Lakecia Benjamin

Lakecia Benjamin fitacciyar mawakiyar jazz ce ta Amurka, funk, da kuma R&amp;B saxophonist.

An haifi Benjamin kuma ya girma a birnin New York.  Ta girma a unguwar Dominican a Washington Heights, Manhattan kuma ta buga waƙoƙin merengue, salsa, da Latin . 

A matsayinta na mawaƙiya mai yawon buɗe ido, ta yi wasa tare da Missy Elliot da Alicia Keys .  Ta yi wasa a nahiyoyi huɗu, don bikin rantsar da Shugaba Barack Obama a 2009, da kuma tare da Clark Terry, Reggie Workman, Rashied Ali, David Murray Big Band, Vanessa Rubin, da James Blood Ulmer . Ta fara ƙungiyar Soul Squad don nuna waƙoƙinta. 

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Benjamin kuma ya girma a Washington Heights, wata unguwa a birnin New York. A makarantar firamare, ta yi karatun rekoda . Ta halarci makarantar sakandare ta Eleanor Roosevelt a birnin New York. Tana rubuta waƙoƙi da waƙoƙi tun tana da shekaru 13. Ta fara buga saxophone a makarantar firamare. Daga baya yayin da take makarantar sakandare ta Fiorello H. LaGuardia don Fasahar Wasanni, sai ta fara sha'awar jazz. Bayan kammala karatun sakandare ta halarci Makarantar New York City.

Tun daga farko a kiɗanta kiɗan rawa ne na Latin. Ta yi salsa da merengue. 

 Sana'a 
Gary Bartz, ƙwararren mai rubuta saxophone, malami ne na farko wanda ya gabatar da ita ga horar da dabarun motsa jiki na fasaha kamar Hyacinthe Klosé's 25 Daily Etudes. Ya gabatar da ita ga waƙoƙin masu rubuta saxophone na jazz Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, da Jackie McLean . Yayin da take Jami'ar New School, ta yi karatu a ƙarƙashin Billy Harper, Reggie Workman, Buster Williams, Joe Chambers, da Gary Bartz . 

Aikin Benjamin na farko shine tare da mai busa ƙaho Clark Terry a cikin wata ƙungiyar mawaƙa da ya fara da suna Young Titans of Jazz.   Ta yi wasa tare da Anita Baker, Count Basie Orchestra, Harry Belafonte, Blitz Ambassador, Joanne Brackeen, Keyshia Cole, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Corte Ellis, Kool &amp; the Gang, Macy Gray, Jimmy Heath, Vincent Herring, Bertha Hope, Ulysses Owens Jr., Charlie Persip, The Roots, Santigold, Charles Tolliver, Charenee Wade, Stevie Wonder, Gregory Porter da kuma ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta Craig Robinson mai suna Nasty Delicious.

Mawakan Benjamin suna yawon shakatawa suna rera waƙa daga kundin waƙoƙinta na farko, Retox . Kundin ya haɗa da Krystle Warren, Amp Fiddler, Maya Azucena, Melanie Charles, ChinahBlac, da Mavis Swann Poole. Ben Kane ne ya shirya kundin tare.  

An zaɓi Benjamin a matsayin wanda zai lashe kyautar Grammy ta 2026 don Mafi Kyawun Jazz Performance saboda waƙarta ta Noble Rise . 

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
A watan Satumba na 2021, Benjamin ya shiga hatsarin mota guda daya wanda ya haifar da raunuka da dama, ciki har da karyewar muƙamuƙi. 

 Kundin Waƙoƙi 

 A matsayin shugaba 

 Retox ( Motéma, 2012)
 Tashi Sama (Ropeadope, 2018)
 Bibiya: The Coltranes (Ropeadope, 2020)
 Phoenix ( Whirlwind, 2023)

 A matsayin bako 

 Georgia Anne Muldrow, Mama, Za Ka Iya Yin Fare! (Wani Abu, 2020)

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1982