On five consecutive Wednesday nights in November of 2006 Marco Benevento set up shop at the legendary (and now defunct) club Tonic in New York City. Each night featured two sets, various guests and a musical theme. Each night was documented on tape resulting in over 16 hours of live music. Marco went into the labs and lovingly edited the wall of sound into a 3 CD set that mixed and matched the magic.
DISC 1
1. Clouds (Quasi) $
2. Record Book (Benevento) $
3. Fearless (Floyd) $
4. The Arrival of Greatness (Benevento) !
5. Sabbath (Chamberlain/Mehldau) $
6. The Night Before October (Benevento) *
7. Carnival of Souls (Combustible Edison) !
8. Prestidigitation (Benevento/Dreiwitz/Coleman/Bernstein) **
9. Moonglow (Benny Goodman) #
DISC 2
1. Peppermint Hippo (Benevento/Dreiwitz/Coleman/Bernstein) **
2. We’re Using Time For Fun (Chamberlain/Mathis/Benevento) $
3. Seems So Long Ago Nancy (Leonard Cohen) !
4. You Must Be A Lion (Benevento) $
5. Intro (Chamberlain/Mathis/Benevento) $
6. Nobody Does It Better (Carly Simon) $
7. Executive Session (Benevento/Dreiwitz/Coleman/Bernstein) **
8. Elmer’s Tune (Elmer Albrecht, Sammy Gallop & Dick Jurgens) #
DISC 3
1. Bye Ya (Thelonious Monk) !
2. The Weathermen (Previte/Russo/Dillon/Benevento) *
3. Diego Garcia (Previte/Russo/Dillon/Benevento) *
4. Church of God Victory (Benevento/Dreiwitz/Coleman/Bernstein) (Previte/Russo/Dillon/Benevento) Bobby Previte: featured soloist on the marimba * **
5. Teardrop Tea (Benevento/Dreiwitz/Coleman/Bernstein) **
6. Birthday Boy (Aaron Freeman) !
Night By Night Key:
! SOLO (11/15/07)
# DUO (11/1/07) with Mike Gordon playing the music of Benny Goodman
$ TRIO (11/29/07) Reed Mathis and Matt Chamberlain
* DRUM NIGHT (11/22/07) Joe Russo, Bobby Previte and Mike Dillon
** FREE PLAY (11/8/07) Dave Dreiwitz (Ween) Claude Coleman (Ween) and Steven Bernstein (Sex Mob)
