Eddie Benitez

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Guitarist Eddie Benitez was born in Puerto Rico on November 12, 1962. Soon after his birth, his family relocated to Europe. Raised in Italy and Spain, his father Francisco arranged private lessons for Eddie from the legendary classical guitar virtuoso, Andres Segovia. Benitez played his first concert at New York's Madison Square Garden in front of 20,000 fans at age of 14. Benitez signed with Fania/CBS records in 1976, his first release was "Nightlife", which he followed six months later with "Essence of Life." Both albums went gold and he later performed with such stars as Tito Puente and Mongo Santamaria. His music is a blend of smooth jazz, New Age, and Latin. His performing career came to a sudden halt at the age of 23 when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s. This changed his life forever as he survived the cancer and took time off to reflect on life and spirituality. Throughout his life, Benitiez has had many spiritual visions while overcoming a heart attack and an unexplained three-day coma. He was under investigation for many healings in his Florida home. "There is no healer, but faith in God, Christ and in yourself," he told the investigators. He return to performing with a private concert in Phoenix, AZ in 2003. One of Benitiez's spiritual visions was documented and recreated for the Discovery Channel series "A Haunting" - Casa de los Muertos, by New Dominion Pictures which featured his music, past and present. The show originally aired Oct 26, 2007 and was the serie

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Kon & Amir - present Off Track Vol. 2: Queens

Lovers Never Say Goodbye

Kon & Amir Present Off Track, Vol. 2: Queens

Visions of Angels

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Kon & Amir Presents Off Track Volume Two: Queens [BBE Records BBECD098D]

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Off Track Vol. 2: Queens (Disc 1: Kon's Selection)

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Nightlife (The Original)

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Off Track Vol.2 - Queens CD1

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Essence of life(lp)

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Off Track Volume Two: Queens

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Kon & Amir - Off Track Vol 2 : Queens

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Kon & Amir - Present Off Track Vol 2: Queens

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