Luca Benedetti
Groove-Driven Guitarist
Brooklyn-based jazz guitarist blending blues, Americana, and global influences with expressive tone and dynamic improvisation.
About
Luca Benedetti is a Brooklyn-based guitarist, composer, and producer who has been a prominent fixture in the New York City jazz, blues, and roots music scene since the late 1990s. Born in Rome, Italy, he moved to New York in 1996 and graduated from Berklee College of Music. He is known for his distinctive blend of jazz, blues, Americana, and global influences, and has collaborated with notable artists including Ron Carter, Steve Gadd, Jim Campilongo, and Bill Frisell.
Music Style
Benedetti creates evocative instrumental music that moves fluidly between jazz, Americana, blues, and global influences. His approach traverses New Orleans grooves, Chicago-style electric blues, vintage R&B, Afrobeat, and downtown NYC punk-jazz with groove-heavy explorations and dynamic ensemble interplay.
Background
- Hometown
- Rome, Italy
- Education
- Berklee College of Music
- Instruments
- guitar
- Active
- 1990s-present
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If you like Jim Campilongo, Bill Frisell, John Scofield — you'll love this artist