Album: Old Friends

This week, David and Derek sit down with two giants of the LA jazz scene: energetic vocalist / songwriter Mark Winkler and multifaceted composer / pianist / Renaissance man David Benoit. We discuss their new album, Old Friends (released on Feb 15, 2021), which celebrates the strength of their long-standing musical relationship that began in 1983. We talk about how musicians forge long-time collaborations in a for-the-moment city such as Los Angeles, and we dig into Mark and David’s perspectives on songwriting and their relationships with the many musical genres that have influenced them.