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Im really trying to get into this guy. I mean, I know he's one of the original greats but I can do without the singing (though he has a great voice) and am more interested in his playing. Today I have:Bad Benson, George Benson with Jack McDuff,The George Benson Cookbook
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10-20-2013 09:00 PM
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Backtracks
GB Silver Collection
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I don't like to listen to his singing as much as his playing and his Wes Montgomery thumb technique, but
George is a very good singer too. One of his early songs where I like the combination of his voice and playing
is "On Broadway"...man that unique rthymn beat fits so well, and he really cooks at the end of the song as well
as doing jazz voicings..
'and one thin dime won't even shine your shoes ...jazz voice styling...cuz i can play this here guitar and I won't
quit until I'm star on Broadway..unison jazz voice/guitar .....
He really cooks on this one..."On Broadway"
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Bad Benson - "Serbia Blue" is just an awesome song.
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Just today I happened to have listened to 'Giblet Gravy' and GB playing on Lou Donaldson's album 'Alligator Boogalloo'. Both are must-have if you're a Benson fan.
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Originally Posted by DRS
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Hey I just looked in the search function and there's a whole lot to read including some similar threads that other people have begun in the past.
Here's one:
Best straight-ahead George Benson?
It's full of great recommendations!
David
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Can't remember the album name but its a 2 record live set with a quartet, I think George duvivier is on bass. I was checking this out when I was shedding in school. I couldn't believe some of the insane tempos benson was taking the tunes. He sounded superhuman on Oleo
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Originally Posted by Jazzism
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Originally Posted by Jazzism
Typo, I'm sure.
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Originally Posted by Daniel Kuryliak
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First Benson album I got into and think still one of his best was White Rabbit had a great band too. Those early CTI albums were great.
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There's no shortage of albums if you're looking for george benson's playing. Early albums worth checking out are
The New Boss Guitar of George Benson
Giblet Gravy
It's Uptown
The George Benson Cookbook
Bad Benson
Body Talk
I'd recommend any of these to begin with.
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"As a child prodigy raised in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, he first began performing at the age of seven and was known as “little Georgie Benson,” playing the ukulele and singing. He switched to the guitar when he was nine because, he says, he needed the guitar to back up his singing."
That would be "little Georgie Benson" at age 7. Wow!..just goes to show that talent can be made and born
at the same time. I believe that Ibanez guitars have a "Little George Benson" model as well now.
"They say that I won't last too long on Broadway
I'll catch a Greyhound bus for home, they all say
But they're dead wrong, I know they are
'Cause I can play this here guitar
And I won't quit till I'm a star on Broadway
BTW..Jazz Forum..we need a Benson icon for my reply..can someone come up with one.
we gots Metheny, Scofield, Wes, Jim Hall, Joe Pass...but no George Benson...
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If we're talking about early let's go back to 1963 (which, to be honest, predates my introduction to jazz . . . and long pants).
Take a listen to Brother Jack McDuff's Live! record. This is the Chitlin Circuit at its finest, as presented by McD, Benson, Harold Vick and more. It's a glimpse into a bygone world. 'Make mine a double, man!'
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'Beyond The Blue Horizon'
Creed Taylor had just started his label, there wasn't enough money to make a big production album, so they just went into the studio and recorded the album without any bells and whistles.
So What is the tune most guitarists study off that lp.
For a 'chitlin circuit' lp, the one under drummer Joe Dukes name,
The Soulful Drums?
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Check out The California Concert live album with Freddie Hubbard. George had some smokin' solos on that album. Freddie Hubbard's Straight Life has some great Benson on there. Dr. Lonnie Smith's Live at Club Mozambique also features some awesome Benson.
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-It's Uptown
-The George Benson Cookbook
are definitely my two favorites! Specifically the songs "Clockwork" and "The Cooker". Never really dug his later stuff - too commercial for me.
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Originally Posted by JazzMaster14
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Originally Posted by JazzMaster14
Check this out then!
Last edited by Daniel Kuryliak; 11-06-2013 at 03:27 AM.
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GB and BG (Major)
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If it’s early Benson you want:
Ed Cherry at Small Last Night (6/3/24)
Today, 09:07 PM in The Players