George Benson e Count Basie Orchestra JVC Newport 90.mpg

George Benson (Pittsburgh, 22 de marzo de 1943) es un guitarrista estadounidense de jazz; ha hecho también algunas exitosas aportaciones al jazz vocal (su voz es grave y su canto similar en su manierismo al de artistas como Stevie Wonder y Donny Hathaway). Se trata de uno de los artistas de jazz más populares de las últimas décadas, habiendo recibido además encendidos elogios por parte de la crítica.
Niño virtuoso de la guitarra, grabó su primer single "It should have been me" a la edad de los 10 años. Su música ha abarcado tanto el swing y el bop como el hard bop, el quiet storm y la fusión del jazz con el pop y el soul; en Benson se pueden reconocer las influencias de Charlie Christian y Wes Montgomery. Es un guitarrista con un gran dominio de la velocidad de ejecución y del swing.

[@DYNODRUM]

Not many Bands play this Tune w/ Lyrics, almost a first . Met George once ,He was Dynamite and congenial, personable ,Friendly and very focused. Thanks...

[@flashjazzcat]

I'll second that: great upload. Always nice to see George doing some straight-ahead stuff like this.

[@TorstenGoods]

Thanks for uploading this, I've been waiting a long time for this video, many thanks again!!!! :-D

[@remcoblaauw]

This is one of our new single's!!!!The Brooklyn Brothers

[@flashjazzcat]

I don't get the impression he actually thought the tune was in Eb (although the phrase he starts the solo with superimposes an Eb over an FMaj7 at one point, it does not suggest the tonality of Eb to my ears). Then again, he does cast a wary glance at the fretboard...

[@MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out]

@gbfan08 george has a high voice, so they probably did transpose it up to F. (i have to sing in C, not high, not much range.) most people play it in Eb, and george might have just gone there by habit.

[@MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out]

nice thing , nobody comes here (yet) by accident and makes stupid remarks.