Benet McLean has been composing and playing since he was three years old and many of the original tunes that can be found on the new CD, as well as heard in live performances, are developments of childhood compositions. His first instrument was the violin, but soon began to learn the guitar and piano as well.

By 1991 however, it was time for Benet to choose between being a concert solo violinist or a bona fide jazz musician. He chose jazz, but his early classical training had given him enormous musical depth and facility. In recent years, Benet has worked throughout Europe, the United States and the United Kingdom with the likes of Kevin Haynes, Dennis Rollins' Badbone and Co, Yehudi Menuhin, Omar, Orphy Robinson, Roachford, Sir Simon Rattle, Cleveland Watkiss, Tunde Jegede, Loose Tubes as well as the rappers MC Supanatural and Ty.

Benet McLean melds the inspiration of romantic / late classical music with the hard swinging virtuosity of Art Tatum. "I'm not interested in bebop, I am interested in gold", declares McLean in admiration of players whose musical light shines over all demarcations of style.