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George Benson - In Flight (1977) {198x Warner Bros.} **[RE-UP]**  Music

Posted by TestTickles at May 4, 2020
George Benson - In Flight (1977) {198x Warner Bros.} **[RE-UP]**

George Benson - In Flight (1977) {198x Warner Bros.}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 232mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 100mb
Genre: jazz, pop jazz, vocal jazz

In Flight is the 1977 album by guitarist George Benson, and his follow-up to his very successful album Breezin'. On this he is joined by Phil Upchurch, Ronnie Foster, Jorge Dalto, Stanley Banks, Harvey Mason, and Ralph MacDonald. It features covers of War's "The World Is A Ghetto", Donny Hathaway's "Valdez In The Country", Benard Ighner's "Everything Must Change", and eden ahbez's "Nature Boy". No release date for this disc but it was sometime between 1987 and 1989.

George Benson - Original Album Classics (2007)  Music

Posted by v3122 at May 20, 2021
George Benson - Original Album Classics (2007)

George Benson - Original Album Classics (2007)
MP3 CBR 320Kbps
5CD | Columbia, 88697145522 | ~ 630 Mb | Scans(png) -> 266 Mb
Jazz-funk, Fusion, Smooth Jazz

2007 five CD set, a great installment in Sony/BMG's Original Album Classics series that brings together rare and out of print titles with some best sellers from the Sony/BMG Jazz catalog. Many of these albums have been unavailable on CD for some time and are sought after by collectors…

George Benson - That's Right (1996)  Music

Posted by popsakov at March 22, 2021
George Benson - That's Right (1996)

George Benson - That's Right (1996)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 316 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 119 Mb
Full Scans ~ 108 Mb | 00:49:43 | RAR 5% Recovery
Crossover Jazz, Smooth Jazz, R&B, Funk, Soul | GRP Records #GRD-9823

George Benson may have changed labels with That's Right, but he didn't change his approach. Like his other '90s albums, That's Right is jazz-inflected quiet-storm soul. It's quietly funky and always grooving, whether he's playing a light uptempo number or a silky ballad. As always, Benson's tone is smooth and supple – it's a pleasure to hear him play, even if the material he has selected doesn't always showcase his ample skills. In fact, the unevenness in material is the very thing that keeps That's Right from being on par with Benson's early '80s contemporary soul records. Although the sound is right, and Benson's heart is clearly in it, he just doesn't have quite enough memorable melodies to make the album thoroughly engaging. Still, the joy that is readily apparent within his performance makes That's Right a worthy acquisition for fans of Benson's latter-day recordings.

George Benson - Hits & Rarities (2022)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Oct. 2, 2022
George Benson - Hits & Rarities (2022)

George Benson - Hits & Rarities (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.03 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 402 MB
2:51:35 | Jazz | Label: UMG

Simply one of the greatest guitarists in jazz history, George Benson is an amazingly versatile musician whose adept skills find him crossing easily between straight-ahead jazz, smooth jazz, and contemporary R&B. Blessed with supreme taste, a beautiful, rounded guitar tone, terrific speed, a marvelous sense of logic in building solos, and, as always, an unquenchable urge to swing, Benson's inspirations may have been Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery, 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; skills he first garnered attention for as a member of Brother Jack McDuff's band in the early '60s.

George Benson - Midnight Moods: The Love Collection (1991)  Music

Posted by BlondStyle at Oct. 18, 2021
George Benson - Midnight Moods: The Love Collection (1991)

George Benson - Midnight Moods: The Love Collection (1991)
R&B, Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Soul | EAC Rip | FLAC, Tracks+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 01:06:51 | 464,64 Mb
Label: Warner Bros. Records (Europe) | Cat.# 9548-30801-2 | Released: 1991-10-14

This album includes all George's greatest hits such as "Give Me The Night", "Kisses In The Moonlight", "20/20", "Never Give Up On A Good Thing".
George Benson & Jack McDuff - George Benson & Jack McDuff (1977) [Reissue 2007]

George Benson & Jack McDuff - George Benson & Jack McDuff (1977) [Reissue 2007]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 393 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 156 MB | Covers - 21 MB
Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz, Hard Bop | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Prestige Records (0888072240728)

George Benson's facile post-Wes Montgomery single-line and chord-accented style was well received in his salad days of the mid- to late '60s. Primarily self-taught and ear-trained, he made great strides in a five-year period around his native Pittsburgh, working with organist Jack McDuff on the East Coast chitlin circuit. As the soul-jazz and boogaloo movement was establishing itself, Benson was right in the pocket, as these seminal mid-'60s sessions perfectly illustrate. In tandem with saxophonist Red Holloway, the two Prestige label LPs New Boss Guitar and Hot Barbeque were initially reissued in 1977 on a vinyl two-fer, and now on this single CD. The first two tracks, "Shadow Dancers" and "The Sweet Alice Blues," sans McDuff though toeing the groove line, are the most original and modern numbers…

George Benson - George Benson (1973)  Music

Posted by popsakov at Feb. 4, 2024
George Benson - George Benson (1973)

George Benson - George Benson (1973)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 330 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 161 Mb
Full Scans | 00:47:21 | RAR 5% Recovery
Jazz, Fusion | Signal #SIGNAL 50645

Simply one of the greatest guitarists in jazz history, George Benson is an amazingly versatile musician, whose adept skills find him crossing easily between straight-ahead jazz, smooth jazz, and contemporary R&B. Blessed with supreme taste, a beautiful, rounded guitar tone, terrific speed, a marvelous sense of logic in building solos, and, always, an unquenchable urge to swing, Benson's inspirations may have been Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery, 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.

George Benson - Live At Montreux 1986 (2005)  Music

Posted by v3122 at May 12, 2020
George Benson - Live At Montreux 1986 (2005)

George Benson - Live At Montreux 1986 (2005)
DVD-9: PAL 4:3 (720x576) VBR
LinearPCM, 2 ch / Dolby AC3, 6 ch / DTS, 5 ch
Soul-Jazz, Smooth Jazz, Jazz-Funk, Contemporary Jazz, Rhythm & Blues | ~ 7.79 Gb

~ Recorded Live on July 18th, 1986 at "Montreux Casino", during the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland) ~

George Benson - Weekend in London (Live) (2020)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Nov. 12, 2020
George Benson - Weekend in London (Live) (2020)

George Benson - Weekend in London (Live) (2020)
FLAC tracks | 1:12:30 | 466 Mb
Genre: Jazz, Funk, Soul / Label: Provogue

George Benson est tout simplement l'un des plus grands guitaristes de l'histoire du jazz, mais il est aussi un musicien incroyablement polyvalent, chanteur à succès, et qui frustre les trop nombreux critiques de jazz qui souhaiteraient l’enfermer dans la petite boîte des solistes remarquables de bebop. George Benson ne se laisse pas attraper aussi facilement, il peut jouer dans n'importe quel style - du swing au bop, du R’n B à la pop, du funk à la soul – sautant de l’un à l’autre avec goût et subtilité, muni d’une belle sonorité ronde, d’une belle dextérité, d’un merveilleux sens de la logique dans la construction de ses solos qu’il exprime toujours avec swing.

George Benson - Best of George Benson Live (2005)  Music

Posted by Designol at Nov. 22, 2022
George Benson - Best of George Benson Live (2005)

George Benson - Best of George Benson Live (2005)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 409 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 164 Mb | Scans included
Smooth Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Guitar Jazz | Label: GRP | # 0602498843536 | 00:59:31

Recorded live at Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Ireland, in 2000, these ten tracks are pleasant re-workings of guitarist and vocalist George Benson's jazz-pop hits of the '70s. To his credit, Benson isn't just a human jukebox re-creating well-known songs and sidestepping any spontaneity that derives from a live performance. For instance, his band, which includes keyboardist Joe Sample, gets to stretch out a bit, showing off their improvisational skills on "This Masquerade," "On Broadway," and particularly on Sample's "Deeper Than You Think." Alongside his seven-member group, Benson employs the BBC Big Band and musicians from the Ulster Orchestra who provide a real lushness that enhances the music instead of utilizing the cheesy synthesizer strings that often marred some of his work in the '80s and '90s. Fans of Benson's early sessions for Columbia or A&M may not rush out to purchase this, but those who favor Breezin' will find some pleasant moments here.