George Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American musician, guitarist and singer-songwriter. He started his skilled profession at twenty-one, as a jazz guitarist. Benson makes use of a rest-stroke choosing approach just like that of gypsy jazz gamers equivalent to Django Reinhardt.
A former youngster prodigy, Benson first got here to prominence within the Nineteen Sixties, enjoying soul jazz with Jack McDuff and others. He then launched a profitable solo profession, alternating between jazz, pop, R&B singing, and scat singing. His album Breezin’ was licensed triple-platinum, hitting #1 on the Billboard album chart in 1976. His concert events have been properly attended by means of the Eighties, and he nonetheless has a big following. He has obtained a star on the Hollywood Stroll of Fame.
