for a CD release for a new band I am in with Grammy nominated guitarist, Will Bernard and Andy Emer and Mark Ferber. Really good collective where we all contribute original material. After that, my trio will play festivals and clubs in Greece, Slovenia, Germany, Belgium, France in Matthieu Chazarenc's home town...he is a drummer from Paris that I have been playing with a lot..awesome guy and great drummer...on top of that I am doing some concerts with the German singer, Lisa Bassenge (who is on Universal Records). I am very excited about 2008. Please check back for updates soon...Benny

TOUR DATES:
March 1st, 2008 Benny Lackner with Mark McKnight Group, Belfast, Ireland
March 2nd, 2008 Benny Lackner with Mark McKnight Group, Belfast, Ireland

April 10th, 2008 Benny Lackner with Joao Lencastre, Lisboa
April 12th, 2008 Joao Lencastre Group with David Binney, Benny Lackner, Madierea, Portugal
April 15th, 2008 Joao Lencastre Group, Hot Club, Lisboa
April 16th, 2008 Joao Lencastre Group, Hot Club, Lisboa
April 18th, 2008 Concert with Lisa Bassenge in Kassel, Germany
April 20th, 2008 BENNY LACKNER TRIO, L'Archduc, Bruxelles, Belgium
April 24th, 2008 BENNY LACKNER TRIO, Hot Club, Lisboa, Portugal
April 25th, 2008 BENNY LACKNER TRIO, Hot Club, Lisboa, Portugal
April 26th, 2008 BENNY LACKNER TRIO, Hot Club, Lisboa, Portugal

May 2nd, 2008 BENNY LACKNER TRIO, Altes Pfandhaus, Cologne, Germany
May 10th, 2008 BENNY LACKNER TRIO, La Tannerie, Agen, France
May 15th, 2008 BENNY LACKNER TRIO A-Trane, Berlin, Germany

June 7th, 2008 BERNARD /EMER/ LACKNER/FERBER GROUP at the Jazz Gallery NYC. Cd
Release Concert for the Brooklyn Jazz Underground Label
June 18th, 2008 BENNY LACKNER TRIO AT MARIBOR JAZZ FESTIVAL

July 4th, 2008 BENNY LACKNER TRIO AT CORINTHOS JAZZ FESTIVAL

September 19th, 2008 BENNY LACKNER TRIO AT VIERSEN JAZZ FESTIVAL, GERMANY
September 26th, 2008 Benny Lackner with Hugo Antunes Band, Portugal TBA