George Benson
George Benson
George Benson is an American musician, guitarist and singer-songwriter. He began his professional career at 21 as a jazz guitarist. Benson uses a rest-stroke picking technique similar to that of gypsy jazz players such as Django Reinhardt...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth22 March 1943
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
moved
I moved to Hawaii from Inglewood, New Jersey. I had planned on retiring there.
columbus hot taking town
Columbus is taking off and it's about to boom, this is a hot town right now.
albums concord good promised songs
I've done two albums for Concord Records; one was with Al Jarreau and it did very well for us. The second album was called 'Songs And Stories,' and it had good songs and good performances, but I promised them I would do an album that was more jazz-oriented.
teaching harmony instruments
I spent a lot of time teaching myself theory and harmony so I could be free to express myself on the instrument.
player guitar world
The greatest guitar player in the world today for me is Paco de Lucia, who is actually Spanish.
teacher going-out
The greatest teacher is just going out and playing.
music opportunity guitar
Lenny Breau dazzled me with his extraordinary guitar playing... I wish the world had the opportunity to experience his artistry.
player guitar careers
My whole career from the early 70s on has been mind-blowing. I didn't imagine in my life that I would ever be considered a guitar player first of all because I started off as a singer.
music play people
People who love jazz musicians love us when we play what we want to play and we're starving. But as soon as you commercialize your sound like Wes Montgomery did, the jazz fans and the critics are down on you!
music cat jazz
I've had the pleasure of playing with the baddest Jazz cats on the planet.
music kenny guitarist
There is no finer guitarist than Kenny Burrell
growth higher percent roughly three year
We're projecting roughly a three percent growth this year and that could get even higher as we go forward.
became convinced cousin electric formed happened popular rest stepfather though
When I was 15 years old, my cousin and I formed a singing group called The Altaires. And, because we became the most popular singing group in the Tri-State area, the rest of the group convinced me I should play the guitar - even though I didn't own one! So what happened was, my stepfather actually made my first electric guitar for me for $23!
outlook pleased
The outlook for Georgia, I'm pleased to say, is good.