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George Benson - The Greatest Hits Of All (2004 Remastered) FLAC

[ george benson the greatest hits all 2004 remastered flac ]

[ george benson original album series 2009 5cd box set ]

George Benson is simply one of the greatest guitarists in jazz history, but he is also an amazingly versatile musician, and that frustrates to no end critics who would paint him into a narrow bop box. He can play in just about any style -- from swing to bop to R&B to pop -- with supreme taste, a beautiful rounded tone, terrific speed, a marvelous sense of logic in building solos, and, always, an unquenchable urge to swing. His inspirations may have been Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery -- and he can do dead-on impressions of both -- but his style is completely his own. Not only can he play lead brilliantly, he is also one of the best rhythm guitarists around, supportive to soloists and a dangerous swinger, particularly in a soul-jazz format. Yet Benson can also sing in a lush, soulful tenor with mannerisms similar to those of Stevie Wonder and Donny Hathaway, and it is his voice that has proved to be more marketable to the public than his guitar. Benson is the guitar-playing equivalent of Nat King Cole -- a fantastic pianist whose smooth way with a pop vocal eventually eclipsed his instrumental prowess in the marketplace -- but unlike Cole, Benson has been granted enough time after his fling with the pop charts to reaffirm his jazz guitar credentials, which he still does at his concerts.

[ george benson original album series 2009 5cd box set flac ]

George Benson - Guitar Man (FLAC) (20111)
EAC Rip | Flac(image) - cue - log | 244 MB | 1 CD | Full Scans
Genre: Jazz

[ george benson guitar man flac 20111 ]

George Benson - Guitar Man (FLAC) (20111)
EAC Rip | Flac(image) - cue - log | 244 MB | 1 CD | Full Scans
Genre: Jazz

[ george benson guitar man flac 20111 ]

"I loved pretty," says George Benson in a quote included on this attractively packaged anthology's comprehensive liner notes. And really, the guitar great/R&B singer's penchant for prettiness is the thread that runs through all of his music--from his early cool-bop jazz charts (nicely represented on 1964's "Shadow Dancer" and 1967's vibrant "Ready and Able") to the '70s chart-toppers ("This Masquerade," "On Broadway," "Turn Your Love Around") and through the Quiet Storm musings of the last two decades. As a guitarist, Benson's ability to arc and shape a melodic phrase has constantly thrilled, especially when these lines are accompanied by his trademark vocal scats. The producers wisely omit some of Benson's later (and schlockier) easy-listening works, and provide us with endearing cuts like a 1968 collaboration with Herbie Hancock on "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (delivered with a down-home, decidedly blues-inflected wail) and inspired works with musical heavies such as rhythm guitarist supreme Phil Upchurch, bassist Ron Carter, organists Jimmy Smith, Lonnie Smith, and Aretha Franklin. But the anthology's most delightful inclusion is "Shark Bite" (the B-side to "20/20"), a white-hot acid jazz number that reminds us that Benson could indeed be the grooviest guitarist since the legendary Wes Montgomery.

[ george benson anthology 2002 flac ]