
Michel Bénébig, organiste de Jazz & Blues, compositeur et fondateur de l’AMJ-BECA ( Association des Musiciens de Jazz & Blues pour les Echanges et la Création Artistique )
E-mail : hammondbenebig@lagoon.nc
‘Facebook’ : http://www.facebook.com/benebigmichel
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Tél/fax : ( 687) 41 73 99
G.s.m : ( 687 ) 76 69 34
Skype : michel.benebig2
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Michel Bénébig was born in New Calédonia  ( South-Pacific ) on June 27/1964.
He started playing bass, accordéon and électronic-organ ( Farfisa ) at 11 in differents dancing-bands all around New Calédonia..
Michel started to learn piano and music-theory at 16 at the  E.T.M  ( Ecole Territoriale de Musique de Nouméa ), he obtained the “Golden Médal” certificat on Piano in 1988 .
From 1990 to 1992  Michel studied in high level of classical-piano training in France  at the ‘National Conservatory of Music of Besançon’.
In june 1992, Michel switched from Classical Piano to Jazz-Organ ( Hammond B3 Organ ). Michel bought hundreds of CDs of Jazz organ Masters like; Jimmy Smith, Jack Mc Duff, Jimmy Mc Griff, Lonnie Smith, Sheirley Scott, Richard “ Groove “ Holmes, Don Paterson, Rhoda Scott, Charles Earland, Johnny Hammond Smith, Eddy Louiss etc... and as a self taught musician, Michel learnt the Blues & Jazz organ technics, spending hours and hours of practicing the pedals ...
At this time, Michel is a piano teacher at the “ E.T.M “ ( Ecole Territoriale de Musique de Nouméa ), he started teaching blues & Jazz organ technics from 2001 to 2004..
Michel had a grade-level teaching and performing exam in 2003, he obtained the “ D.E “ ( Diplome d’Etat / State Diploma ) on the Hammond Organ at the “ ETM “ now “ C.M.N.C “ ( Conservatoire de Musique de Nouvelle Calédonie ).
 Michel left the C.M.N.C in December 2006 to create an association called ‘AMJ-BECA’ ( Association des Musiciens de Jazz & Blues pour les Echanges et la Création Artistique ).The AMJ-BECA produce concerts, tours, ‘master-class’ etc… all around New Caledonia and overseas ….
Michel is performing everywhere in New Calédonia , overseas : Australia ( Sydney, Melbourne and Tasmania ), New-Zealand ( Auckland, Wellington, Napier, Nelson, Christchurch, Invercargil etc.. ), Fiji ( Suva ), Vanuatu ( Vila ),  Florida USA ( Orlando ) & California USA ( Los Angeles & San-Francisco ), Ile de la Réunion ( Indian Océan ), France ( Paris, Nice, Marseille etc.. )
Michel is now recognized as one of the leading Soul-Jazz-organist around the world..
Michel was elected the “Organist of the Month” of may 2006 by “ The International Archives for the Jazz-Organ “ ( http://www.iajo.org ) , and received a certificat – diploma.

Michel mett and played with  Jazz Organists like :
Jimmy Smith, Jimmy Mc Griff, Larry Goldings, Rhoda Scott, Tony Monaco , Duke Jethro, Dave Matthiew, Eddy Crocetti , Stefan Patry, Cole Nolan,Tim Neal, Cameron Scott, Darren Heinrich ...
Michel also performed with International musicians like:
Bruce Forman, Lewis Nash,  Frank Potenza, Paul Kreibich, Carl Lockett, James Levi, Akira Tana, Denise Perrier, Nick Haywood,  Joel Taylor, Randy Jonhston, Doug Webb, George Coleman Jr , Andrew Dickeson , Roger Manins , Pete France, Rodger Fox , Dixon Nacey, Vaughn Roberts , Ron Samsom , Anthony Hopkins, Tom Mawi , Adam Simmons , Cameron Allen , Anthony Baker, Mike Jordan, Phil Collings, Matt Kirsch, Edward York, Brendan O’Reilly, Paul Williamson, Creag Beard, Eugene Ball, Ronnie Ferrella , Peter Knight, Roger Sellers, Bob Bertles,  and many more...


Jim Alfredson is perhaps best known as a Hammond organist, mostly in jazz and blues. His jazz trio, organissimo, formed in November of 2000 and continues to this day, releasing albums on Jim's own Big O Records label. In 1999, at the age of 22, he joined one of mid-Michigan's most revered blues bands, Root Doctor, and over the next 10 years helped produced three albums for them, writing songs and arrangements, before leaving in 2009. In 2010 he joined the international touring band for Los Angeles based blues artist Janiva Magness, leaving in late 2014.

Beyond jazz and blues, Jim has always been interested in other forms of music, including ambient electronica and progressive rock. In 2009 he released his first album of electronic music called 'In Memorandom' and in 2015 under the name THEO he released an album of progressive rock called 'The Game of Ouroborus', available in stereo and 5.1 versions.

Jim's first synthesizer was a Yamaha DX7, replaced by the updated Yamaha SY77 (which he still owns to this day). He enjoys both hardware and software synths, analog and digital, as well as Wurlitzer and Rhodes electric pianos, acoustic piano, and of course Hammond organs and Leslie speakers.

Jim is endorsed by Hammond-Suzuki USA, CASIO Musical Instruments, NEO Instruments, and Lounsberry Pedals. He records and mixes with Steinberg Cubase and Steinberg / Yamaha interfaces.

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