“The Soloist” – David Benoit taught Jamie Foxx how to play
La Philharmonic cellist taught "Soloist" star Jamie Foxx “The Soloist” was the soloist at the Norris Pavilion in Rolling Hills Estates on Feb. 20. No, not Jamie Foxx. This was the REAL soloist, the guy who taught Foxx how to (pretend to) play the cello. He’s also the musician on the soundtrack of the hit 2009 movie about a wayward journalist (aren’t we all?) who discovers a shopping cart-pushing musical genius. Ben Hong, who joined the L.A. Philharmonic in 1993 at age 24 (the youngest musician in the orchestra at the time), joined the David Benoit Trio, plus a couple members of the Asia America Symphony, for a concert Benoit described as “classics to jazz.” As for Hong’s contribution to the movie, Foxx is quoted on the actor’s website as saying, “The guy who shows up to teach me how to play the cello is nothing like what I expected. I thought it would be a stiff guy. My guy is like a Ninja cellist. He’s a really fit, good-looking Asian dude, and he comes to my place with his cello strapped to his back. The first time he came, there were some ladies at my place. When he started to play, they just went all dreamy over him.” Yeah, Jamie, the musicians get all the babes. The pretty…
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