Eli Bennett (born March 9, 1989)[1] is a Canadian Juno Award-nominated jazz saxophonist and Leo Award-winning film composer.

Alongside his father, he composed additional music for the films Nash, The Exhibition, and co-composed the score for Take Back Your Power, and Human Harvest.

[14] Bennett released his debut album Breakthrough in 2014 on Addo Records[15] (distributed by Universal Music Canada)[16] and re-released independently in 2016.

The greatest aspect of this virtuoso musician is his chameleon-like ability to master funk, soulful music, bebop, modal jazz and all styles in between while keeping his distinctive sound.

[13][30] Bennett has played a Selmer Mark VI tenor saxophone exclusively since 2007[31] along with D'Addario Woodwinds Royal reeds since 2004.

[34] On March 18, 2017, while on separate Canadian tours, Bennett proposed to his girlfriend, violinist Rosemary Siemens, by interrupting her concert in Gretna, Manitoba, by entering through the back of Buhler Hall, playing Elvis's "Can't Help Falling in Love" on his saxophone.

[36] In September 2018, the couple welcomed their first son, Theodore Parker Bennett, into the world after keeping the pregnancy a secret.

They announced the birth through a YouTube video featuring a song Siemens wrote and Bennett produced entitled "You and Me".