The full list of dates for the tour are below……. For more information and tickets, which are priced between £48 and £68, just go here. The Loner (Remastered 2002) Mediterranean Sundance / Rio Ancho (Live at Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA - December 1980) Oxygene, Pt.
Terence Blanchard) The Very Best Of Dave Grusin. Your hero, you know I used to play 'Breezin’' from the 'Breezin' album a lot. Whether you’re a fan of the 80s classics, or his Jazz and guitar work, you’ll get it all on this very special evening. Terence Blanchard) MUSIC FROM MO BETTER BLUES (feat. "We did have us a ball making this record," he admits.GEORGE BENSON gets to St David’s Hall in Cardiff on the rescheduled date of Sunday 19th June 2022 (original tickets are still valid) and this is one date you absolutely must keep. Walking to New Orleans is Benson's 45th album, and few sound as loose-limbed and flat-out fun. And in 2009 the National Endowment of the Arts recognized him as a Jazz Master, the nation's highest honor in jazz.
In 1990, Benson was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from the Berklee College of Music. His wins include Record of the Year for "This Masquerade" (1977), Best Pop Instrumental Performance for "Breezin'" (1977) and "Mornin'" (2007), Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for "On Broadway" (1979) and "Give Me the Night" (1981), and Best R&B Instrumental Performance for "Theme From Good King Bad" (1977) and "Off Broadway" (1981). He secured his jazz reputation with adventurous releases on the CTI label and later became a commercial star with the smooth-jazz smash "Breezin'" and R&B-pop crossover hit "This Masquerade."įollowing the success of his Quincy Jones-produced pop album Give Me the Night in 1980, Benson's string of pop hits includes "Love All the Hurt Away," "Turn Your Love Around," "Inside Love," "Lady Love Me (One More Time)," and "20/20." Benson has won 10 Grammy Awards – and has been nominated for an additional 15 – since 1977. Released as a single in October 1981, the track would. Nobody has more succinctly described George Benson's musical evolution than the guitarist himself did in his 2014 autobiography: ".from blues cat to blues-jazz cat.from blues-jazz cat to jazz cat.from jazz cat to soul-jazz cat.and from soul-jazz cat to R&B-jazz cat." Benson was a Pittsburgh-raised child prodigy who paid his dues touring with organist "Brother" Jack McDuff before recording his debut album in 1964. 'We demoed it that night, George came over the next day, the record company got a copy, everybody loved the song, we recorded it, and that was it.' With Totos Jeff Porcaro and David Paich also playing on the session, the song would serve as the opening track of The George Benson Collection. Where Benson embellished Cole's cool tunes with lush orchestral arrangements, Walking to New Orleans came about by hunkering down in Ocean Way Studios, a century-old Gothic-revival stone church located on Music Row, with a quartet of first-call Nashville cats. I'd Really Love To See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley 32. Walking to New Orleans is the pop-jazz-R&B legend's first recording since 2013's Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole, but it couldn’t be more different. Chuck Berry was a great showman and a great musician, and Fats Domino cut nothing but hit after hit after hit." The Shape of Things to Come by George Benson (30m, occasional vocals) Spotify / Apple Music / YouTube Music / Google Play / Tidal. "I'm a great appreciator of the music made by both of those guys," the 10-time Grammy winner says of his double-barreled tribute. George Benson gets back to Americana basics on Walking to New Orleans, the singer-guitarist's tribute to both piano-pounding Crescent City hit machine Fats Domino and the original rock guitar hero and poet, Chuck Berry.