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 Born
in England, Lance Bennett is known to some
for his breadth of musical styles and his virtuosity on the harmonica, and
to others as one who can find harmony in the strangest places.
In his 25 year career he has played in folk, delta, Chicago blues, country, western swing, bluegrass, lounge jazz, Latin jazz, pop, rhythm and blues music, and it is even rumored that he lent his wind to rap — although he neither will confirm or deny this rumor. He has played and recorded with Canadian music award winners RAFFI, PRAIRIE OYSTER, THE JITTERS, PROFESSOR PIANO, THE LINCOLNS, JEFF HEALY, LEON REDBONE, and LORI YATES. His television and radio credits include solo soundtracks for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio and television shows.
Lance, also, was one of ten featured Canadian artists, whose music and views on his art form were televised in some depth on the award winning series, BLUESMAN, which aired extensively on the international arts station BRAVO! TV. Since relocating to Central America in 1999, he has recorded and produced two CDs of jazz standards and Latin jazz, Fiesta Dulzaina [translation: Harmonica Party] and No Hay Hombre Que Conozca a su Propio Padre [No Man Knows His Own Father]. Lance went to see the
YARDBIRDS when he was a young man in England,
and when the harmonica player [KEITH RELF] began to play, as he says, ‘My
hair stood on end.' The excitement has never waned. He plays
in Central America and records when he can. His musical influences are
many, including such venerated previous generation players
TOOTS THIELMAN and LARRY ADLER, and the much younger HOWARD
LEVY, the amazing CHARLIE MCCOY and the seminal SONNY TERRY, but says “I've never heard a harmonica player who didn't have something
to offer. The good ones, at least. If you've got the ear for it they all
sound distinct.”
Lance currently lives in Central America and is working
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In
the nineties, he collaborated with British recording artist GARETH HEDGES
to produce a critically acclaimed CD of vintage American music called
Candy
Man; he played in a 22 piece orchestral production of FRANK
ZAPPA'S Joe's Garage; he produced and released with his Toronto based
band THE GLADSTONIANS, an eclectic rock and blues CD, No Visitors After 10 pm.