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George Benson Discography
The discography of George Benson consists of thirty-six studio albums and five live albums on Prestige Records, Columbia Records, Verve Records, A&M Records, CTI Records, Warner Bros. Records, GRP Records, Concord Records, and Provogue Records, as well as two music DVDs. Note: this discography consists only original releases. Reissues of previously released albums are not included into this discography. Among them are albums like "Willow Weep for Me", "Witchcraft", "Take Five", "Cast Your Fate to the Wind", "GB", "Live in Concert", "The Electrifying George Benson", "The Most Exciting New Guitarist on the Jazz Scene", "California Dreamin'", "Lil Darlin'", "Masquerade", "The Masquerade Is Over", "Live at Casa Caribe", "All Blues", "Blue Bossa", "After Hours", "Golden Legends Live", "Jazz After Hours with George Benson" and many others. Albums Studio albums * Reissued as ''Take Five'' in 1979. * Reissued as ''Cast Your Fate to the Wind'' in 1982. Live albums * Reissued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Benson
George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s, playing soul jazz with Jack McDuff and others. He then launched a successful solo career, alternating between jazz, pop, R&B singing, and scat singing. His album ''Breezin''' was certified triple-platinum, hitting no. 1 on the ''Billboard'' album chart in 1976. His concerts were well attended through the 1980s, and he still has a large following. Benson has won ten Grammy Awards and has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Biography Early career Benson was born and raised in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At the age of seven, he first played the ukulele in a corner drug store, for which he was paid a few dollars. At the age of eight, he played guitar in an unlicensed nightclub on Friday and Saturday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard Charts
The ''Billboard'' charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere. The results are published in '' Billboard'' magazine. ''Billboard'' biz, the online extension of the ''Billboard'' charts, provides additional weekly charts, as well as year-end charts. The two most important charts are the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for songs and ''Billboard'' 200 for albums, and other charts may be dedicated to a specific genre such as R&B, country, or rock, or they may cover all genres. The charts can be ranked according to sales, streams, or airplay, and for main song charts such as the Hot 100 song chart, all three data are used to compile the charts. For the ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, streams and track sales are included in addition to album sales. The weekly sales and streams charts are monitored on a Friday-to-Thursday cycle since July 2015; previously it was on a Monday-to-Sunday cycle. Radio airplay song charts, however, follow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beyond The Blue Horizon
''Beyond the Blue Horizon'' is a 1971 studio album by American jazz guitarist George Benson. It was his first album released by CTI and included organist Clarence Palmer, drummer Jack DeJohnette, bassist Ron Carter, and percussionists Michael Cameron and Albert Nicholson. Background This album followed ''The Other Side of Abbey Road'', his last album for A&M, arranged by Don Sebesky with brass, strings, and 23 musicians. Contrary to that Benson recovered at his first CTI release a classical format from a small group that included a Hammond B-3 organ, a type of ensemble in which Benson had a lot of experience recording as a sideman with organist "Brother" Jack McDuff up to 11 albums between 1963 and 1965. This was also the kind of group on ''The New Boss Guitar of George Benson'', his debut album as a leader in 1964 recorded with the organ quartet of Jack MacDuff. In an interview by Anthony Brown and Ken Kimery in April 2011, Benson said this album was recorded at the beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Other Side Of Abbey Road
''The Other Side of Abbey Road'' is a 1970 studio album by American guitarist George Benson of songs from the Beatles' 1969 album ''Abbey Road''. It was his last album for A&M Records. The front cover is a photograph of Benson by Eric Meola in E 53rd Street, Midtown East, New York City. Online music service Rhapsody praised the album, calling it "winning", a "delightful release", and citing it as one of their 20 favorite cover albums. Referenced August 1, 2010 Track listing All songs written by , except " |
Tell It Like It Is (George Benson Album)
''Tell It Like It Is'' is the seventh album by American guitarist George Benson featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the A&M Records, A&M label.CTI Records discography accessed February 16, 2012 Reception The Allmusic review states "Benson manages to transcend the blasting Latin-percussion-spiced production, the tight time limits, and all with often brilliantly tasty guitar fills and brief solos in many styles and three reverb-heavy vocals".Ginell, R. SAllmusic Review accessed February 16, 2012 Track listing # "Soul Limbo" (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) - 3:25 # "Are You Happy" (Theresa B ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodies (George Benson Album)
''Goodies'' is the sixth album by jazz guitarist George Benson recorded in 1968 and released on the Verve label.Verve Records Catalog: 8700 series accessed December 13, 2015 Reception awarded the album 2 stars stating "Verve needed one more album from Benson after he signed with A&M/CTI, and ended up with a strange grab-bag in which Benson plays superbly throughout, whatever the odd goulash of sounds in back of him".Track listing ''All compositions by George Benson except as indicated'' # "I Remember Wes" – 3:50 # "Carnival Joys" – 3:50 # "[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shape Of Things To Come (George Benson Album)
''Shape of Things to Come'' is the fifth studio album by the American guitarist George Benson, recorded in 1968 and arranged by Don Sebesky. It was his first album for A&M Records and his first album to be produced by Creed Taylor, who would remain his producer until 1976. Background After four years and three different labels, Benson signed with the A&M/CTI label in 1968. He was to be the replacement for their star Wes Montgomery, who had died earlier in the year. For his first album with the label, producer Taylor brought in all of the labels heavyweights, arranger Sebesky, engineer Rudy Van Gelder, and guest artists Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter. The album is mostly cover songs from artists as diverse as Aretha Franklin, The Monkees and Glenn Miller. It also contains a pair of original compositions and some reworkings of movie soundtracks. Track listing # "Footin' It" (George Benson, Don Sebesky) – 4:23 # "Face It Boy, It's Over" (Andy Badale, Frank Stanton) – 4:05 # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giblet Gravy
''Giblet Gravy'' is the fourth album by jazz/soul guitarist George Benson. Track listing Personnel Musicians *George Benson – guitar *Albertine Robinson, Eileen Gilbert, Lois Winter – vocals *Eric Gale – guitar, tracks 2, 4, 5, 7 *Carl Lynch – guitar, track 1 *Herbie Hancock – piano, tracks 3, 6, 9-12 *Ron Carter – bass, tracks 1, 3, 6-12 *Bob Cranshaw – bass, tracks 2, 4-5 *Billy Cobham – drums *Johnny Pacheco – congas, tambourine *Pepper Adams – tenor saxophone, tracks 1-2, 4-5, 7-8 *Ernie Royal – trumpet, tracks 1-2, 4-5, 7-8 *Snooky Young – trumpet, tracks 1-2, 4-5, 7-8 * Jimmy Owens – trumpet, flugelhorn, tracks 1-2, 4-5, 7-8 *Alan Raph – bass trombone. tracks 1-2, 4-5, 7-8 *Tom McIntosh – arranger, conductor, tracks 1-2, 4-5, 7-8 Technical *Esmond Edwards – producer *Val Valentin – engineer Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, struct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The George Benson Cookbook
''The George Benson Cookbook'' is the third studio album by jazz/soul guitarist George Benson, and the second to be produced by John Hammond. Background The Hard Bop Homepage says of the album, "This is basically the George Benson quartet, with Smith and Cuber, but trombonist Bennie Green and percussionist Pucho were added on some tracks, giving them a bop flavor that delighted dedicated jazz fans and critics. Benson's quartet was modeled after Jack McDuff's--with baritone saxophonist Ronnie Cuber, organist Lonnie Smith, a powerhouse player who deserved more attention than he ever received, and Jimmy Lovelace or Marion Booker on drums. The sonorous tone of Cuber's baritone gives the quartet a richer, more dense texture than that obtained by McDuff, who used a tenor, but the overall sound is the same. At twenty-five, Ronnie Cuber was an alumnus of Marshall Brown's celebrated Newport Youth Band; he had spent the previous two years with Maynard Ferguson's very loud and brassy o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The George Benson Quartet
George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s, playing soul jazz with Jack McDuff and others. He then launched a successful solo career, alternating between jazz, pop, R&B singing, and scat singing. His album '' Breezin''' was certified triple-platinum, hitting no. 1 on the ''Billboard'' album chart in 1976. His concerts were well attended through the 1980s, and he still has a large following. Benson has won ten Grammy Awards and has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Biography Early career Benson was born and raised in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At the age of seven, he first played the ukulele in a corner drug store, for which he was paid a few dollars. At the age of eight, he played guitar in an unlicensed nightclub on Friday and Saturday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Uptown
''It's Uptown'' is the second studio album by jazz/soul guitarist George Benson. Background George Benson's second album and the first of two to be produced by John Hammond. Recorded after his move to CBS. Track listing 2007 remastered CD / Blu-spec CD bonus tracks Personnel ;The George Benson Quartet *George Benson – guitar, vocals on "Summertime", "A Foggy Day" and "Stormy Weather" *Ronnie Cuber – baritone saxophone *Bennie Green – trombone * Lonnie Smith – organ *Jimmy Lovelace – drums *Ray Lucas – drums (tracks 2, 3) with: *Blue Mitchell – trumpet (tracks 14–15) *Charlie Persip – drums (tracks 14–15) *Don Hunstein Donald Robert Hunstein (November 19, 1928 – March 18, 2017) was an American photographer. Life He studied at Washington University in St. Louis, graduating in 1950. Later he served in the United States Air Force in England. He returned to th ... - photography References George Benson albums 1966 albums Columbia Records al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack McDuff
Eugene McDuff (September 17, 1926 – January 23, 2001), known professionally as "Brother" Jack McDuff or "Captain" Jack McDuff, was an American jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who was most prominent during the hard bop and soul jazz era of the 1960s, often performing with an organ trio. He is also credited with giving guitarist George Benson his first break. Career Born Eugene McDuffy in Champaign, Illinois, McDuff began playing bass, appearing in Joe Farrell's group. Encouraged by Willis Jackson in whose band he also played bass in the late 1950s, McDuff moved to the organ and began to attract the attention of Prestige while still with Jackson's group. McDuff soon became a bandleader, leading groups featuring a young George Benson on guitar, Red Holloway on tenor saxophone and Joe Dukes on drums. McDuff recorded many classic albums on Prestige, including his debut solo ''Brother Jack'' in 1960; ''The Honeydripper'' (1961), with tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest and gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
