George Benson is a jazz guitarist born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on 22 March 1943. He started out playing straight-ahead instrumental jazz with organist Jack McDuff. Benson got his first experience playing with his several-year stint with McDuff's group. In 1964, at the age of 21, Benson recorded his first album as leader, The New Boss Guitar, with Brother Jack McDuff on organ.
Benson's next recording was It's Uptown with the George Benson Quartet with Lonnie Smith on organ and Ronnie Cuber on baritone sax. This album showcases Benson's talent in constructing swinging bebop lines at blistering tempos. Benson followed it up with "The George Benson Cookbook," also with Lonnie Smith and Ronnie Cuber.
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On the radio
Stations that played George Benson in the last 30 days
- Give Me the Night
ERT Radio 80s
Greece · Pop - In Your Eyes
Pure Beat Radio
United Kingdom · Pop - Give Me the Night
Radio Relax - Funk & Soul
Moldova · R&B - Breezin
Radio Relax - Jazz & Blues
Moldova · Pop
- 171×
Канал "Музыка без слов" Radio Rusrek Радио Русская Реклама
United States · Jazz - 73×
Jagakarsa Smooth Jazz - Jakarta
Indonesia · Jazz - 67×
Jagakarsa smooth jazz
Indonesia · Jazz - 65×
Jagakarsa Smooth Jazz
Indonesia · Contemporary Jazz - 57×
Just Music Radio
North Macedonia · R&B - 52×
Smooth Jazz Classics by Cloud Jazz
Spain · Jazz - 49×
Heart 80s
United Kingdom · Rock - 45×
Radio Art - Smooth Vocal
Greece · Vocal Jazz - 45×
KJGR Jazz Grooves
United States · Jazz - 43×
Sublime Jazz
Netherlands · Soul - 40×
JAZZ CAFE
New Zealand · Jazz
