Music producer Scott Harding has recently been partly paralysed in a car crash in New York and without any health insurance he is facing very large medical fees.  To assist Scotty during this difficult time a large group of top modern jazz musicians from Soulive to Medeski Martin & Wood have come together to help raise money.  On 03.19.08 a special benefit show will be held at Highline Ballroom with 100% of proceeds will be going to the Scotty Hard Trust.  The night includes performances from John Scofield, John Medeski, Billy Martin, Bill Laswell, Eric Krasno, Neal Evans, Marco Benevento, Joe Russo, Antibalas, Sex Mob, DJ Logic, John Ellis, Michael Blake, Vijay Iyer, Tommy Hamilton, and Kevin Kendrick.  Tickets start at $35 for general admission, $50 for VIP balcony seating, and $65 for VIP floor which also includes meet and greet after the show.  Without question this will be a night of incredible music and it goes without saying that fan support is essential. 

“The Vancouver native and longtime New Yorker Scotty Hard has a long and varied list of production credits, including New Kingdom, Positive Black Soul, Charlie Hunter, Barney Bentall & the Legendary Hearts, Tricky, Crooklyn Dub, Dubadelic, Bailter Space, DJ Logic, Badar Ali Khan, Sex Mob, Medeski, Martin & Wood, Material, Soul Crib, Michael Blake, Chris Brown/Kate Fenner, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Metabolics, and Organ-ized. He also engineered and mixed pioneering music by Wu-Tang Clan, Gravediggaz, Jungle Brothers, Vernon Reid, Chris Rock, Ultrmagnetic MC’s, Salif Keita, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, PM Dawn, De La Soul, Boogie Down Productions, Brand New Heavies, Prince Paul, Biz Markie, Chubb Rock, Teo Macero, and others.”