Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Benson, the 10-time Grammy Award winner known for such songs as "On Broadway," "Breezin'" and "Give Me the Night," was considered ...

George Benson has never been shy about trying to find a wider audience for jazz guitar. Less than a month after the Beatles hit the streets with "Abbey Road," he was in the studio reimagining those ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "People love us when we're starving," George Benson said in 1974. "But the minute you commercialize your sound, they hate you." It ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. Nov 13, 2020, 09:00am EST This article is more than 5 years old. NEW ORLEANS, LA - ...

Some tunes are so sacred that any attempt to cover them can only result in failure. Yet George Benson makes this mistake twice on Bad Benson; the band can’t quite manage a groove in 5/4 on Brubeck’s ...

Few guitarists can match the resume of one George Benson. The guitarist has been plying his trade for the better part of several decades now but still is intent on changing with the times, rolling ...

Legendary jazz guitarist, singer and songwriter George Benson joined host Kenneth Womack to talk about what makes a hit record, how he became friends with Paul McCartney, his new album “Dreams Do Come ...

“People love us when we’re starving,” George Benson said in 1974. “But the minute you commercialize your sound, they hate you.” It was a hard-earned truth from a guitarist who had already lived both ...