Progressions: 100 Years of Jazz Guitar (2005) more music like this

by Various Artists

This expansive four-disc anthology essentially covers the recorded history of the guitar in the 20th century, beginning with the ragtime banjo that set the table for the role of the guitar in a jazz setting in the early 1900s, and then touching all the bases clear through to the post-postmodern possibilities of the instrument in the 21st century. ...

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Jazz Moods: Hot (2004) more music like this

by George Benson

Jazz Moods: Hot is a budget release in the Sony Jazz Moods series that showcases ten tunes from Benson's residency at Columbia and CTI circa 1966 to 1976. It's an interesting mix of pop covers and jazz standards and brilliantly foreshadows Benson's smooth jazz and pop excursions that were to come later on in his career. And while every track here ...

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The Essential George Benson (2006) more music like this

by George Benson

The Essential George Benson covers 28 years and spans two discs, so it lives up to its claim of having the widest scope of all the Benson compilations that surfaced before it. While it's impressive that Columbia/Legacy didn't merely mine Columbia and CTI dates, and licensed material from Warner Bros. and Prestige as well (the brief Verve period is ...

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Benson's Beat (2005) more music like this

by George Benson

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It's Uptown [Expanded] (2001) more music like this

by George Benson

It's Uptown remains a germinal jazz guitar album. Columbia/Legacy reissued the 1966 classic in 2001, with five bonus tracks appended to the original 11-track program. Benson's guitar playing is drenched in bebop, but also strongly influenced by R&B and soul music, as is his quartet's sound overall. And the three vocal cuts -- "Summertime," "A ...

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This Is Jazz, Vol. 9 (1965) more music like this

by George Benson

Taken from Columbia's multi-volume jazz primer, this is not bad for a single-company compilation. The selections split down the middle between George Benson's early 1965-1966 Columbia albums and his 1971-1976 CTI output that Columbia now controls; the gaps are obvious but the title of the series neatly narrows the scope of the survey. We hear the ...

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The Essence of George Benson (1992) more music like this

by George Benson

Sony Music Special Products' The Essence of George Benson is a collection of ten highlights from his recordings for CTI/Columbia. It's far from being a definitive overview of his '70s work, but it isn't a bad sampler at all, which makes it of considerable interest to casual fans and curious listeners, considering its budget price. Stephen Thomas ...

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It's Uptown (1965) more music like this

by George Benson

It's Uptown remains a germinal jazz guitar album. Columbia/Legacy reissued the 1966 classic in 2001, with five bonus tracks appended to the original 11-track program. Benson's guitar playing is drenched in bebop, but also strongly influenced by R&B and soul music, as is his quartet's sound overall. And the three vocal cuts -- "Summertime," "A ...

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Jazz Collection (2001) more music like this

by George Benson

This budget release from the French Sony Jazz Collection series showcases 12 tunes by guitarist George Benson during his tenure at Columbia and CTI Records. These tracks, recorded between 1966 and 1975, represent a more defined jazz direction than his late-'70s pop offerings for the Warner Bros. label. A few outstanding tracks include "Clockwise," ...

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