That’s exactly what happened with Dreams Do Come True, an ambitious orchestral pop record he made with famed arranger Robert Farnon in 1989. Farnon was at the time still one of the most celebrated ...

When guitarist George Benson's Warner Bros. debut Breezin' was issued in March 1976, it immediately became a hit; indeed one of the largest hits jazz has ever known. Guided by the successful hit ...

George Benson has never been shy about trying to find a wider audience for jazz guitar. Less than a month after the Beatles hit the streets with "Abbey Road," he was in the studio reimagining those ...

B.B. King would have turned 100 in 2025, which feels like the sort of occasion someone should have noticed before Joe Bonamassa started asking around. “I said, ‘Well, obviously somebody’s going to be ...

Some tunes are so sacred that any attempt to cover them can only result in failure. Yet George Benson makes this mistake twice on Bad Benson; the band can’t quite manage a groove in 5/4 on Brubeck’s ...

A SHOW celebrating George Benson's greatest hits is coming to Clacton. The show, Give Me the Night, will feature singer Nat ...

1976 was a landmark year for George Benson. The singer and musician had signed his first contract with Warner Brothers Records, and was readying to put down tracks for his first album on the label, ...

SFJAZZ announced that 10-time GRAMMY Award–winning jazz icon George Benson will make his SFJAZZ debut at San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall for one-night-only on Monday, May 11, 2026 at 8 p.m.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. Nov 13, 2020, 09:00am EST This article is more than 5 years old. NEW ORLEANS, LA - ...

Give Me the Night, starring internationally acclaimed vocalist Nat Augustin, will take to the stage on Friday, June 12.