That’s exactly what happened with Dreams Do Come True, an ambitious orchestral pop record he made with famed arranger Robert Farnon in 1989. Farnon was at the time still one of the most celebrated ...

George Benson has never been shy about trying to find a wider audience for jazz guitar. Less than a month after the Beatles hit the streets with "Abbey Road," he was in the studio reimagining those ...

When guitarist George Benson's Warner Bros. debut Breezin' was issued in March 1976, it immediately became a hit; indeed one of the largest hits jazz has ever known. Guided by the successful hit ...

Some tunes are so sacred that any attempt to cover them can only result in failure. Yet George Benson makes this mistake twice on Bad Benson; the band can’t quite manage a groove in 5/4 on Brubeck’s ...

SFJAZZ announced that 10-time GRAMMY Award–winning jazz icon George Benson will make his SFJAZZ debut at San Francisco's Davies Symphony Hall for one-night-only on Monday, May 11, 2026 at 8 p.m.

1976 was a landmark year for George Benson. The singer and musician had signed his first contract with Warner Brothers Records, and was readying to put down tracks for his first album on the label, ...

The "I'm Every Woman" performer also revealed she's planning to release an album of music made with Prince Michael Loccisano/WireImage; Lester Cohen/WireImage; Slaven Vlasic/Getty Chaka Khan's memory ...

Grammy-winning singer George Benson's longtime Englewood compound is back on the market two years after failing to find a buyer, according to its Trulia listing. Benson, best known for "On Broadway," ...