In the summer of 2004 guitarist George Benson sat down unnoticed at the Baton Rouge Bar in Montreal and asked for a margarita. The Baton Rouge is a great restaurant haven for jazz goers and musicians attending the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal, aka The Montreal Jazz Festival. It just so happened that, as my ...

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Take Five With JC Stylles

by AAJ Staff
April 18, 2007

Meet Jason Campbell:JC Stylles ("Jason Campbell"), guitarist, specializes in working within the organ combo format. Originally from Australia, he lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and works the Harlem organ rooms, keeping alive the tradition of the guitar's importance in the role popularized by Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Kenny Burrell, George Benson ...

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Tribute to Miles Davis

Featuring the music of George Benson
Duration: 9:22
January 9, 2007

Guitarist George Benson puts the microphone away to pay tribute to the brilliant contributions of Trumpeter Miles Davis. The second half features guitarist and friend to Miles, John McLaughlin on nylon string guitar

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The Essential

By George Benson

Label: JJ-Tracks
Released: 2006

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Givin' It Up

By George Benson

Label: JJ-Tracks
Released: 2006

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The Essential George Benson

By George Benson

Label: Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Released: 2006
Track listing: Rock Candy (Live) (With Brother Jack McDuff); Shadow Dancers; Clockwise; Willow Weep For Me; A Foggy Day; The Borgia Stick; Paraphernalia (With Miles Davis); Sugar (With Stanley Turrentine); So What; Ode To A Kudu (Alternate Take); California Dreamin'; White Rabbit; Body Talk; Take Five; Summertime (Live) (From "Porgy And Bess"); Breezin'; This Masquerade; On Broadway (Live); Give Me The Night; Hip Skip (With Tony Williams); Gotham City (With Dexter Gordon);

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