George Benson News

Smooth jazz guitarist and vocalist George Benson will appear on NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tonight, November 9, as a guest of the show's house band, the Roots .

"In bigger cities, smooth jazz is the music of choice for mature adults," she says.

It's a present Ameriabank gives jazz-lovers on occasion of opening of its head office.

YEREVAN, October 29, /ARKA/. Jazz legend George Benson will play and sing for Armenian music lovers in a November 12 concert, which is timed with the opening of the head office of Ameriabank The concert will take place in the framework of 10-th "Perspectives of the 21st century" international music festival held under the patronage of the Culture ...

Best known for conquering the pop and R&B charts in the 1970s with such hits as "Give Me the Night," "On Broadway" and "This Masquerade," guitarist and vocalist George Benson started his career firmly planted in the world of jazz while working with legends like Jack McDuff and Miles Davis.

It would seem that one of the musicians who'd suffer the most from the demise of the smooth jazz radio format would be singer/guitarist George Benson, but that would be putting him in too narrow a box, stylistically.

On his first proper US tour following the release of Agua Del Pozo , Alex Cuba took the stage backed by a strong band rounded out by Robert Johns and Robert diPietro , playing an extended set that showcased his intriguing mix of Afro-Cuban beats with jazz, funk and rock.

Along with contemporaries George Duke and George Benson, Patrice Rushen made a major transition from cutting respected acoustic jazz material to hitting the upper reaches of the club and R&B charts.

"I am the son of Spanish immigrants that left behind fascism in the 50's to start a new life in Australian democracy.

As a guitarist whose love for jazz music began in the '70s, I was understandably excited to hear a few months ago, from a most reliable source, that Thelonious Monk really dug guitarist George Benson ! Benson was probably the most popular jazz guitarist of the '70s and those who know about the place of the guitar in jazz history understand that he ...

Ask trumpeter Joey Morant who he's worked with, and he'll reel off a list of jazz legends including Lionel Hampton , George Benson and Dizzy Gillespie .

Playwright captures late guitarist Lenny Breaua TMs legend by portraying the people around him.

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.

In the 1970s George Benson became a crossover star with vocal hits and a smooth-sounding pop-R and B style, but he'd already established a legacy as a jazz guitarist who brimmed with energy and talent.

"Songs & Stories" may not have any of the hits of the 1976 "Breezin'" mega-album, but it does show George Benson at his best.

With last week's reissue of the Beatles ' albums on CD, as well as the debut of The Beatles: Rock Band video game, a new generation of listenersA is expected to be turned on the Fab Four.

As The Beatles take center stage in the music world this week with the much-anticipated reissue of their albums, it's easy to forget that the Fab Four were not exactly adored by large swathes of the musical community back in the day.

Symphony season opens Saturday with a bang. Also a thump, a whump, a plink, a clink and a crash.

The lengthy list of free Pasadena-area summer concerts continues growing Sunday with the Playhouse District's Jazz Summer Concert at Vroman's courtyard on Colorado Boulevard, with guitarist Jacques Lesure and his group on tap.

If it's jazz you're craving, no need to hold that wish for next week's Detroit International Jazz Festival.