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Give Me The Night (Album) by George Benson

Artist Biography For George Benson

George Benson Is A Jazz Guitarist Born In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA On 22 March 1943. He Started Out Playing Straight-Ahead Instrumental Jazz With Organist Jack McDuff. Benson Got His First Experience Playing With His Several-Year Stint With McDuff's Group. 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's Next Recording Was It's Uptown With The George Benson Quartet With Lonnie Smith On Organ And Ronnie Cuber On Baritone Sax. This Album Showcases Benson's Talent In Constructing Swinging Bebop Lines At Blistering Tempos. Benson Followed It Up With "The George Benson Cookbook " Also With Lonnie Smith And Ronnie Cuber. One Of His Major Hits Is The Song "This Masquerade" Which Is Included In The Top-Selling Album Breezin' . This Album Represents A Shift To More Commercially Oriented Music Which Brought Benson A Wider Audience But Alienated Some Jazz Fans. Other Singles That Have Made The Billboard Hot 100 Charts Include "On Broadway" 1978 "Love Ballad" 1979 "Give Me The Night" 1980 And "Turn Your Love Around" 1982 . Benson Continues To Play Outstanding Jazz Guitar As Evidenced On Recordings Such As Jimmy Smith's Off The Top Benson's Own Live Album Par Excellence And Tenderly On Which Benson Is Accompanied By McCoy Tyner On Piano. For His Contribution To The Recording Industry George Benson Has A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame At 7055 Hollywood Blvd.

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This Is The Peak Of George Benson's Courtship Of The Mass Market -- A Superbly Crafted And Performed Pop Album With A Large Supporting Cast -- And Wouldn't You Know That Quincy Jones The Master Catalyst Is The Producer. Q's Regular Team Including The Prolific Songwriter Rod Temperton And The Brilliant Engineer Bruce Swedien Is In Control And Benson's Voice Caught Beautifully In The Rich Floating Sound Had Never Before Been Put To Such Versatile Use. On Moody's Mood Benson Really Exercises His Vocalese Chops And Proves That He Is Technically As Fluid As Just About Any Jazz Vocalist And He Become A Credible Rival To Al Jarreau On The Joyous Title Track. Benson's Guitar Now Plays A Subsidiary Role -- Only Two Of The Ten Tracks Are Instrumentals -- But Q Has Him Play Terrific Fills Behind The Vocals And In The Gaps And The Engineering Gives His Tone A Variety Of Striking New Full-Sounding Timbres. The Instrumentals Themselves Are Marvelous Off Broadway Is Driving And Danceable And Ivan Lins' Dinorah Dinorah Grows Increasingly Seductive With Each Play. Benson Should Have Worked With Jones From This Point On But This Would Be Their Only Album Together.