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Is George Benson the best guitarist?
Benson is “the best guitarist in the world in all kinds of music,” said blues legend BB King at a early hours jam session the previous night. “Rock, jazz, blues – he plays better than anybody else!”
Who played guitar with George Benson?
Benson followed it up with The George Benson Cookbook, also with Lonnie Smith and Ronnie Cuber on baritone and drummer Marion Booker. Miles Davis employed Benson in the mid-1960s, featuring his guitar on “Paraphernalia” on his 1968 Columbia release, Miles in the Sky before Benson went to Verve Records.
Who inspired George Benson?
Mostly inspired by jazz and soul music of the 1940’s and 1950’s, George started to lead his own band at an unusually young age. His playing denotes clear influences by Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery. Benson had a tremendous influence on the next generations of jazz guitarists.
Why didn’t big band swing guitarists ever get solo passages?
Even so, due to the propulsive nature of big band swing and its emphasis on the interplay of the horns, the best jazz guitarists of the era – like the Count Basie band’s Freddie Greene, one of the pre-eminent swing-era axe men – were rarely granted, or even desired, solo passages. But there were exceptions.
Who is the Best Jazz Guitar Player of all time?
Billie Holiday. Fittingly, for one of the best jazz guitarists in history, Kessell played with the great and good of the jazz world (everyone from Billie Holiday to Sonny Rollins) and was noted for his mellow sound and judicious choice of chords.
Is Miles Davis the best jazz guitarist of all time?
His jaw-dropping abilities made him seem superhuman and he was soon hailed as one of the best jazz guitarists to have walked the planet.
Why didn’t the spotlight ever fall on jazz guitar players?
Another reason why the spotlight didn’t fall on jazz guitar players in the music’s formative years was that their instrument was acoustic and didn’t have the ability to cut though the rest of the ensemble like brass and woodwind instruments could.