{"title":"George Benson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eGeorge Benson is one of the most technically gifted jazz guitarists of his generation, and for collectors the records that matter most came before \"Breezin'\" made him a household name. Born in Pittsburgh in 1943, he was playing professionally as a teenager, joined Brother Jack McDuff's quartet in 1962, and at twenty-one recorded his debut leader album \"The New Boss Guitar of George Benson\" (Prestige, 1964) with McDuff still in the band. His Columbia albums of the mid-1960s, particularly \"It's Uptown\" (1966) and \"The George Benson Cookbook\" (1967) with Lonnie Smith on organ and Ronnie Cuber on baritone saxophone, showed a guitarist already operating at an elite level, a point reinforced by Miles Davis using him on \"Paraphernalia\" from \"Miles in the Sky\" (1968). Creed Taylor then signed Benson first to A\u0026amp;M and then to his CTI label, where between 1970 and 1975 he recorded some of the strongest guitar albums in that catalogue's run, with heavyweights including Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter, Billy Cobham, and Stanley Turrentine appearing across the sessions. \"White Rabbit\" (1971) and \"Beyond the Blue Horizon\" (1971) are the CTI titles collectors reach for first, though \"Bad Benson\" (1974) and the live \"In Concert-Carnegie Hall\" (recorded 1975, released 1976) are not far behind. The Warner Bros. years that followed produced \"Breezin'\" (1976) and a run of commercially dominant albums that brought in a different audience and largely overshadowed this earlier body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"george-benson-give-me-the-night-1980-japanese-warner-bros-stereo-lp","title":"George Benson - Give Me the Night (1980 Japanese Warner Bros. Stereo LP)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eVinyl\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSleeve\u003c\/b\u003e: VG+\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObi:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur grading system explained \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dpbg4u-d1.myshopify.com\/pages\/secondhand-grading-guide\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhoto is of the actual item.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Benson - \u003cem\u003eGive Me the Night\u003c\/em\u003e | Vinyl LP - 1980 Japanese Warner Bros. Stereo (P-10851W, Warner-Pioneer Corporation)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eQuincy Jones had just finished producing Michael Jackson's \u003cem\u003eOff the Wall\u003c\/em\u003e when he turned to George Benson. He brought Rod Temperton with him. Temperton, the Heatwave keyboardist who had written \"Rock with You\" for Jackson, provided six of the ten tracks, including the title song. Jones assembled the same circle of session players he had been using across both projects: Louis Johnson on bass, John Robinson on drums, Greg Phillinganes on keyboards, Paulinho Da Costa on percussion, Lee Ritenour on guitar, Jerry Hey on trumpet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Give Me the Night\" was recorded in a single day after Benson had been ready to leave the sessions. The guitar break that defines the track was something Benson played once during recording; Jones heard it and placed it throughout. It went to No. 1 on the Soul chart and No. 4 on the Hot 100. \"Off Broadway\" is an instrumental with Ritenour and Benson trading lines over Johnson's bass, and it won the Grammy for Best R\u0026amp;B Instrumental Performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Moody's Mood\" is a different animal from the rest of the album. It is Benson's vocal treatment of James Moody's 1949 improvisation over \"I'm in the Mood for Love.\" Eddie Jefferson had first added vocalese lyrics to Moody's solo in 1952; King Pleasure had the hit version. Benson sings it here as a duet with Patti Austin and won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. \"Dinorah, Dinorah\" is Milton Nascimento's composition, arranged by Jones and Jerry Hey, and won the Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement. \"Love Dance\" is by the Brazilian songwriter Ivan Lins with Vitor Martins and Paul Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHerbie Hancock plays Fender Rhodes and synthesizer across Side B. The rest of the band operates at the level Jones consistently demanded from his sessions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the 1980 Japanese Warner Bros. pressing (P-10851W), manufactured by Warner-Pioneer Corporation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Warner Bros.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43557874630715,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/3203\/3339\/files\/IMG_7189.jpg?v=1780214256"}],"url":"https:\/\/lushliferecords.com.au\/collections\/george-benson.oembed","provider":"Lush Life Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}