David Benoit Offers Up 'Never Can Say Goodbye'

Keyboardist David Benoit is offering another single from his fine covers album Heroes. This time, he's chosen "Never Can Say Goodbye," a tune originally recorded by the Jackson 5 in 1971. The single is the follow-up to Benoit's first single from the set, "Human Nature," a version of the Michael Jackson solo hit from his record-breaking Off The Wall album.

Benoit explains that when he first chose tunes for Heroes, he didn't realize that he had two Michael Jackson-associated tunes on the album. He first became familiar with "Never Can Say Goodbye" early in his performing career.

Benoit explained: "I heard it when I was playing in a top 40 band in Redondo Beach, California. And the singer, an R&B singer, was singing it and so I learned it. And it became kind of part of my repretoire of popular songs growing up, when I was still actually in high school, I think it was '71. And it just was one of those songs that stuck with me for a long time. "

Benoit will also be sharing some Christmas cheer this holiday season. He released the CD Jazz For Peanuts: A Retrospective of the Charlie Brown Television Themes last week and will kick off his annual A Charlie Brown Christmas tour with the David Benoit Quartet on November 21st.

Tour Dates:
November 21 Claremont Resort, Oakland, CA
December 5 Mesa Arts Center / Ikeda Center, Mesa, AZ
December 6 UNLV Performing Arts Center, Las Vegas, NV
December 8 Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, Cerritos, CA
December 10 Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Montreal, Canada
December 14 Miller Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
December 16 Doubletree Guest Suites, Boston, MA
December 18 Ramshead On Stage, Annapolis, MD
December 19 IMAC, Huntington, NY
December 20 B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, New York, NY
December 21 Infinity Hall, Norfolk, CT
December 23 Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver, CO


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