George Benson
Biography
George Benson is simply one of the greatest guitarists in jazz history, but he is also an amazingly versatile musician, and that frustrates to no end critics who would paint him into a narrow bop box. He can play in just about any style -- from swing to bop to R&B to pop -- with supreme taste, a beautiful rounded tone, terrific speed, a marvelous sense of logic in building solos, and, always, an unquenchable urge to swing. His inspirations may have been Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery -- and he can do dead-on impressions of both -- but his style is completely his own. Not only can he...Read more
Discography
- Very Best of George Benson: The Greatest Hits of All (2006)
- Givin' It Up (2006)
- Two Originals: White Rabbit/Good King Bad (2005)
- Jazz After Hours with George Benson (2005)
- Best of George Benson Live (2005)
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