George Benson - This Lonely Game (Live) '2024

Artist	George Benson Related artists
Album name	This Lonely Game (Live)
Country
Date	2024
Genre	Jazz,Soul-Jazz,Smooth Jazz,Contemporary Jazz
Play time	38:24
Format / Bitrate	Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps
Media	CD
Size	172 MB
Price	Download $1.95

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Tracks list

	Tracklist:

01. Affirmation (Live 1977)
02. Lady (Live 1977)
03. Summertime (Live 1977)
04. Theme From Good King Bad (Live 1977)
05. Breezin' (Live 1977)
06. This Masquerade (Live 1977)


Â moreBorn in 1943 in Pittsburgh, Benson actually started out professionally
as a singer, performing in nightclubs at the age of eight, recording four sides
for RCA's X label in 1954, and forming a rock band at 17 while using a guitar
that his stepfather made for him. Exposure to records by Christian, Montgomery,
and Charlie Parker got him interested in jazz, and by 1962, the teenage Benson
was playing in Brother Jack McDuff's band. After forming his own group in 1965,
Benson became another of talent scout John Hammond's major discoveries,
recording two highly regarded albums of soul-jazz and hard bop for Columbia and
turning up on several records by others, including Miles Davis' Miles in the
Sky. He switched to Verve in 1967, and, shortly after the death of Montgomery in
June 1968, producer Creed Taylor began recording him with larger ensembles on
A&M (between 1968 and 1969) and big groups and all-star combos on CTI (from 1971
to 1976).

While the A&M and CTI albums certainly earned their keep and made Benson a
guitar star in the jazz world, he gained yet more commercial acclaim after
signing with Warner Bros. in 1976. His first album for Warner Bros., Breezin',
became a Top Ten hit on the strength of its sole vocal track, "This Masquerade,"
and this led to a string of hit albums in an R&B-flavored pop mode, culminating
with the Quincy Jones-produced Give Me the Night. However, jazz remained at the
core of his sound, as showcased on 1989's standards album Tenderly, as well as
1990's Big Boss Band with the Basie band, the latter of which featured his
guitar more prominently. In 1993, he scored another number one contemporary jazz
album with Love Remembers, and followed with several more chart-topping albums,
including 1996's That's Right and 1998's Standing Together.

The Latin-infused Absolute Benson arrived in 2000 debuting at number one on the
Billboard Jazz chart, and was followed by 2004's number five-charting
Irreplaceable. He then paired with vocalist Al Jarreau for 2006's Givin' It Up,
which topped the contemporary jazz chart and took home Grammy Awards for Best
Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance.

In 2009, Benson signed to Concord and released Songs and Stories for the label;
he followed it with his first primarily instrumental album in 35 years, Guitar
Man, in 2011. Two years later, Benson released Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat
King Cole, featuring arrangements by Nelson Riddle and Randy Waldman. In 2019,
he returned with a second tribute album, Walking to New Orleans: Remembering
Chuck Berry and Fats Domino. A concert album, Weekend in London, arrived in
2020. ~ Richard S. Ginell



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