I’m a real big fan of Latin jazz and it’s great to hear awesome jazz guitarists like George Benson play in this style. Here are a few videos showing him play 3 Latin tunes in a smooth jazz guitar style: Brazilian Stomp, Affirmation and El Mar.
1. Brazilian Stomp, a tune he recorded with Earl Klugh in the 80’s.
2. Affirmation, a cover of Jose Feliciano’s tune. Benson’s version appeared on the Breezin’ album. This video performance was played at Musikladen, in Frankfurt in 1977.
3. El Mar. Also played live at Musikladen, Frankfurt 1977. He plays some simply amazing stuff here. It’s so fluid and natural and fast!! I would say that the 70’s were the time where he was at height of his powers. He’s playing a GB10 set up perfectly with extremely low action. I’m looking to buy one of these one of these days. Also, there’s some great camera shots of his picking hand. Notice how he’s holding the pick.
Until next time,
Leon