CLICK HERE to watch the always amazing Chico Pinheiro and Romero Lubambo duo on two Benedettos at Miner Family Winery August 2022. Chico Pinheiro plays the Benedetto Vinodetto X. Romero Lubambo plays La CREMONA AZZURRA from the Blue Guitar Collection. Youtube video courtesy Dave Miner
Bob Benedetto’s 1996 masterpiece archtop guitar, “La Cremona Azzurra”, the Blue Cremona, is one of the most beautiful and marvellous pieces of art I have ever seen. Granted, as the curator of the “Benedetto Guitars Archives Collection”, tasked with preserving the Benedetto ́s legacy, I might be biased. Every instrument in the Blue Guitars Collection, […]
Click here to read “Howard Paul Talks Future of Benedetto Guitars on Jazz Guitar Today, 7-14-2020” Special thanks to writer Jonathan Ross And always to JGT Editor Bob Bakert
CHICO PINHEIRO is hotter than ever. He gained notoriety in his home country and abroad with two solo releases, both of which scored “Top 10 Best Albums of the Year” awards in Brazil. A self-taught musician who started playing guitar and piano at age seven, Pinheiro began performing at 15, and later graduated from Berklee College […]
(Howard Alden, Howard Paul, Chico Pinheiro, Mark Peterson, Dave Miner, Quentin Baxter) Since 2005, Miner Family Winery has produced world-class jazz guitar concerts in conjunction with the release of Miner Benedetto Signature Cabernet Sauvignon. Cheers to great wine and jazz! Click here for photos of past concerts! Miner Wines and Benedetto Gallery
This Saturday, August 18, 2018, marks the 12th Miner Benedetto Wine release concert, this year featuring Howard Paul Brian Nova and Chico Pinheiro. (sorry it’s Sold Out but Mike Oria will take amazing photos!) On Monday, August 20, 2018, Paul and Nova will perform a 50th Anniversary Concert at the renowned Kuumbwa Jazz . Special thanks […]