Bennie Wallace's 2025 Concert & Tour History

Bennie Wallace's 2025 Concert History

Bennie Wallace began playing jazz in 1959 in a school band under the direction of jazz drummer Chet Hedgecoth. Hedgecoth took the students to hear good jazz bands in the area and once even drove them a hundred miles to hear the Count Basie band. Through Chet, Wallace also discovered the Amvets club, a local black after-hours jazz venue. It was there that he had his first opportunity to sit in and play in a real jazz club. In the summer of 1965, the owner of the Amvets, Seth Crenshaw, gave Wallace his first regular job as a band leader.

Date	Concert	Venue	Location
May 30, 2025 – May 31, 2025	Jersey City Jazz Festival The Rumble / The Rumble featuring Chief Joseph Boudreaux Jr. / Winard Harper / Jeli Posse / Niko / Bad Habits / Kevin Oliver Jr. / Rodrigo Romero / Caili O'Doherty / Solomon Gottfried / Josh Green / Larissa Jones / Artemis / John Hébert / Bennie Wallace / Billy Drummond / Bridge & Tunnel / Tyreek McDole / Riverview Jazz All-Stars / Sam Barsh / Harry Mack / Honk Family Band / Sounds of April & Randall / Steven Bernstein’s Millennial Territory Orchestra / Catherine Russell / Astoria Salsa Company / United Children's Music Project Latin Ensemble / New Jersey City University Jazz Ensemble / Robert Edwards Big Band / Robert Edwards Show all bands Setlists	Exchange Place Plaza	Jersey City, New Jersey, United States