George Benson Live (The Early Years) [Live]

George Benson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 11, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Classic World Productions/Sele
• ASIN: B00000IIWO
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #225,349 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Love For Sale

2. (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade is Over

3. There Will Never Be Another You

4. All Blues

5. Witchcraft

6. Blues Bossa

7. Oleo

8. Lil Darlin'

9. All the Things You Are

10. Invitation

11. Love Walked In

12. Dahlin's Delight

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Benson's Jazz Years, February 24, 2007

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Enno Roosink - See all my reviews

This review is from: George Benson Live (The Early Years) (Audio CD)

If you are into " live " recordings with club-atmospheres ( a bottle or glass ringing now and than, some background mumbling etc. ) and musicians heating up the fire on all of these jazz-classics like on this early Benson recording, grap your chance to purchase this rather " rare " recording. Although it is not George in the driversseat all the time and numbers are faded when too long this cd will make you tap your feed.
For you jazz-guitar-aficionado's ear you will hear the old-warm-sound probably of his pre-Ibanez years. Does anyone out there recognize the pianoplayer George is supporting, none of the personel is mentioned in the linernotes. A " must have " for any serious jazz-cat who loves some hard-core swinging George Benson music that shows where his roots lie ...
I know it is hot these days to imitate / search for Benson's sound from this very period ...... chasing old work-horse-guitars and amplifiers, especialy overhere in Europe ...

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best..., April 2, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: George Benson Live (The Early Years) (Audio CD)

I think this is one of the very best cuts you get of George Benson. This shows why George Benson is one of the best jazz guitarists in history...burnin'!!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Question, March 23, 2001

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Celia Cummings (Big Bear City, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: George Benson Live (The Early Years) (Audio CD)

There are "two" George Bensons--the one who plays good jazz--e.g. on the Cookbook album, and then the one who plays syrupy pop. I can't tell from your 2 reviews here which category this one falls into. Can anyone tell me?