This album represents a shift to more commercially oriented music which brought Benson a wider audience but alienated some jazz fans. One of his major hits is the song "This Masquerade", which is included in the top-selling album Breezin'. Benson followed it up with "The George Benson Cookbook," also with Lonnie Smith and Ronnie Cuber.
This album showcases Benson's talent in constructing swinging bebop lines at blistering tempos. Benson's next recording was It's Uptown with the George Benson Quartet with Lonnie Smith on organ and Ronnie Cuber on baritone sax.īenson's next recording was It's Uptown with the George Benson Quartet with Lonnie Smith on organ and Ronnie Cuber on baritone sax. In 1964, at the age of 21, Benson recorded his first album as leader, The New Boss Guitar, with Brother Jack McDuff on organ. Benson got his first experience playing with his several-year stint with McDuff's group. He started out playing straight-ahead instrumental jazz with organist Jack McDuff. George Benson is a jazz guitarist born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on 22 March 1943.
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