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 ...
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Grammy-winning jazz musician George Benson is taking the stage for one-night-only over at the Wynn's Encore Theater. He's best known for the 1976 album Breezin', which became one of ...
You’d be hard-pressed to find another musician whose career has been anything like that of George Benson, the now 80-year-old performer born in Pittsburgh who came into the scene as a child prodigy ...
A childhood head injury meant the session icon had to find his own way of making music. But after working with King, Aretha ...
In September 1945, Leon Hefflin Sr. brought the first jazz music festival to the masses at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles. Cavalcade of Jazz was an opportunity for music lovers of all stripes to join ...
George Benson is simply one of the greatest guitarists in jazz history,” writes music critic Richard S. Ginell, yet jazz guitar is only the beginning for George. A relentless shapeshifter, he’s ...
George Benson led his band — a six-piece ensembled featuring two percussionists, two keyboardists, a bass player and a lead guitarist — through thirteen songs at Cain Park this week, encoring with his ...