Studying Benson covers so much ground- he blends jazz and blues so tastefully and has a technical bag of tricks with which to execute the licks. Learning a GB lick is like 3 lessons in one. Thanks for this!
Been listening to Benson way back to his days recording for Creed Taylor. Those old studio albums had some really great players like Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Airto Moreira, Steve Gadd, Micheal and Randy Brecker, Hubert Laws, Freddy Hubbard, Milt Jackson and just so many more. The talent pool at CTI was just amazingly deep. Taylor just picked someone, put their name on the album and away they all went! George put out White Rabbit, Body Talk, Good King Bad. One thing that stands out in this series of recordings is how during this period, George develops a discipline to the way he uses "licks." In some earlier stuff, his obvious natural talent is somewhat unbounded and he tends toward saturating his solos with notes without very much breathing room. Your choice of these five licks shows that you have observed this in his style also. These are the glue that hold George to the ground and they get you into position to jump off them and get back on easily. Well done Justin. They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery. I am going into the studio now to imitate these lessons from you. Consider yourself flattered! And........Thank You. I learned something from you today.
You might like Benson's work on the great soul funk jazz album Midnight Creeper by Lou Donaldson. If you like it you will also like The Scorpion (Live at the Cadillac Club) by Donaldson as well. No Benson but Melvin Sparks does some unique guitar work.
Fantastic video homie. Keep it up. Just spent the last three days learning the fck out of these lines and how I can implement them in jazz/blues tunes. Absolutely good content my brother. Much much appreciated :)
Fantastic stuff man! I hear that last line (lick 5) as outlining an A7 chord (V7 of II which is a secondary dominant and used all the time at that point of a jazz blues). Thanks for the vid!
I love 335s. But your vid makes me realise how they sound almost like a solid for obvious reasons compared to benson type guitars. I just bought a GB10. Love it.
Haven't seen other players' videos address a couple of those licks that I've admired from Jazz and Blues(Duke Robillard) players alike for awhile now. Thanks much. Great playing there.
Great stuff, I have loved Benson since the Breezin' LP. Some of the best driving music ever, the guy is awesome. Thanks for posting this. I subscribed so I will be back for more blues, cheers.
Awesome as always, thanks for sharing man. Will work on these. Quick q - for a new listener to Benson (but someone who already listens to a lot of blues), what do you recommend I should start with? Thanks mate!
Hey there! I would check out 'The New Boss Guitar' or 'George Benson Cookbook'.. 'Breezin' and 'Weekend in LA' are a couple of my favorites as well! Happy listening !!
The playing is great, and the tone of your guitar is absolutely amazing. Like I am jealous of that tone
Thank you!
Studying Benson covers so much ground- he blends jazz and blues so tastefully and has a technical bag of tricks with which to execute the licks. Learning a GB lick is like 3 lessons in one. Thanks for this!
Been listening to Benson way back to his days recording for Creed Taylor. Those old studio albums had some really great players like Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Airto Moreira, Steve Gadd, Micheal and Randy Brecker, Hubert Laws, Freddy Hubbard, Milt Jackson and just so many more. The talent pool at CTI was just amazingly deep. Taylor just picked someone, put their name on the album and away they all went! George put out White Rabbit, Body Talk, Good King Bad. One thing that stands out in this series of recordings is how during this period, George develops a discipline to the way he uses "licks." In some earlier stuff, his obvious natural talent is somewhat unbounded and he tends toward saturating his solos with notes without very much breathing room. Your choice of these five licks shows that you have observed this in his style also. These are the glue that hold George to the ground and they get you into position to jump off them and get back on easily. Well done Justin. They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery. I am going into the studio now to imitate these lessons from you. Consider yourself flattered! And........Thank You. I learned something from you today.
Thanks Robert!
You might like Benson's work on the great soul funk jazz album Midnight Creeper by Lou Donaldson. If you like it you will also like The Scorpion (Live at the Cadillac Club) by Donaldson as well. No Benson but Melvin Sparks does some unique guitar work.
Fantastic video homie. Keep it up. Just spent the last three days learning the fck out of these lines and how I can implement them in jazz/blues tunes. Absolutely good content my brother. Much much appreciated :)
Thank you Marvin!!
Thank you for your great lesson of playing George Benson blues.i started to learn and play it slowly.
Great video, thank you!
Beautifully done. Great way of getting the essence of the type of lick
Thank you!!!
Liked and subscribed. Thanks, great ideas there!
Thank you!!
Really cool licks, thanks for teaching me!
Fantastic stuff man! I hear that last line (lick 5) as outlining an A7 chord (V7 of II which is a secondary dominant and used all the time at that point of a jazz blues). Thanks for the vid!
Yes. Great vid though
I love 335s. But your vid makes me realise how they sound almost like a solid for obvious reasons compared to benson type guitars. I just bought a GB10. Love it.
Great! Thanks so much!
Great licks..! Good enough for having that Benson´s flavour but short and easy enough to play in different contexts. Thanks..!
Great! Benson is fantastic, great job teaching the techniques! Thank you
Great playing my musical brother. Thank you for the help.
THANK YOU SO MUCH BRO TO SLOWER IT DOWN.. APPRECIATED..AWESOME
Haven't seen other players' videos address a couple of those licks that I've admired from Jazz and Blues(Duke Robillard) players alike for awhile now. Thanks much. Great playing there.
Appreciate it Mike!
Great stuff! Love number 2
Nice job explaining...concise, but emphasizing what's important. Nice!
Simply AMAZING !! Thanks !
I want to get that GB style do...olease MORE GB LICKS !
Nice bro!! Your playing is really good
Great lesson & thats a beautiful 335! 🔥🔥
Thank you!
great lesson
Great stuff, I have loved Benson since the Breezin' LP. Some of the best driving music ever, the guy is awesome. Thanks for posting this. I subscribed so I will be back for more blues, cheers.
Very cool man.... Very cool. Thanks
Thank you. Nice stuff!!
Good stuff man, thanks. Just subscribed
Thanks man, very clear explaining
Useful lesson,thanks man
Bravo ! Thanks a lot !!
Great stuff its good for us u break this down..thanks
Lovely intro playing 👏
Excellent lesson!! Thank you
Very Cool thanks!
Thanks for this man, great lesson!
Sounding great!!!
Good stuff, man! 💥
Awesome as always, thanks for sharing man. Will work on these. Quick q - for a new listener to Benson (but someone who already listens to a lot of blues), what do you recommend I should start with? Thanks mate!
Hey there! I would check out 'The New Boss Guitar' or 'George Benson Cookbook'.. 'Breezin' and 'Weekend in LA' are a couple of my favorites as well! Happy listening !!
Great tutorial. Some really cool stuff and you make it look easy. Although its not really
Thanks heaps.
Swingin Bro👌
Fantastic. GB talks about the flat five in his autobiography.
Awesome lines, would learn a million of those
Awesome video man!
Dayum...you can play bro. Close enough. In the "key" of Benson. Nice
Awesome 👏
I like that roll
hermosa guitarra!! GIBSON!!! un sueño!
Great content, enjoyed it....ty
thankyouu!
Outstanding! Do you have any transcriptions I can purchase?
I luv it..🤟
Great 😊
real good!!!!
Yeh his triplets going down the scales I like best... ( my favorite benson solos ar ed on the song "stella by starlight" .. the old recording
The best!!!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Meus parabéns pelo conteúdo muito bem explicado! 🇧🇷
Muito bom man obrigado
Cool! Which kind of pick do you use? Dunlop Jazz 3?
I use the Dunlop gator grip 2mm!
Everybody wanna play like benson and earl klugh... ( man have you heard norman brown's album "after the storm"?
Nice :)
👏👏👏👏
Sublime Excelente!!!!Merry Christmas greetings(listen to) Brinel & Azul !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fuck yeah!
Great licks but was seeing nothing, need a closer look next time.
Most of those licks are not benson licks they are licks that are part of jump blues anyway
slow down a little bit
You are slow if you can’t follow this bruh lmaoooooo
though marvin's reply was completely uncool, you can always slow down the playback speed and help you learn licks to get them under your fingers.
Где табы ???
Great lesson, thank you!
Great stuff. Thanks.