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Benni Chawes
12+ albums
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Born in Denmark into a musical family Benni Chawes was surrounded by music from a very early age. His grandparents played piano and mandolin and his mother attended The Royal Danish Academy of Music as a singer. Benni Chawes went on studying music and graduated in 1995 with a Magna Cum Laude Degree in piano performance at Berklee College of Music in Boston. After graduating Chawes' professional career started to take off however not as a piano player but as a InstrumentalVoice... InstrumentalVoice a concept he developed using his voice to push the boundaries of musician-as-instrument. He demonstrated his virtuosity with vocal instrumental sounds. Chawes had soon developed the technique to sing like the instruments: bass, drums, percussion, synth, guitar etc. -- all produced with his voice. Including mixing different instrumental sounds into the course of a tune to perform thrilling vocal bass and percussion combinations. In 1993 he received the award "Outstanding Musicianship" by International Association of Jazz Educators. In 1996 Chawes joined the acclaimed American a cappella jazz group, Vox One. Chawes is featured on their fourth, award winning release, Chameleon (PAC Records) in 1998. The album was highly praised by the press and fellow musician colleagues. "There are not many vocal jazz groups that catch my ear but one that certainly has is Vox One. Benni Chawes' bass singing, vocal arrangements and overall musicianship has been indispensable to their wonderful sound!
