Mr. Benjamin started playing trumpet when he was five years old. Both his brother and father played trumpet, and he wanted to be like them. It was a very musical family where his father played all the brass instruments, his older brother was a talented trumpet player, his sister played clarinet, and his mother taught herself to play the alto saxophone. Keith’s father belonged to a record club and one of the recordings he listened to featured Maurice Andre which was inspiring to his young son. Keith eventually attended Morningside College and studied trumpet with Gary Slechta, who worked with…