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Session guitar legend Lee Ritenour has recounted how he ended up re-recording part of George Benson's guitar solo on Give Me the Night in an after-hours session with producer Quincy Jones. Now, in a ...

Few musicians have seen the success that guitarist, vocalist and cultural icon George Benson has — platinum records, a record of the year Grammy, four top 10 hits. But from behind the gilded veil of ...

When guitarist George Benson's Warner Bros. debut Breezin' was issued in March 1976, it immediately became a hit; indeed one of the largest hits jazz has ever known. Guided by the successful hit ...

That’s exactly what happened with Dreams Do Come True, an ambitious orchestral pop record he made with famed arranger Robert Farnon in 1989. Farnon was at the time still one of the most celebrated ...

We sit down with the legendary guitarist and singer George Benson about his long-time career. We continue our conversation with legendary singer-songwriter and musician Bill Withers about his legacy ...

When his fame started reaching new heights in the 1970s, though, the jazz community took umbrage at his success. “Everybody I know in the jazz world who cut a record that was exceptional or went out ...

George Benson released his first single in 1953 at the ripe old age of 10, and he’s breezed through virtually every possible iteration of jazz, from the traditional to the smooth and back again.