Bennie Maupin - The legendary jazz saxophone and woodwind artist and current Eastman Artist. To give you a brief background, Bennie performed on the pioneering Miles Davis Album, "Bitches Brew" as well as several other albums with Miles. He also performed on many albums with Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi Sextet and Headhunter's Band, and with a long list of jazz greats including Jack DeJohnette, Lee Morgan, Horace Silver, Woody Shaw, Lonnie Smith and McCoy Tyner, to name just a few. As a leader, Bennie's Albums go back to 1974 with his debut album, "The Jewel in the Lotus". Others include "Slow Traffic to the Right", "Moonscapes", "Driving while Black", "Penumbra", and "Early Reflections". Bennie continues to perform on a regular basis with his own group in both the U.S. and in Europe.