Top class, top notch
This band made the first big party for all of our guests since pre-COVID… the party of a lifetime! We put their flexibility to the test with COVID shifts over two years, and they rose to the occasion every time with grace. Then they nailed it! This band is better than a dream come true, they literally played the crowd as if they knew every song that could bring out the happy in each and every person: dancing, smiling, and loving on each other!
Image by https://jlthomasphotography.com https://www.facebook.com/jlthomasphotography https://www.instagram.com/jlthomasphotography/
Darelle Holden in Earshot Jazz Magazine
MBB songstress Darelle Holden is featured in the February 2022 edition of Earshot Jazz Magazine. https://michaelbensonband.com/band/#darelle
Darelle Holden: Three Generations of Seattle’s First Family of Jazz
Best Live Band
Comment made last night at Willows Lodge Woodinville, for the fourth time in four weeks: “Best live band I’ve ever heard”. Image by Cory Parris – Seattle Wedding Photographer!
We’re baaack!
We’re back folks! See ya’ll in summer ’21.
IMAGE by: Sullivan & Sullivan Studioshttps://sullivanandsullivanstudios.com with Mike Benson, Darelle Holden, Alexey Nikolaev, Brian Monroney, Pete Molner, Osama Afifi
Musical Joy
The MBB is looking forward to some musical joy this summer. It’s been a long time coming.
Image by Cory Parris Photography. https://www.coryparris.com
Memory lane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHJKEfcv9Kc
Great memory of a great night at The Sunset Club Seattle. We can’t wait to get back to it.
Prophetic words
“Remember the prophetic words from my third daughter’s wedding: Find out when Michael Benson is available, then select your wedding day”.
Father of bride, Bellevue WA.
Image by Hanna Stevens.
Far and away
The CEO of Emerald City Trapeze Arts approached the stage at end of our recent show there, feeling the urge to say “we’ve heard every type of band here for the past 3 years and you are far and away the best of all of them”. We appreciated the compliment.