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George Benson: Ready and Able (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

After the crisp execution of this Jimmy Smith-penned melody on the chords of "I Got Rhythm," it’s equally exciting to...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS

Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...

George Benson: Sky Dive (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

Every set needs a burnout tune. At this 1975 Carnegie Hall concert, this was it. Benson takes Freddie Hubbard’s "Sky ...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS

Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...

George Benson: Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

Many might find this pick way too schmaltzy, but I can’t help including this movie theme ballad, super-sweetly orches...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS

Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...

George Benson: The Ghetto (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music October 24, 07

George Benson covers Donny Hathaway on the opening track from his 2000 album Absolute Benson, which prominently featu...

George Benson: Giblet Gravy (Rating: 90/100) posted in Music January 14, 08

At the time of this session – not his first, but certainly his best at this stage of his career – George Benson was o...

George Benson: Affirmation (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

A backbeat has never disqualified melody or harmony to my ears, so when I listen to this cut I hear George Benson, ja...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS

Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...

George Benson: Eternally (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

On this Latin-esque minor blues tune from his 1965 debut album It’s Uptown, Benson unleashes the controlled urgency a...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS

Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...

George Benson: The Gentle Rain (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

From my perspective, this tune represents a period of exploitation, experimentation and growth for George Benson duri...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS

Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...

George Benson: Poquito Spanish, Poquito Funk (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

I hadn’t received a visit from the old George Benson in quite some time and I must admit, I kinda missed him. Then on...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS

Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...

George Benson: Plum (Rating: 100/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

This track contains some of the most exciting and articulate jazz guitar phrasing I’ve ever heard. On his original co...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS

Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...

George Benson: Soulful Strut (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

Back in 1968, this tune was an instrumental pop/soul radio hit. George and company must have felt, ‘if it ain’t broke...

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Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...

George Benson: Breezin' (Rating: 89/100) posted in Music October 23, 07

This Bobby Womack-penned tune is the title track from Benson’s 1976 breakthrough album Breezin’. Cheery, catchy, and,...

George Benson: Shape of Things That Are and Were (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

On this blues head by Benson from his 1968 A&M Records debut, he gives a nod to his predecessor Wes Montgomery and al...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS

Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...

George Benson: Being With You (Rating: 94/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

By 1983, when this record was released, Benson was a pop star facing all of the responsibilities of meeting with cont...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: BOBBY BROOM SELECTS 12 ESSENTIAL GEORGE BENSON TRACKS

Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...

George Benson: We All Remember Wes (Rating: 95/100) posted in Music October 20, 08

True jazz lovers and jazz guitar geeks should rejoice when they hear this one! It’s a song written in tribute to the ...

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Editor's Note: Around 1975, Bobby Broom, a 14-year-old guitar aspirant from Harlem who was playing R&B, funk, and so...

George Benson: Octane (Rating: 85/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

This recording lacks synergy due to the fact that live and studio performances were merged to create it. There are im...

George Benson & Al Jarreau: Four (Rating: 86/100) posted in Music February 10, 08

Who would have thought the '70s fusion masters would have aged so well? The Benson-Jarreau collaboration is no tepi...

George Benson: Take Five (Rating: 88/100) posted in Music October 23, 08

Some tuning discrepancies exist here between guitar and bass, but it doesn't matter much, because the track is energe...

George Benson: Witchcraft (Rating: 96/100) posted in Music February 19, 08

Benson's commercial success meant overproduced albums and an increased emphasis on his pleasing vocals, which diminis...

This track review is included in: THE DOZENS: ESSENTIAL JAZZ GUITAR

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Kenny G: Summertime (Rating: 79/100) posted in Music November 28, 07

No surprises in this smooth jazz version of the Gershwin standard. Kenny G keeps fairly close to the sheet music cho...

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