Well, I Should Have...

Well, I Should Have...
Studio album by H. Jon Benjamin
Released	November 27, 2015 (2015-11-27)
Genre	Experimental jazz, comedy music, outsider music
Length	29:56
Label	Sub Pop

Well, I Should Have... (subtitled Learned How To Play Piano) is an experimental jazz^[1] album by American comedy actor and musician H. Jon Benjamin. It was released on November 27, 2015, on the Sub Pop label.^[2] The album was intentionally recorded to sound bad, since, as the album's title indicates, Benjamin does not know how to play piano, but still does so on the album,^[3] and Benjamin has never liked jazz very much.^[4]

Guests who appear on the album include Aziz Ansari and Kristen Schaal. The album also features actual jazz musicians such as Scott Kreitzer (saxophone), David Finck (bass), and Jonathan Peretz (drums).^[5] Every song on the album but one was mixed by Mark Desimone; the only song he did not mix was mixed by Bob's Burgers creator Loren Bouchard.^[3]

1. ^ NPR Staff (January 19, 2016). "Comedian Jon Benjamin's Jazz Album Is Full Of 'Real, Untapped Un-Talent'". NPR. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
2. ^ Hughes, Josiah (November 23, 2015). "Comedian Jon Benjamin Unveils Jazz Album for Sub Pop". Exclaim!. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
3. ^ ^{a b} Eakin, Marah (November 23, 2015). "Exclusive: H. Jon Benjamin tries his hand at becoming a "jazz daredevil" on a surprise new LP". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
4. ^ Kiefer, Halle (November 23, 2015). "'Jazz Daredevil' H. Jon Benjamin Is Releasing a Joke Jazz Album, But You're Going to Enjoy It Anyway". Vulture. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
5. ^ Chilton, Martin (November 24, 2015). "Actor H Jon Benjamin: 'I'm no fan of jazz - but I've made a jazz album'". The Telegraph. Retrieved March 23, 2017.

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