Don Bennett

An underground legend in Chicago, Don Bennett has never gotten the recognition he deserves as a pianist and a talent scout. He started piano lessons when he was four and was part of the Chicago jazz scene by the late '50s, inspired by Ahmad Jamal, whom he used to see on a nightly basis. In the 1960s, Bennett moved to Los Angeles, studied with Phineas Newborn, and worked on the local scene with Harold Land, Carmell Jones and Curtis Amy, among others. He cut an album with Amy in the late '60s and led a trio date after returning to Chicago, but neither have ever been released. In...