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Benson’s next recording was It’s Uptown with the George Benson Quartet with Lonnie Smith on organ and Ronnie Cuber on baritone sax. This album showcases Benson’s talent in constructing swinging bebop lines at blistering tempos. Benson followed it up with “The George Benson Cookbook,” also with Lonnie Smith and Ronnie Cuber.
One of his major hits is the song “This Masquerade”, which is included in the top-selling album Breezin’ . This album represents a shift to more commercially oriented music which brought Benson a wider audience but alienated some jazz fans. Other singles that have made the Billboard Hot 100 charts include “On Broadway” (1978), “Love Ballad” (1979), “Give Me The Night” (1980) and “Turn Your Love Around” (1982).
Benson continues to play outstanding jazz guitar, as evidenced on recordings such as Jimmy Smith’s Off the Top, Benson’s own live album Par Excellence, and Tenderly, on which Benson is accompanied by McCoy Tyner on piano.
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