Lorin Benedictis an improvising vocalist (scat singer, essentially) living in San Francisco. He attempts to introduce more structurally involved elements into the field of vocal improvisation. Most of his work in this area is centered loosely in the jazz idiom.

"...completely redefines the concept of scat singing...technically astounding, inevitably comic and ultimately impressive."
- Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes

Recently, Lorin has co-led small groups (duos, trios) in which the roles of the musicians are somewhat mutable even in contexts where highly structured forms are being played. Examples include Bleeding Vector with Berkeley guitarist Eric Vogler, and another duo project with east bay saxophonist Kasey Knudsen. Together, these three musicians jointly lead the trio project, The Holly Martins.
Lorin joined the fold of musicians rather late in life, at the age of 31, after many years of listening to recordings and live performances, many of which involved members of his immediate family (all of whom are/were orchestral musicians in the western classical tradition). Since becoming professionally active in 2003, Lorin has performed in various groups led by saxophonist Howard Wiley at places such as Yoshis, Intersection for the Arts, the 2006 Stanford Jazz Festival, and the De Young Museum. During 2004 he was a member of guitarist John Schott's Typical Orchestra (with Ben Goldberg, Ches Smith, and Devin Hoff).
With his own projects, his performances have been confined to more intimate places such as The Stone and Local 269 (as part of the on-going "Evolving Voices Series") in NYC, and similarly curated venues in northern California. Lorin appears on a few commercially available recordings in projects led by others: with rapper Malik Ameer- Sanctified (Satori Recordings, 2003), Nothing Better To Do (Satori Recordings, 2006), and The Roseline (2007); with Steve Coleman and Five Elements- Lucidarium (Label Bleu, 2004); with John Schott- John Schott's Typical Orchestra (Smash the State, 2005); with Howard Wiley- The Angola Project (2007); with the Mitch Marcus Quintet- Countdown 2 Meltdown (Porto Franco, 2010). The new Edgetone release, No. No. Yes. No. (2010), by The Holly Martins is Lorin's first recording with which he has shared creative control.

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