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Examiner.comMonterey Jazz Festival group unites disparate jazz talentsExaminer.comThose include Russell Malone, a nimble guitarist in the Wes Montgomery/George Benson tradition, and violinist Regina Carter, who's single-handedly rewritten ...
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The GuardianBP pledges not to use open-pit mining at Canadian oil sands sitesThe GuardianJohn Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace, said the pledge was like "quitting Benson and Hedges in favour of Rothmans". A report out last month from ...and more »
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Tampabay.comPedersen Park to host second Reggae Sunfest on SaturdayTampabay.com... Turner began fusing elements of the reggae master's music with the Southern blues and jazz styles of his guitar heroes, BB King and George Benson. ...and more »
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The StateDoes Jenny Sanford Have a New Love?ABC NewsThey were introduced to each other by the college's president and mutual friend, George Benson. Their first meeting following the introduction "was a walk ...Augusta businessman dating Jenny SanfordAugusta ChronicleFormer First Lady Jenny Sanford Dating Clay BoardmanWLTX.comMeet Jenny Sanford's New Boyfriend …FITSNewsall 46 news articles »
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Rent or BuyThe Oxford Times... Formby fails miserably in his efforts to convince Walsh that he's a hero when he and buddy George Benson have to be rescued by Middleton after falling ...
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Boston GlobeLA music co. snaps up Rounder RecordsBoston HeraldThe firm has 10000-plus master recordings and its artists include George Benson, Chick Corea, Kenny G, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Sergio Mendes, ...CORRECTING and REPLACING GRAPHIC Concord Music Group Acquires Celebrated ...California Chronicleall 36 news articles »
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MiamiHerald.comIs Tommy Thompson running?msnbc.com... like George Pataki, has apparently decided against a run. According to sources who have spoken with TODAY'S TMJ4 HD's Charles Benson, former Wisconsin ...Politics Blog: Thompson to speak at Tea Party on Thursday, predicted to ...Wisconsin State Journal (blog)all 290 news articles »
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Professor RJ Ross: Motor City Bred, Bay Area Based Soul-Jazz Singer/Songwriter ...Benzinga... Hollywood with legendary, multiple Grammy winning engineer Al Schmitt, who has worked with George Benson, Steely Dan, Ray Charles, Diana Krall, et al). ...and more »
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Business Daily AfricaLive music rocks Cape Town despite downturnBusiness Daily AfricaGeorge Benson, a recording artist from the United States, was among over 40 artists from various countries who performed across five stages at the event in ...Jazz legend wows crowds in Cape TownCCTVall 4 news articles »
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Telegraph.co.ukGeorge Benson interview: love songs are one of the things in life that lastTelegraph.co.ukGuitarist and singer George Benson talks about romance, his wife and his long friendship with Michael Jackson. By Celia Walden Twenty minutes into my ...
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27TH FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL OF JAZZ D'ANTIBES JUAN LES PINS LE CAP 1986 - "Beyond the sea" (Original :"La mer" From Charles Trenet), - "No one emotion", - "Turn your love around me" , - "Late at night" duet with Vicki RANDLE, - "Latin brother" (guitare). - "Mascarade", - "On Brodway", - "California PM". - "Love is here tonight".
Lyrics Don't now the right words to say I'm not magic Don't hold the world in my hands Wish I could fly to the ear like a hero But I'm just some one who loves you That's all I am Wish I could take you away to a palace Make you the Queen of a land All the riches and gold I don't haven't I'm just some one who loves you That's all I am Love that is pure and secret I have all you need And with you that's everything to me So I'm cherish the moment I've saw you I might not give much more than that But if you look in my heart you'll find That I'm some one who loves you That's what I am So I'm cherish the moment I've saw you Life might not give me more than that But if you look in my heart you will find That I'm some one who loves you That's all I am Some one who loves you That's what I am I'm some one who loves you That's all I am Owned by Conard Records
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Teaming up with Quincy Jones was a wise move for George Benson. They both had an affinity for jazz and had an ear for contemporary music that resulted in a #4 Hot 100 hit, a #2 dance hit, but a #1 R&B hit.
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CHARLESTON - McLeod Plantation, with its striking row of slave cabins, has deep historical significance to the Gullah Geechee people that needs to be protected, community representatives told leaders at the College of Charleston.
The college announced
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The State
http://www.thestate.com/local/story/1083573.html?RSS=local
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The Monster version [of the album]... is a specially priced two-disc package that consists of Songs and Stories on compact disc mixed in traditional stereo and a bonus DVD, containing Monster's High Definition Stereo and Surround mixes. In addition,
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All About Jazz
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=46838
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CD » Smooth, funky, steeped in R&B and never disappointing, "Songs and Stories" is a testament to a great artist, George Benson, who has simply become better with age. Bass giant Marcus Miller produced the album, and one can't escape his influences,
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Salt Lake Tribune
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_13995791?source=rss
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A legendary blues guitarist resting in obscurity in a local cemetery for nearly four decades now has a proper gravestone thanks to a Plymouth Township man and fellow supporters of the Detroit Blues Society.
Calvin Frazier, who played alongside perhaps
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HometownLife.com
http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20091206/NEWS15/912060477/1032/rss20
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George Benson
Double-threat guitarist/singer George Benson has been sharing his gift of music since early boyhood. Born in Pittsburgh, George began his early career at the age of 8 on the ukulele and singing. In his teens, he fell in love with
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/phil-ramone-and-danielle-evin/dog-ears-music-volume-101_b_380191.html
NEA Jazz Master and 10X Grammy-winning legendary musician George Benson will release his new album on August 25th entitled Songs and Stories. The album is a collection of tunes penned by some of the most prolific and enduring songwriters of the last half-century. Some were written specifically for this new recording, such as Bill Withers (who came out of retirement to write A Telephone Call Away for George), Rod Temperton's Family Reunion and Lamont Doziers Living in High Definition; while others, including James Taylors Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight, Donny Hathaway's Someday Well All Be Free and Tony Joe White's Rainy Night in Georgia were hand-picked by Benson for their ability to convey simple but universal truths about the human experience.
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Detroit -- When jazz musician George Benson performed at the Masonic Temple recently, a less sedate form of entertainment unfurled several floors above.
Women with tattoos and ripped stockings, sporting names like Karma Shootya and Lady Macdeath,
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Detroit News Online
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Notes from the music beat ...
Say Anything frontman Max Bemis says the group’s forthcoming third album was “inspired by pretty heartfelt thoughts.”
That’s been the case for its critically acclaimed predecessors, too, but while those thoughts were
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The Oakland Press
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2009/10/23/entertainment/doc4ae10dd96ddc7641062320.txt
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THE FABULOUS multi-Grammy-winning singer/guitarist George Benson will headline the Chicago Urban League's 48th annual "Golden Fellowship" dinner Nov. 7 at the Hilton Chicago, hosted by TV personality/ journalist Ed Gordon. The highlight of the evening
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Chicago Sun-Times
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Best known for conquering the pop and R&B charts in the 1970s with such hits as "Give Me the Night," "On Broadway" and "This Masquerade," guitarist and vocalist George Benson started his career firmly planted in the world of jazz while working with
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Detroit Free Press
http://www.freep.com/article/20091022/ENT04/910220322/1035/rss04
Riz meets legendary guitarist and singer, George Benson. His mellow guitar sounds and vocals have played a major part in influencing the jazz scene in the US and he topped the charts in not only jazz, but rhythm, blues, and pop.
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Hi everyone! It’s Friday and it’s time to look back at another Billboard Top 10 from — holy crap, this is from 29 years ago. Anybody else feel really old? Thankfully, I think this is a pretty good week for the charts: good variety, strong songs all
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Popdose.com
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O'Donel Levy remembers sitting on a stoop in the Gilmor Homes, the West Baltimore housing project, in the early '50s, watching his neighbor Ethel Ennis going off to one of her jazz gigs dressed in a glittery gown. It was proof positive that someone
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Baltimore City Paper
http://www.citypaper.com/music/story.asp?id=19037
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In the 1970s George Benson became a crossover star with vocal hits and a smooth-sounding pop-R and B style, but he’d already established a legacy as a jazz guitarist who brimmed with energy and talent. “Before Broadway: George Benson in the 1960
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All About Jazz
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=43293
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"Songs & Stories" may not have any of the hits of the 1976 "Breezin'" mega-album, but it does show George Benson at his best. He sings in an honest manner, presenting melody and lyrics without trying to be Mr. Hip-Hop. He also offers good guitar licks
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Pittsburgh Entertainment
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Hammond B-3 Titan, father of Soul Jazz to perform at the Vermont Jazz Center’s First Concert of this new season!!
Dr. Lonnie Smith will perform with his trio including guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg and drummer Jamire Williams at the Vermont Jazz Center
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iBrattleboro
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witnessed what they were doing and took pictures."
NEWTOWN -- The Housatonic Railroad Co. maintains it is not violating Newtown's cease-and-desist order, just doing routine business.
Many letters have been sent from the town to Attorney General Richard
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TwinCities.com
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what they were doing and took pictures."
NEWTOWN -- The Housatonic Railroad Co. maintains that it is not violating Newtown's cease and desist order, just doing routine business.
Many letters have been sent from the town to Attorney General Richard
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Greater Danbury News-Times
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YANP contest winner Walker shops with Tom and Jesse of These United States
On Friday These United States and I met up with the winner of the vinyl shopping spree from You Ain’t No Picasso. Walker and the guys were already friends (which is to be
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You Ain't No Picasso
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Legendary jazz musician, George Benson with special guest Joe Sample, will make a stop at Detroit's Masonic Temple Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 24. Lilah Hathaway and Impromp2 are also set to perform.
Tickets ($53 & $68) go on sale at 10 a.m.
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Broadway World
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Fans of smooth jazz appreciated guitarist/vocalist George Benson's last album, 2006's Givin' It Up, a collaboration with Al Jarreau. While the two seemed to have great fun covering each other's songs as well as other soul and jazz classics,
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All About Jazz
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=41584
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Fans of smooth jazz appreciated guitarist/vocalist George Benson's last album, 2006's Givin' It Up, a collaboration with Al Jarreau. While the two seemed to have great fun covering each other's songs as well as other soul and jazz classics, they
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“Bill Withers has always been one of my favourites,” Benson says. “His songs always seem to be natural. They seem to relate across the board. In this case he wrote a song that we ended up recording with Layla Hathaway, Donny Hathaway’s daughter. What
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Undercover
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George Benson is truly a legend; a guitarist of unparalleled chops and a vocalist with great emotional range and sophistication, and his latest release finds him at his very best! Songs and Stories is a collection of tunes penned by some of the most
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AndresonVision
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National Endowment of the Arts Jazz Master and 10X Grammy-winning, legendary musician George Benson will release his new album on August 25th entitled Songs and Stories, his second for Concord Records / Monster Music. The album is a collection of tunes
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TMZ
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CLAREMONT - The soon-to-be-renovated auditorium at Pitzer College is offering alumni or the public a chance to leave their mark on the facility.
For $500, they can "purchase" a seat in the auditorium in the memory of someone who had made an impact on
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Daily Bulletin
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Both Kenny Loggins and Kenny Rogers, popular solo artists in the 1980s, will perform at Shippensburg University's H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center during the upcoming season.
Luhrs 2009-2010 season was announced this past week with tickets going on
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The Herald-Mail Online
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SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The annual Freihofer's Jazz Festival wrapped up its two-day stand on Saturday, filling up the Saratoga Performing Arts Center with another fine day of glorious, life-affirming and occasionally challenging music. And as a bonus, it
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Albany Times-Union
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This year’s headlining act at the Freihofer’s Jazz Festival will be the inimitable George Benson and his “An Unforgettable Tribute to Nat ‘King’ Cole” show.
With worldwide record sales approaching 70 million and 10 Grammy Awards to his credit, Benson
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The Saratogian
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ANDREW MILLS/THE STAR-LEDGER"The guitar is very sensual," says guitarist Jerry Topinka, who is scheduled to perform at the 23rd Red Bank Jazz & Blues Festival.
Jerry Topinka is one more musician who deserves the sobriquet "Mr. Versatility."
In his long
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NJ.com
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2009/06/jerry_topinka_brings_quite_a_m.html
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From Mark Alderman's vantage point, the bankruptcy filing Monday by General Motors had become the only option.
"It wasn't much of a surprise," said Alderman, who runs Alderman Chevrolet on Route 7. "I feel very optimistic about it."
He said as painful
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Rutland Herald
http://www.rutlandherald.com/article/20090602/NEWS04/906020369/1002/NEWS01
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THE LOWDOWN: One of the great unsung heroes of Detroit jazz, saxophonist George Benson, 80, is being honored Saturday by the Southeastern Michigan Jazz Association with its Ron Brooks Award for his contributions to jazz in Detroit.
THE SOUND: Classic
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Detroit Free Press
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'I always had to work harder than other people': BB King
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"In 2008 Rolling Stone magazine put out an article on the 100 best guitarists. Now I forget, but it seems to me like they put me in the top five" In fact, King was ranked
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The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/5343853/BB-King-interview-the-last-of-the-great-bluesmen.html
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