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George Benson's latest album, Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole, is a tribute to his hero. Greg Allen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption ...
With multiple Ibanez signature guitars under his belt, the Breezin' guitarist shares the story of how his relationship with the Japanese guitar brand came about ...
George Benson is ready to give New Jersey the night.. Benson, the Grammy Award-winning singer and guitarist, will hit the Jersey Shore this summer with a Sunday, Aug. 14, performance as part of ...
ANAHEIM, Calif -- Jazz guitar legend George Benson has recorded more than 40 albums in a long career that began in 1954 as 10-year-old "Little Georgie" Benson.
George Benson says that at the height of his commercial success in the 1970s, he faced a backlash from the jazz community. "[If] it appealed to too many people ... something's got to be wrong with ...
Benson is now into his seventh decade of his career (dating back to his 1964 debut album The New Boss Guitar of George Benson)—one that included recording hit albums and songs on the jazz and ...
George Benson is a quintessential master of jazz whose professional musical career continues to flourish over decades due to his charisma, wit, showmanship and a succession of multiple hit record ...
Ten-time Grammy winner George Benson has a new live album, 'Weekend In London,' out today. I spoke with the music icon about the album and some of the music giants he has worked with.
George Benson: I was just nineteen years old. Actually, it was 1963 when Bro Jack McDuff took me to New York and I made my first guitar record with him as part of his group—Jack McDuff Quartet. And it ...
George Benson, 77, is a singer, guitarist and songwriter, and the winner of 10 Grammy Awards. His new album, “Weekend in London” (Provogue), is due Nov. 13. He spoke with Marc Myers.
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Grammy-winning jazz musician George Benson is taking the stage for one-night-only over at the Wynn's Encore Theater. He's best known for the 1976 album Breezin', ...