Bass Musician Magazine - SPECIAL August 2013 Latin Issue | Page 80

Bass Musician Magazine [the face of bass]

John Beni
Grammy Award Winning Artist

BMM Please share with us a little of your personal background…
JB I was born in Rio Piedras Puerto Rico. My childhood was
spent between Rio Grande, and Trujillo Alto. I attended Escuela
Libre de Musica and studied at UPR and the Conservatory
of Music of Puerto Rico. Living one year in Colombia, there I
married Jacqueline Martinez and we have 3 children, Francis,
Kathleen and Joshua.
In 1993 I moved to NYC to finish a B.A. degree at the Manhattan
School of Music, and had the opportunity to play with many
musicians. Currently I am working to establish an educational
organization called Developing Center for the Arts and
Creative Thinking (DCACT).
BMM What was your first bass, and how did you come by it?
JB My first bass was a 4-string... I don’t recall exactly, but I think
it was an Ibanez that I bought.

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