Wes got nailed for venturing into the pop realm, so did George. For their talent they deserved large monetary rewards. They are both icons. George is a living jazz legend, probably the most soulful jazz guitarist around.
George Benson is a jazz master in elegant company with McCoy Tyner and a superb rhythm section here. When George plays straight out jazz he is remarkable, and it seems to me that McCoy inspires him here to pull out all stops. Great performance.
How can you hate someone's music when you haven't even listened to it fully? That's like a doctor diagnosing a patient without even doing tests. "Well you look like you have cancer."
Great phrasing - and an impressive array of techniques, such as glissando, raking sweeps, cross-picking and legato - all of which are second nature to a fertile imagination - there's a lifetime of music being expressed here - Benson is his own man every time, and it's pointless trying to compare others to him - I knew this years ago when I first heard him as a 19 year old playing with Brother Jack McDuff - he should be an inspiration to anyone who has a genuine interest in jazz guitar
This video is a dream come true for me - my favorite guitarist matched up with my favorite piano player. Plus it's nice to see George Benson playing along with musicians who are his equal, rather than him blowing away everyone else on the stage. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy his "smooth jazz" style instrumentals too, but Benson doesn't get a lot of opportunities to get down to business and go back to his roots as a hardcore jazz guy, and it's great to see him back in his element here. Now the only thing missing is a video of George Benson jamming with Pat Martino!
All outstanding musicians. What more can you say about George Benson. He is, what he wants to be...... and that happens to be outstanding! It's very healthy to keep your mind active,... in all aspects of life.
mudywater1, you hit the nail on the head! these truly are world class musicians, who know exactly where the tune is at all times during their improv! CSHARP57 summed if up in one word.. MASTERFUL!!!
They both live in Scottsdale Arizona and a few years back they were known to jam together at Bobby C'S in Phoenix. Joey's father used to perform there quite a bit. HAVE A DIAMOND EVENING!!!
None stop soloing one run flowing into the other blues licks riff runs pentatonic scales flowing out of the mahogany neck it’s just beautiful I love jazz!!!!!
When they hit the pop market, they made many, many more people aware of their great music. I had been getting George's albums for 10 years or so before "This Masquerade". A friend of mine (blues player) heard it when it first came out and told me he wanted to hip me to a "new" guitarist/singer. I'm just glad he sort of "got" it.
regardless of what anyone thinks of his 'sound' he's the master of the 'effortless' approach which should be studied and praised. Thanks for the vid jazzster
Comparisons are pointless. George Benson is pure music. He one of the most gifted guitarists to have graced the planet. He possesses an unnatural level of skill, always plays melodically, and with harmonic and linear sophistication and finesse. As if that isn't enough, he has so much feel and fluidity to his sound - notes literally burst off his guitar. The world is better place because he lives and plays.
I just got through listening to george benson - Take Five 1976 Montreux 1986, terrific, and I recognized the melody throughout the piece, also enjoyed the other, also very important, variational stuff.
I wish this were available on DVD! George is smoking the hell out of that guitar! Then he sits back and chills while Mr. Tyner takes over with a solid solo on the piano
This is a great clip. Thanks for posting. I have been seeing these guys in both concerts and clubs for over 35 years and they are some of my favorite musicians.
Benson and Tyner is an excellent combination. Wow, Benson playing is absolutely exquisite. His soloing is so smooth and precise like the precision that Jet Li carries with his Wushu Martial Art forms and stances. What a brilliant performance.
Très belle ballade musicale et romantique pour le thème principal, dans le long-métrage, « La Falaise Mystérieuse », dans le style de "Rebecca " d’Alfred Hitchcock et adapté dans un noir et blanc plein de suspens. Le thème "Stella by Starlight" est signé du compositeur Victor Young, alors très connu à Hollywood, avec des paroles adaptées par la suite par Ned Washington, où d’innombrables musiciens y ont rajouté leur talent . Quant à l'interprétation de cette oeuvre magistrale : Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Anita O’Day, Tony Bennett, Chet Baker, George Shearing, Robert Glasper…etc ...Quelle beauté et quel groove dans cette sublime interprétation revisitée par ce quartet de talent ... ..J'ai eu la chance de voir McCoy Tyner sur scène lors d'un festival de Jazz et croyez moi que je n'ai jamais oublié cet artiste fort sympathique et très talentueux !! Avec McCoy Tyner-piano, George Benson-guitar, Avery Sharpe-bass, Aaron Scott-drums !
GB Knocked me when I was 15 with This Masquerade....near 50 years later in he's still surprised me with both vocal and guitar solo...not the case for other guit.players. Sorry
In my opinion, the LP Absolute Benson is a pretty powerful blend of the two worlds of Benson: the songs have catchy melodies and aren't that deamanding to listen to, while George and his crew play wonderfully progressed, adventurous solos, with a little blues flavor of course. The album is fantastic for both listening and jamming to.
I completely agree 3shiftgtr. Drummers of this calliber have graduated from marking time to playing around their own inner drummer, using polyrhythms, non-constant high-hat, etc. It can be disconcerting as a young player (out of which I hope I'm fast growing) and one can get lost a lot, but once you learn to feel the underlying and almost unstated groove, so much incredible and almost overpoweringly emotional music happens.
I saw it! It was one of admiration, I think. Cos, from what I can gather, most often players don't give much away when another band member is soloing, cos more often than not they know the way the soloist at the time, plays. So, for me if George is showing anything by his facial expression while Tyner was wailing then you KNOW, it must be feeling it. That's my take on it anyway.
You have ears to hear, obviously this music is for you or accessible to you, enjoy it. I'll try some of his other tunes, he is very talented and easy to listen to, in any case. I just like Stella by starlight done in a style my ears can enjoy. My ears and their ability to hear are still evolving. I'll give it another listen at a later time.
Wes got nailed for venturing into the pop realm, so did George. For their talent they deserved large monetary rewards. They are both icons. George is a living jazz legend, probably the most soulful jazz guitarist around.
George benson ça swingue grave
George Benson, guitar master!
Amazing
Rest in power and peace 🙏
McCoy Tyner
11 December 1938 ~
6 March 2020⚘
Benson is amazing, one of greatest ever. It’s impressive how he could be great both as a player and singer, at same level.
George Benson is a jazz master in elegant company with McCoy Tyner and a superb rhythm section here. When George plays straight out jazz he is remarkable, and it seems to me that McCoy inspires him here to pull out all stops. Great performance.
I worked across the street from WJZZ in Detroit and listened to all the jazz greats.... among them, McCoy Tyner.
At another job a few years later, I worked overtime many a night and played Love x Love non-stop for hours, times years....jazz addict that I am 🤗
George is impeccable. Much love to you sir ❤
George Benson is one of those musicians who can play a lyrical solo on something that's swinging like hell! Beautiful!
Why underrated....Who doesn't think Benson is one of the Jazz Guitar Greats?
The pinnacle of a jazz guitarist!
One of the greatest standards ever written. I can't ever bypass it when it comes up in my feed.
How can you hate someone's music when you haven't even listened to it fully? That's like a doctor diagnosing a patient without even doing tests. "Well you look like you have cancer."
Great phrasing - and an impressive array of techniques, such as glissando, raking sweeps, cross-picking and legato - all of which are second nature to a fertile imagination - there's a lifetime of music being expressed here - Benson is his own man every time, and it's pointless trying to compare others to him - I knew this years ago when I first heard him as a 19 year old playing with Brother Jack McDuff - he should be an inspiration to anyone who has a genuine interest in jazz guitar
Well said sir
I was enjoying this so much I didn't want it to end. Just wonderful.
Pure class. What a combination of talent on one stage!
This video is a dream come true for me - my favorite guitarist matched up with my favorite piano player. Plus it's nice to see George Benson playing along with musicians who are his equal, rather than him blowing away everyone else on the stage.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy his "smooth jazz" style instrumentals too, but Benson doesn't get a lot of opportunities to get down to business and go back to his roots as a hardcore jazz guy, and it's great to see him back in his element here.
Now the only thing missing is a video of George Benson jamming with Pat Martino!
hii............... the best melody of all time.... did you transpose to all 12 keys? ove course hi
+1 I feel exactly the same.
All outstanding musicians. What more can you say about George Benson. He is, what he wants to be...... and that happens to be outstanding! It's very healthy to keep your mind active,... in all aspects of life.
George Benson reminds us of his roots... and what a grasp of roots he still has! x
Bib Bad George! And McCoy Trios is off the charts
one of the most underrated guitar palyers performing today!
This is the george benson that I love to hear..
for me he's kinda like the extension of Wes montgomery to the new age.
after wes, or WITH wes, THE jazz guitarist ever!! noone can do it better
mudywater1,
you hit the nail on the head! these truly are world class musicians, who know exactly where the tune is at all times during their improv! CSHARP57 summed if up in one word.. MASTERFUL!!!
Absolutely the greatest rendition of this jazz classic.
Holy smoothness! Reminds me why George reigns supreme and McCoy is just as amazing! Wonderful drumming too!
I have tix to see him and his trio in SF Easter Sunday afternoon. Bucket list stuff - can't wait to finally see him.
They both live in Scottsdale Arizona and a few years back they were known to jam together at Bobby C'S in Phoenix. Joey's father used to perform there quite a bit. HAVE A DIAMOND EVENING!!!
It continues to amaze me that Avery Sharpe is seldom mentioned among today's greatest bassists. Tyner and Benson are, of course, gods.
Great, great artist. Thanks for sharing!
after 5 years of using youtube, why have I only seen this now? this is great =)
None stop soloing one run flowing into the other blues licks riff runs pentatonic scales flowing out of the mahogany neck it’s just beautiful I love jazz!!!!!
They are hard bobping the stella by starlight. Excellent musicians.
Holy smoothness! Reminds me why George reigns supreme and McCoy is just as amazing!
The swing just never lets up! Brilliant.
When they hit the pop market, they made many, many more people aware of their great music. I had been getting George's albums for 10 years or so before "This Masquerade". A friend of mine (blues player) heard it when it first came out and told me he wanted to hip me to a "new" guitarist/singer. I'm just glad he sort of "got" it.
Je to proste Pán hudobník klobúk dole.
Gorgeous George, rides again. Tasty!!!
regardless of what anyone thinks of his 'sound' he's the master of the 'effortless' approach which should be studied and praised. Thanks for the vid jazzster
Comparisons are pointless. George Benson is pure music. He one of the most gifted guitarists to have graced the planet. He possesses an unnatural level of skill, always plays melodically, and with harmonic and linear sophistication and finesse. As if that isn't enough, he has so much feel and fluidity to his sound - notes literally burst off his guitar. The world is better place because he lives and plays.
I just got through listening to george benson - Take Five 1976 Montreux 1986, terrific, and I recognized the melody throughout the piece, also enjoyed the other, also very important, variational stuff.
Ok oK OK !!!! Merveilleux moment de jazz ! Balèze Benson !!
Great, McCoy and George are beyond great! Hear the changes perfectly.
Tecnica e feeling ai massimi livelli.Un mito.
People can find fault in anything no matter how awesome it is...He plays the guitar at the highest level....nuff said!!!!
AWESOME!!!!!!! Benson and Mc Coy genius!!!!!!
This guy is a really "guitar hero"....! always amazing and even before the cradle! thanks!
I wish this were available on DVD!
George is smoking the hell out of that guitar! Then he sits back and chills while Mr. Tyner takes over with a solid solo on the piano
This is a great clip. Thanks for posting.
I have been seeing these guys in both concerts and clubs for over 35 years and they are some of my favorite musicians.
McCoy Tyner is extraordinary unique artist! Also.Benson.
Benson and Tyner is an excellent combination.
Wow, Benson playing is absolutely exquisite. His soloing is so smooth and precise like the precision that Jet Li carries with his Wushu Martial Art forms and stances. What a brilliant performance.
Great music from great performers.
Beautiful.
Très belle ballade musicale et romantique pour le thème principal, dans le long-métrage, « La Falaise Mystérieuse », dans le style de "Rebecca " d’Alfred Hitchcock et adapté dans un noir et blanc plein de suspens. Le thème "Stella by Starlight" est signé du compositeur Victor Young, alors très connu à Hollywood, avec des paroles adaptées par la suite par Ned Washington, où d’innombrables musiciens y ont rajouté leur talent . Quant à l'interprétation de cette oeuvre magistrale : Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Anita O’Day, Tony Bennett, Chet Baker, George Shearing, Robert Glasper…etc ...Quelle beauté et quel groove dans cette sublime interprétation revisitée par ce quartet de talent ...
..J'ai eu la chance de voir McCoy Tyner sur scène lors d'un festival de Jazz et croyez moi que je n'ai jamais oublié cet artiste fort sympathique et très talentueux !! Avec McCoy Tyner-piano, George Benson-guitar, Avery Sharpe-bass, Aaron Scott-drums !
Grand merci pour ces informations ! Ainsi le jazz nous amène au beau cinéma , tandis que le contraire est systématiquement vrai ! 👍👍
benson is godly amazing......very nice
Benson's voice is as good as his guitar playing...Pure class!!
George playing on a 'lawsuit' Ibanez and a Polytone amp is vintage Benson! Heavenly.
George Benson. McCoy Tyner Trio. 'Nuff said. Thanks for the upload. Blessings
GB Knocked me when I was 15 with This Masquerade....near 50 years later in he's still surprised me with both vocal and guitar solo...not the case for other guit.players. Sorry
Grandioso George Benson !
Nossa tocar assim é mesmo um Dom de Deus. Tenho meu irmão que tb. ja participou de varios momentos com esse monstro da guitarra. È lindo demais!!!!!
all jazz musicians eventually end up playing this song--it has so many delights harmonically/melody
His tone is sensational and really cuts through the backing. His runs are exciting and always intruiging. He is my favourite jazz guitar soloist.
One of the best
Nossa é uma viagem vendo o que ele faz na guitarra, só quem conhece musica de qualidade sabe o que estou falando. Que loucura!!!!!
Wow what a show....
He infuses everything with funk, what a great rhythmical player.
Here the real Benson burning killing smoking my man....Jazz baby...
Beautiful
Only one George Benson! His playing is like beautiful musical waterfalls.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Fascinating, exciting amazing!
Benson is a force of nature. incredible
I LOVE me some Mr. Benson!! And the (Alfred) McCoy Tyner Trio is SMOKING TOO!! =)
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Fantastic!
Yes, Benson is one of my guitar heroes!! He is great!
I used to own that same exact model Ibanez guitar he is playing in the video. I think mine was from 1976. Definitely one that got away!
...oh, and McCoy was kicking some serious butt on that tune as well!
In my opinion, the LP Absolute Benson is a pretty powerful blend of the two worlds of Benson: the songs have catchy melodies and aren't that deamanding to listen to, while George and his crew play wonderfully progressed, adventurous solos, with a little blues flavor of course. The album is fantastic for both listening and jamming to.
yeah!
i wanted to see more from this concert!!
post more pleasee :D
Super sujestoes de apresentações que são verdadeiras aulas, obrigado pela dica amigo!!
the master of all
Wonderful!!!!!!!!!
masterful!!!!
LOVE THIS SONG!!
Beautiful. Period.
Smooth but continual dialogue with all musicians. Masterful!
I love you, George
What a combination! GB is the most articulated guitarist around!!
Make that 23 trolls! Amazing solo from George, and McCoy is the MAN on piano
Tremendous drummer.
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I completely agree 3shiftgtr. Drummers of this calliber have graduated from marking time to playing around their own inner drummer, using polyrhythms, non-constant high-hat, etc. It can be disconcerting as a young player (out of which I hope I'm fast growing) and one can get lost a lot, but once you learn to feel the underlying and almost unstated groove, so much incredible and almost overpoweringly emotional music happens.
@AncientFan I wish I was stuck in the middle between pop and jazz. George sounds great no matter what he's doing.
Sometimes, we forget how much of a beast Mr. GB is
I saw it! It was one of admiration, I think. Cos, from what I can gather, most often players don't give much away when another band member is soloing, cos more often than not they know the way the soloist at the time, plays. So, for me if George is showing anything by his facial expression while Tyner was wailing then you KNOW, it must be feeling it. That's my take on it anyway.
George=MASTER
He ABSOLUTELY is!!!
My hero GB!
You have ears to hear, obviously this music is for you or accessible to you, enjoy it. I'll try some of his other tunes, he is very talented and easy to listen to, in any case. I just like Stella by starlight done in a style my ears can enjoy. My ears and their ability to hear are still evolving. I'll give it another listen at a later time.