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George Benson Live (The Early Years)

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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 ...

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'!!

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?

There's a lot of George Benson out there, but this captures him live, at his best! This is when George was in his prime, and there's no better way to hear what a legend like George Benson can do than hearing him live. I only wish George was playing like this now.

Benson is definately my favorite, and I think this is him at his absolute best. He was always a beast on the guitar, but this live recording really shows it. Any jazz guitarist must own this. The piano player is also amazing, especially on Witchcraft.

Linc

learnjazzguitar.net

If you ever wanted to play music,but can't then listen to George. He passes on his feeling for the music to those of us who can't play. When we here him play its as though we were handling those strings. He plays with soul enough,so our souls come alive. We hear him,feel him,breathe him and sweat him and his music.