His wins include Record of the Year for "This Masquerade" (1977), Best Pop Instrumental Performance for "Breezin'" (1977) and "Mornin'" (2007), Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for "On Broadway" (1979) and "Give Me the Night" (1981), and Best R&B Instrumental Performance for "Theme From Good King Bad" (1977) and "Off Broadway" (1981) He's won a dynamic 10 Grammys, including record of the year for his triple platinum ‘Breezin’. Box office: 020-8269 4799.The live shows will feature George Benson’s masterful guitar playing, and Benson and his band will perform his Greatest Hits from his impressive back catalogue - which includes such classics as Give Me The Night, Lady Love Me (One More Time), Turn Your Love Around, Inside Love, Never Give Up On A Good Thing and In Your Eyes and more…īenson is one of America's great guitarists, a virtuoso who's been honoured by the National Endowment of the Arts as a Jazz Master. Released in 1976 George Benson became a pop superstar with this album, thanks to its least representative track.
His reading of Donny Hathaway’s The Ghetto rumbles with slinky menace.
But when he picks up both the guitar and tempo, songs which were briskly inoffensive on record leap into colour. They’re having a Moment me, I hardly know where to look. Filename D:musicMusicgates ripsGeorge Benson - Live best of George Benson (2005)03 - Breezin.wav Peak level 100.0 Track quality 99. Heard live, his bland, glutinous ballads give me the sense of playing the embarrassed gooseberry at an intimate assignation between Benson and his audience. And he must have really enjoyed it, because that’s what he’s been doing ever since. His popularity as a singer came about almost by accident: feted as a jazz player, Benson enjoyed a hit in 1976 with the album Breezin’ thanks to its solitary vocal track, This Masquerade. When he puts the guitar down and croons, which he does a lot, he is the musical equivalent of Formica. TIDAL is the first global music streaming service with high fidelity sound, hi-def video quality, along with expertly curated playlists and original content making it a trusted source for music and culture. There are other moments when I wonder if the world’s most luxurious cruise liner is missing its star turn.Īs a guitarist, Benson is a master, his vivacious, nimble style often paired with the scat singing through which he acts as his own effects box. Listen to Breezin', a song by George Benson on TIDAL. Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon, Live at Casa Caribe, 1973 (Live) George Benson. T here are moments tonight when I sit transfixed by the sight and the sounds of George Benson’s fingers flying about his Ibanez guitar. Weekend In London (Live & Track Commentary).