SAXOPHONIST CASEY BENJAMIN, WHO PLAYED WITH KENDRICK LAMAR AND BEYONCÉ, DIES AGED 46
Saxophonist Casey Benjamin, who played with Kendrick Lamar and Beyoncé, dies aged 46
Renowned artist Casey Benjamin has died at the age of 46. He was known for his talents on the saxophone and vocoder with The Robert Glasper Experiment.
He was also known for touring and working with US music heavyweights like Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Q-Tip, Beyoncé, Busta Rhymes, Wyclef Jean, DJ Logic, Mary J. Blige, Kanye ‘Ye’ West, and many more.
No cause of death has been specified yet.
Born in Queens, New York, in 1978, Benjamin began playing saxophone aged eight and studied at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts before enrolling at the New School. While there, he met Robert Glasper, with whom he went on to form The Robert Glasper Experiment.
The outfit - comprised of Robert Glasper (keys, piano, synths), Derrick Hodge (bass), Chris Dave (drums), and Casey Benjamin (vocoder, flute, saxophone, synths) - won a Grammy Award for Best R&B album for 2012's 'Black Radio', which featured guest appearances by the likes of Erykah Badu, Lupe Fiasco and Bilal.
The Experiment’s follow-up album, ‘Black Radio 2’, won them the Best Traditional R&B Performance Grammy in 2015 thanks to the track ‘Jesus Children of America’ - a recreation of Stevie Wonder‘s song.
Fans and musicians have taken to social media to pay tribute to Benjamin.
Robert Glasper Experiment bassist Derrick Hodge wrote in an emotional Instagram post: “Tonight, I honor a brother. Casey Benjamin, thank you for inspiring me, for being a light in my life, and for your unbelievable influence on the music world. I will carry your smile with me, brother. And we will collectively honor and carry your legacy with us.”
Hodge added: “Can’t get my words together at this moment but will echo a few of my last words to you: I’m thankful for you and love you always! Rest well, King.”
Living Colour‘s Vernon Reid, took to X to call Benjamin’s passing a “brutal & terrible shock”.
He wrote: “My sincerest condolences go out to my YoHimBe Brother on this day of revelation. I’m in a weird place with it. Too young! Too soon! So much left to give! Rest. In. Power, CB!”
Lupe Fiasco wrote on Instagram: “Rest In Peace Casey Benjamin. I can’t even begin to express the deep gratitude and respect. My deepest condolences to the family, fans and friends. ”
Another touching tribute came from The Roots’ Questlove.
“I know I bitch about the state of music we’re in with snide remarks but I also love giving credit to where it is due,” Questlove added, “Just sad to give another bouquet of flowers to a talented gracious amazing creative soul and human being who left the plane before I got to record in the studio with him or before I got a chance to tell him just one more time how mind blowing his work was.”
Casey Benjamin - 1978-2024
Articles - Latest
- Earthquakes can trigger quartz into forming giant gold nuggets, study finds
- Linda Nolan, singer and television personality, dies aged 65
- Sly Stone, pioneering funk and soul musician, dies aged 82
- Dangers of an overloaded car include:
- Natural Disaster today
- Japan earthquake: Kushiro shakes for 'too long' as 6.1 mag tremor hits
- 'Cult' members jailed over coroner kidnap plot
- Flood risk threatens Swiss valley after glacier destroys village
- Thailand Grapples with Floods and Economic Shifts: Government Response, Community Resilience, and Market Predictions
- Powerful hailstorm floods buildings and streets in Gniezno
- The Significance of the 49-Day Journey After Death
- Killing prisoners for transplants: Forced organ harvesting in China
- Southern Japan hit by 6.6-magnitude quake near Nankai Trough, tsunami warnings lifted
- Peru’s coastline battered by tsunami-like waves one day after country declares environmental emergency
- California fires live updates: ‘Dangerous’ winds return as residents are warned over threat of new wildfires
- Osibisa founding member and singer Teddy Osei dead at 88
- Oliviero Toscani, photographer behind shock Benetton ads, dead at 82
- California LA Mayor Karen Bass awkwardly ignores questions from reporter about California fires
- UK set for more freezing weather as homes and businesses deal with flooding
- Jean-Marie Le Pen dead at 96: His political career through the years
- Jimmy Carter, former US president, dies aged 100
- ‘Jazz’s most significant composer’ Benny Golson dies at 95
- Billionaire founder of fashion chain Mango dies in accident
Articles - Most Read
- Main
- Contact Us
- The science behind Ouija boards
- Cosmic Consciousness - What is Cosmic Consciousness-2
- Cosmic Consciousness-Introduction
- Cosmic Consciousness - Introduction-2
- MASSIVE 6.1 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HITS NEW ZEALAND AS NATION STILL REELING FROM CYCLONE
- ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNRAVEL THE TRUTH OF APHRODITE, GODDESS OF LOVE, ON VALENTINE'S DAY
- Cosmic Consciousness First Words - 1V - 2
- The Human Condition-Thomas Keating
- Cosmic Consciousness First Words - V -
- Cosmic Consciousness V - 2
- Cosmic consciousness - First Words - IV
- Shakyamuni Buddha or India the 1st “Black Revolutionary Hero.”
- Cosmic Consciousness - What is Cosmic Consciousness?
- The Human Condition-2-Thomas Keating
- Evolution and Devolution-Chapter 2
- The Human Condition - Thomas keating-3
- Cosmic Consciousness-On the Plane of Self Consciousness
- Drinking From The Mountain Stream - Milarepa
- The Human Condition - 4
- Cosmic Consciousness - 3 - On the Plane of Self Consciousness
- The Human Condition - 6
- Evolution and Devolution-Chapter 1
- On the Plane of Self Consciousness - 2
- Contemplation and the Divine Therapy - 2
- The Human Condition - 5
- Milarepa's World-2
- Milarepa's World
- The Buddhist System of Liberation - 2
- On the Plane of Self Consciousness IV
- The Buddhist System of Liberation
- On the Plane of Self Consciousness IV - 2
- JERRY RAWLINGS, GHANAIAN STRONG MAN WHO CAME TO POWER IN A COUP BUT INTRODUCED DEMOCRACY – OBITUARY
