British guitarist analyses George Benson SHREDDING... jazz style!
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- Tonight I'm taking a look at George Benson's interpretation of the jazz classic Take Five!
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Big George. All while making the five count flow like it was common time. It is truly hard to wrap one's head around how much guitar is being played here.
Because he sings, I think a lot of the general public doesn’t realize how badass of a guitar player Benson is. There are a ton of all-time great players who are fans of him, from Tommy Emmanuel to Michael Angelo Batio.
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I had the same thought.
Most people think of a couple of his R/B hits, and really overlook his full talent.
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Got to see him 10 years ago, what can I say, best live guitarist AND vocalist I've been lucky enough to see. Born to do it.
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That noise was my jaw hitting the ground
Hes so at one with his guitar its really amazing to watch.
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I will sleep so good tonight after this, George digs so deep, even beyond technique!!!!!!!
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Tx for that Fil. My fave guitar video. My only other comment is that after missing a couple of notes in the intro, George just closes his eyes and goes into a trance like state where I'm not even sure he knows where he is going. That is pure instinct backed up by top level skills.
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George can do it all!! Not only is he a Top Player; he sings several hit songs. He’s a great vocalist! A hero to me; I love everything he’s recorded... I recommend the George Benson Cookbook, great album....Thanks for a great V.A.🤟🏻
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Excellent video. George is a top player. So smooth and melodic his solo. Truly beatiful. Total intimacy with his instrument. Perfection. Besides being a great musician he can also sing very well.
I was glad to hear your analysis of George Benson . I have been a long time fan of his . His style and talent are pure magic .
One of those rare talents that are not just playing music but are a part of it.
It’s easy to forget that before his early-‘80’s Top 40 singles run, he really was quite a well respected jazz guitarist.
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A beast of a player ❤️
Fil, you are amazing. Thank you for making You Tube what MTV should have been.
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Super agreed!
Very regular guy too. He shows up at local clubs here in Phx from time to time.
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@wingsofpegasus, Fil! Thank you for taking my suggestion. Amazing point of view on the master George Benson, I had a feeling youd think positively of this clip. Keep em coming!
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I was lucky to see George B. and Gato Barbierra at the Tampa Jai Lai fronton in late 70s. Great show at a weird location.
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Another great analysis, he is such an amazing musician as well as the ability to sing beautifully.
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Damn ... the John Coltrane of jazz guitar! And I recognized the face of Sadao Watanabe. I used to teach English his hometown of Utsunomiya Japan.
I was just listening to The Carpenters over my lunch break, as you do. Masquerade came on and it reminded me of George Benson so I wondered if you'd done an analysis and yep, here it is! Superb. Sublime. Stupendous!! Thanks, Fil.
Nice... George is great... 👍
I love Broadway... Its a nice easy slick riff... Great technique...
But this is incredible... Thanks Brotherrrrrr
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Check out his version of White Rabbit. Insane- ruclips.net/video/hnE_8CzIBWg/видео.html
George Benson is really good. He's still out there touring, if I'm not mistaken.
Had a tech-fail trying to reply to you, but he'll be at New Orlean's Jazz Fest this year.
Yeah he's still playing!
Konnel Damiano Awesome!!!
Saw him in 2017 - Great show. He's 75 now and the blazing speed is a little restricted and that amazing voice a little broken, but still a true legend
George Benson does one of my favorites songs Give me the night.
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I first heard _Take Five_ in 1959 when the Brubeck Quartet album first came out. I was 8 years old. I first caught on to George Benson in 1976 when his album _Breezin'_ came out.
Both of those albums have been in my "permanent rotation" since then.
Permanent rotation and desert island discs
Love to listen to George! He's one of the people who turned me on to Ibanez many years ago.
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I've heard of George Benson but never actually heard him play. Great sound and playing. Thanks for sharing 👍😎
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Your joy of music is admirable. Thank you for sharing it. So good to experience George when he doesn`t sing and can focus on his magical guitar playing. Merci/Thank you and as soon as I can I will happily contribute!
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Great video and analysis!!
I never thought of “Jazz” until I heard George Benson’s “This Masquerade “. Now I’m big into Jazz, and George Benson is one of my favorite musicians❗️
There’s a video a live version of “ On Broadway “ that was just really awesome ❗️
I love “Take 5” from Dave Brubeck. Never heard this awesome version before ❗️
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Was reminded by one of your followers`s comment that some 20 years I chose Breezin` as the company I worked for at the time`s call waiting music, people loved it so much they would sometimes call to ask me to put them on hold just to listen and soothe them, I kid you NOT!
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So enjoyable to watch an expert's appreciation of a fellow master practitioner!
Thanks Jim!
I think Take 5 lends itself well to this type of "traveling". Good show.
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Benson will be at Jazz Fest this year! Hooray.
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Tis amazing !
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Since I found your site and subscribed I have dug out my old vinyls and can't stop listening. Love my jazz albums! Thanks for giving me that push. Next going to listen to Metheny's American Garage!
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Melody and fun and I am smiling. I love this take
He has a distinctive voice and talent to burn
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Love his smooth sound, always have. So glad to see this one
Thank you Fil! Another great review! It must have been fun reviewing George Benson, a truly *great * player!
George Benson. Wow. Just wow. Thanks.
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Nice work. Another guy i read about before hearing him. This goes back to circa '74 with a GP cover story. Friend was learning Stanley Turrentine's "Sugar" so i bought 'The Baddest Turrentine" or whatever that great 4 song CTI disc was called (couldn't find it just now) a year later. George Benson on the tune i bought it for. man, one summer afternoon a year later , KSAN plays a great intrumental i hear for the first time. That tune was Breezin'. Won a Grammy. I still cop it from time to time.
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Wow ,you already did George doing Take 5,I'm sure I'll love it. Thats the way to tell if a player is good,no pedals,that's the way I like to play,maybe just a wah.
He's one of the real greats, so smooth and technical at the same time.
I'd still LOVE to hear your take on Stanley Jordan's unique technique (sometimes with multiple guitars!)
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Nice, I love his take on the Beatles Abby Road album.
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You have made me happy with this, as I did a quick search on Google. For some reason, I thought that George Benson had passed away some years back, but I found that he is indeed still with us. Long life and much prosperity to George! I first saw him when I was a youngster, on TV way back in the 1970's, playing and singing "On Broadway", and he was as amazing then, too. And thumbs up on your video reaction!
Yeah he's still playing!
True bliss and happiness and being at one with his voice, and with his guitar, so beautiful to experience even through a screen. Right on review and music FIL, just right on 👌✌
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Mr.. George Benson ladies and gentleman . 👍
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George Benson is truly an amazing talented musician and vocalist! Thanks for sharing! 🤙🏻😎
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Phil I think you should react to the Jazz Fusion Band, Return to Forever, it's a four piece band where everyone is a Master at his instrument. Also Brand X with Phil Collins. Jazz Fusion has some of the technically best players ever.
Thank you Fil!
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Toujours très intéressants les commentaires accompagnant les vidéos, thanks.
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I was very fortunate to see George Benson at the Hollywood Bowl. Such an amazing musician. Thank you for this video. Very enjoyable.
Love jazz most of all... and my favourite is Take Five. Great memories of seeing George Benson at an outdoors concert in Maui in 1978. I think that's the same year as the program where he is playing with Chet Atkins. Looks like I saw him at his peak... very luck. Amazing!
Thanks FIL glad you love George as much as I do, 😃
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He did an album with Chet Atkins. *cough* *hint* *cough*... :)
Chet is here somewhere!
Another brilliant one......Thanx Fil
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I didn't you know did jazz but this shit was so good!!
thanks again FIL for shining your light back on another great, George was such a cool player 90 % of anything I know about playing jazz guitar I learned from Benson and Larry Carlton ie steely Dan but ya just don't get anything more pure than George Benson
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The Summer that "This Masquerade" came out, I found myself in the front row off to the side, about 12 feet away from George in a small club in Denver called "Ebbetts Field". The warm up act was Micheal Franks, who was blown away because he had forgotten his guitar strap and was getting to use George's. It's the one on the back cover of the Breezin' album, about 3" wide, black leather with silver globes of differing sizes all over it.
George blew me away, of course. To this day I can't reconcile what my eyes see with what my ears are hearing. His fingers don't move, they float. A true master of the instrument. After watching him that evening, I didn't take the guitar out of the case for three days, it took me that long to digest what I'd seen and put it right in my head. Kind of lost track of him for a while, then a friend gave me a DVD of him, and once again, the same confusion about how what I was seeing made sense with what my ears told me.
But what blew me away the most that evening was his bass player. Came out on stage with his bass on and carrying a tambourine. Plugged the bass into the amp, dropped the tambourine on the floor, stepped in it, and all night long I was hearing expert tambourine playing along with solid as hell bass playing. I don't remember if I heard his name or not, but he was a truly inspirational player. Later on, in a steel drum band, I started playing bass and congas at the same time, hats off to that man, whoever he was. Kudos.
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It was Stanley Banks. He’s been in George’s band since the mid 70s and still with him all these years later. In fact, there are several Benson videos on here where you can see Stanley playing the tambourine with his foot. Particularly the older ones from the 70s and 80s. For example: ruclips.net/video/kVc5rCl0BIs/видео.html
wow. NEver saw this one. He's using same pick slant as Shawn Lane. This was really great even with those 2 or three clunker missed notes at the start of the solo. He is string skipping and muting the middle ones and some sweep picking in there. I just assumed he was like on brooooadway... duh duhduh. hahaha but he was really a badass pentatonic monster back then.
Wow. I never knew he was that good. Great song, great band, great performance, great crowd, great venue... great choice Fil, thanks!
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20 years before t1986, he was playing the Newport Jazz festival. Big venue. He's been around longer than most people realize. He's only known for hits Like Breezin, Give me the night a few others that made radio and then Video, His talent goes much deeper and back further
He's FEELING IT
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I remember bringing this song of Georges' (from the album) to play for my guitar teacher in the 80's -we listened to that cassette over and over...at one point when George was playing one of his "super-fast liquid runs"...my guitar teacher turned to me...."I can't figure out what he's doing".....at this point, the technical stuff doesn't wow me as much, except to impress me at how much the dude must practice! one of the giants...and obviously has the ability to hear exactly what he's playing, cause he can sing along with it, too (scat singing) Another cool video, Fil....thank you.
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One of my favorite and underrated guitarist did he play 337 gibson or a Gretch
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All this, AND NO GUITAR EFFECTS!!!... oh you mentioned at the end. LOL.
The best I’ve ever heard.
Saw tv program on George saying he used to go into guitar shops when he was a kid trying the guitars and the shop owner saying how good he was then great player and can sing great talented man he was on night of guitars years ago jazz night that was brilliant 👏
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Mindblowing, technique and ideas. I wish his records sounded more like this -- or at least more of his records sounded more like this!
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Great video! Hadn't seen this one of George Benson. Nice find.
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The man man would have to be the pinnacle of jazz playing! Just absolutely mind blowing Fil!! Saw him live many years ago....Brilliant! What talent! Another great analysis Fil!😁😁👌👌
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Fond memories of this guy and his sound. He sings well also
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Fil, if no one else was digging this, you sure were!! hahaha George has always been a fave of mine, and you have to love his use of passing tones. I think he was another one with perfect pitch (like Glen Campbell). Thanks for digging these up, Fil. And on another note, if you read this, I've been trying to make a donation to you for 3 days and it won't go through. Is everything working ok on your end?
Hi Steve, I think so! How are you trying to do it?
crazy stuff...love it
He just did a song with Gorillaz this year, Humility, and I was so happy to learn that he is still active. He's getting up there by now. Like many GenX-aged people, I only knew of him as a pop/R&B singer who happened to play guitar. This is a revelation. Thanks for this!
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Thanks FIl. I haven't heard George in quite a while.
His fingers just flow down the fretboard, like a wave.
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He can really sing! I had no idea he could play the guitar! Wow!!!!
Nice job Phil .my older brother was a jazz fan used to hear it around the house especially Take Five this was years after Take 5 became an iconic sound. as a young guy I listened to rock.
they started playing breezin and masquerade and give me the night all done by George. and that jazz influence caught me right away got his albums and started listening to everything he did. they started playing Chuck Mangione feels so good and a lot of artists added a little bit of jazz. I listen to a lot more now. it's funny jazz an American born music is more popular in Europe than it is right here in America. I think Europeans listen harder to what's being played and recognize something good. a lot of jazz purists like horns flutes drums and other instruments used in jazz. but the guitar is my favorite jazz instrument. it's not overpowering and it's smooth with players like pat Metheny who does a lot of Fusion it's all good thanks for playing this. good luck Phil.
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I'm pretty sure he lost it there in the beginning just after the main theme. A pause ,a muted strum and back in like it never happened, if I wasn't a player a wouldn't have thought a thing of it. Surprised you didn't point out to our none player friends the odd time signature of 5/4. Loved George since high school when Breezin came out. Now adays I listen to Norm Brown a lot, keep that name in mind the next time it's Jazz night. Thanks Fil!
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One of my favorite albums while in college in the mid '70s was Breezin'. Great date album. ;)
Love George Benson!
He BOOGIES!!!!! 🎸🎶
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George is the guitar !
He opened his '80s tour Breezin' at Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City, Iowa and I was there. A very, deeply, surreally, funkadellically cool cat.
Love George Benson!!!! Thanks Fil!!!!
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Thanks, Fil. I went by myself to his concert in Statford, CT Shakespeare theatre. Stephen Bruton in Kristoffersons band led me to appreciate the jazzy, bluesy tones, Cornell Dupree, Stuff, Roy Nichols, wherever I heard it. Take 5 I never heard Benson do. Thanks!
@Talkin Bout Nawlins James McMurtry is great!
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Talkin Bout Nawlins, It's fun being from new Jersey but immersing yourself in Texas music from an early age!
Talkin Bout Nawlins, didn't know about Stephen and "War Walking Jesus" thanks!
Talkin Bout Nawlins live in CT now used to be Westfield, NJ Thanks for the Clint Strong tip. He reminds re of a former CT via FL, Ukiah, CA singer songwriter Bill Denton who we listened to at NYC O'Lunneys, down the street from the "Cheeseburger, Cheeseburger, Ch,,,Greek diner from Saturday night Live skit in the 70s. Safe travels
You should do an Analysis of him doing his signature song "Breezin'" He's my fave jazz Guitarist. he plays with such rich tones, and his melodic freestyle is amazing?
Another Pittsburgh man showing the boys how it’s done
5/4 time through that whole crazy ride. The drummer here is awesome!
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Great video Fil! I adore George Benson! My favorite jazz guitarist!! “Breezin” is probably the first track I ever heard of his!! Could listen to this cat ALL NIGHT LONG!!....After I run out of your tracks of course!..😁😉....☮️🤘❤️
I "feel you" Lori...that is, feel exactly the same way....except George is my #2, after Wes
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fil.. you do a great job!
i like the way you show respect to these Artist you know how hard this is to do a what it takes Thomas Richard Sailer guitarist
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He threw in a little bit of "Take 10" (Paul Desmond's follow up to "Take 5").
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He makes my head spin!!
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Love George Benson! (And Dave Brubeck!) Django Reinhardt does come to mind. There are always incredible artists like him at the Montreux Jazz Festival. *Request: If you can, please react to these songs by young Barcelona-based musicians on RUclips: "-Ain’t Got No - Martí Serra 4tet + Rita Payés", "2017 Mood Indigo Sant Andreu Jazz Band & Joe Magnarelli ( voz Joana Casanova)", "2014 how high the moon RITA PAYES -- JOAN CHAMORRO la magia de la veu", "2016 Flor de lis Rita Payés & Joan Chamorro LUA AMARELA" Thanks! I really do hope you like them - I do! Sorry, I forgot "Stolen moments JOAN CHAMORRO PRESENTA ALBA ARMENGOU"
George Benson = GOAT
Great! Benson's cookbook album is an absolute masterpiece in hard swinging jazz! On the subject of jazz shredders, have you done John McLaughlin? Master of the pentatonic shred! The remember Shakti live sessions are alot of fun.
I did but it was blocked on copyrights unfortunately!
Totally fantastic
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George Benson is simply superb as an instrumentalist, and can sing too (e.g. Breezin'). I'll pass this vid on to my daughter too, who used Brubeck's original recording when she was a 'professional' roadside hulahooper (no kidding) for a few weeks, and when she sold her handmade hulahoops at a street fair. I'll leave you to imagine the crowd of women and girls trying to hulahoop to Take Five - a vision that I'll always remember. (Hmm, a visual aid might be to glue the label offcenter on the vinyl LP @ 33 RPM)
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Benson's Breezin and affirmation r his best
More than once I've heard a song and instantly said to myself, that's George Benson. Am I imagining things Fil? Is it the specific guitar he uses, the way he plays it, both ?
There is one other musician that struck me the same way, that is, I heard a jazz piece on TV and felt convinced it was Gato Barbieri; I was right, it was him.
George benson I’m afraid I have run out of superlatives top player great analysis mate
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Massively good ! Love George Benson.. He's a great singer also and has had some massive hits . He very well may have written some great songs . Plus he's my spiritual brother !
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