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Benson, George

Benson, George

(1943–  ) musician; born in Pittsburgh, Pa. A respected jazz guitarist who gained unprecedented success in popular music, he worked as a sideman with Brother Jack McDuff in 1963–65, made his first solo records in 1966, and was a staff musician for CTI Records between 1970–75. In 1976, his recording "Breezin'" became the first of several Top Ten records that he released.
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.
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Pupils (from left) Charlie Benson, George Morley, Dan Williams, Thomas Clayton, Jack Carroll, Pippa Skuse, Amber Kershaw, Holly Patterson, Isabella Carter, Anand Dosanjh, Thea Thomas, Robert Collier, Lucia McCosker-New and Aneekka Rajkumar with the old phone books they collected for recycling.
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In his teens, he joined Paul Weller's band as a session musician and went on to perform and tour for the next six years with musicians including The Brand New Heavies, Jamiroquai, George Benson, George Michael, Chaka Khan, and Take That.
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