Marco Benevento releases “The Story of Fred Short”
Marco Benevento. Photo by Michael DiDonna by Whitney Youngs In a picturesque town, bordering the Hudson River in Upstate New York, there’s a street paved in between the dense forests of birch, maple, oak, and cedar trees named Fred Short Road. Its namesake sounds as generic as any Anglicized street name in America, but the spirit of Fred Short transcends street signs, orbiting the creative sphere of pianist and singer Marco Benevento. Benevento happens to live on Fred Short Road, records in a home studio he named after Fred Short, and has a new album entitled, “The Story of Fred Short.” How’s that for a legacy? Short, a Native American from the Zuni tribe, made his way from California to New Mexico, and ultimately settled in the Catskill Mountains. “I’ve always been curious to find out more about the guy,” explains Benevento. “Fred Short was a shaman and had these huge music parties on his land.” As for Benevento, longtime fans remember him as a jazz pianist, but since those early days in 1999, after graduation from Berklee College of Music, Benevento has added a new instrument to his repertoire: the voice. “It’s been a slow door to open,” explains Benevento. “I’ve had to learn…
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