Tags: jazz, Smooth Jazz, soul, guitar, funk Other singles that have made the Billboard Hot 100 charts include "On Broadway" (1978), "Love Ballad" (1979), "Give Me The Night" (1980) and "Turn Your Love Around" (1982).īenson continues to play outstanding jazz guitar, as evidenced on recordings such as Jimmy Smith's Off the Top, Benson's own live album Par Excellence, and Tenderly, on which Benson is accompanied by McCoy Tyner on piano.įor his contribution to the recording industry, George Benson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7055 Hollywood Blvd. This album represents a shift to more commercially oriented music which brought Benson a wider audience but alienated some jazz fans. One of his major hits is the song "This Masquerade", which is included in the top-selling album Breezin'. Benson followed it up with "The George Benson Cookbook," also with Lonnie Smith and Ronnie Cuber. This album showcases Benson's talent in constructing swinging bebop lines at blistering tempos. In 1964, at the age of 21, Benson recorded his first album as leader, The New Boss Guitar, with Brother Jack McDuff on organ.īenson's next recording was It's Uptown with the George Benson Quartet with Lonnie Smith on organ and Ronnie Cuber on baritone sax. Benson got his first experience playing with his several-year stint with McDuff's group.
He started out playing straight-ahead instrumental jazz with organist Jack McDuff. George Benson is a jazz guitarist born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on 22 March 1943.
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