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“Bassist
Benny Rietveld, a former sideman in Miles Davis'
band, also played a big part in setting the Grand Canyon-deep grooves.
Rietveld's contributions to the band are hard to overstate. When
was the last time you heard fans raving about a bassist at a guitar
hero's show? Doesn't happen often. But it definitely occurred on
this night at Shoreline.”
JIM
HARRINGTON
liveDaily
August 7, 2006
full
review here |
"Each
player in the Santana juggernaut acquitted himself with fire
and balance: the main counterweight to Santana's crushing hooks
were vocalist Andy Vargas, bassist Benny Rietveld
and trombonist Jeff Cressman."
THACHER
SCHMID
Wisconsin Journal Sentinel
July 4, 2005 |
"Benny
Rietveld is a dynamic bass player, who along with
the fantastic Rodney Holmes on drums, anchors one of the finest
rhythm sections in rock. Unfortunately the bass was a little low
in the mix, and the cameras rarely focused on Rietveld, so you will
not get a good sense of his energy and virtuosity."
Paul
M. Roy
July 2004
from a review
of "Supernatural Live" |
"Rietveld
is well aware of Jaco Pastorius legacy but has a lucid vision
of his own bass-wise, especially on Kahi La`i. Barbara
Higbie's languid reading of Bob Dylan's Mr. Tambourine Man
is a highlight, but the twin soprano saxes on
Rope Dancers take the prize."
Todd
Jenkins
Down Beat
December 2004
review of Mystery Of Faith
(download
full article in PDF form here) |
"Benny
Rietveld on bass played like a lead guitarist. His bass
solo ranked alongside the wow factor you expect from Carlos
himself on lead."
Paul
Cashmere
Undercover
Media
April 2003 |
"...percussionist
Karl Perazzo, drummer Dennis Chambers and congas thumper Raul Rekow
played lengthy solos that Santana himself couldn't bear to watch.
The nadir came with bassist Benny Rietveld's eight-minute
showpiece of spirit-sapping numbness that incorporated Imagine.
Such hogwash would have been eschewed by Level 42..."
John
Aizlewood
The Guardian
London, ENGLAND
June 11, 2002
(read
full review here) |
“During
"Aye Aye Aye" and "Foo Foo," both from 2002's
"Shaman" album, the crowd kept warm by dancing. . . Drummer
Dennis Chambers soloed so long he took a brief break to refresh
and then returned to pound out even more amazing rhythms. Another
notable performance was made by Benny Rietveld,
who may as well be the finest bass player of all time!”
Gwyn
Tyme
Musicpix.net
Santana Live In Concert - Verizon Wireless Music Center - Indianapolis,
IN
July 2, 2005
(full
review here) |
“Near
the end of their set, all band members except drummer Dennis Chambers
and bassist Benny Rietveld left the stage. The
two musicians hammered out an improvised duet, in the finest jam-band
tradition, that left the audience screaming for more.”
RICHARD
SKELLY
Asbury Park Press
June 16, 2005 |
“Bassist
Benny Rietveld had his moment in the spotlight
as he opened his solo with a slapping and popping tour de force.
He then moved through a handful of choruses of a blues-ey I-IV-V
complete with upper register chording before culminating with melodic,
single-note phrasing that implied a trumpet player using a plunger
to create a "wah" effect. He took his applause with a
laughing smile and a kiss for his bass that had served him so well.”
Bill
Cozzo
GuitarNoise.com
August 19, 2002 |
Santana
bassist Benny Rietveld takes on several musical
languages fearlessly . . .
We could laud the bass technique, but the real treasure is in the
composition . . . this is a very interesting, and inspiring, debut.
Don
Zulaica
Alternate
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