Reuters - Jul 14, 2009
George Benson gave a slick performance combining unparalleled guitar chops and sophisticated jazz-soul vocals at the Montreux Jazz Festival after being hailed the world's best axeman by BB King....
More »AP - Oct 19, 2008
Guitarist George Benson had a chance to reconnect with his jazz roots when he was honored by the National Endowment for the Arts as one of its 2009 Jazz Masters. But it was another newly minted Jazz Master...
More »AP - Nov 13, 2006
George Benson & Al Jarreau, Givin It Up (Concord Records/Monster Music): Guitarist/vocalist George Benson and singer Al Jarreau both started out in straightahead jazz before crossing over into pop and...
More »USRN - Jan 17, 2001
(1/17/01, 1 p.m. ET) - Guitarist George Benson s breakthrough 1976 album Breezin has been digitally remastered and re-released this week. The deluxe reissue CD includes three bonus tracks, including the...
More »USRN - Jul 31, 2000
(8/1/00, 7 a.m. ET) - Guitarist-vocalist George Benson and singer Tony Bennett are both fine following an incident Sunday (July 30) in which the British Airways Concorde on which they were traveling was...
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