Watching and listening to George Benson in his Rick Beato interview – an absolute classic – has decided me on further and deeper exploration of his recorded legacy.
I’m keen to hear not just his output as a leader, up into the mid-‘80s (I’ll cut off in ‘85 for now*), but also his stuff with Jack McDuff, prior to that.
* Whilst somewhat arbitrary, this is also when my interest in his output kind of diminishes (whether that’s justified or not is moot).
With Jack McDuff:
Brother Jack McDuff Live, 1963
Brother Jack McDuff at the Jazz Workshop Live, 1963
Prelude, 1963
Cookin’ Together, 1964
The Dynamic Jack McDuff, 1964
The Concert McDuff, 1964
Silk & Soul, 1965
Hot Barbecue, 1966
Walk On By, 1966
Hallelujah Time, 1967
Midnight Sun, 1968
Soul Circle, 1968
I Got A Woman, 1969
Steppin’ Out, 1969
As leader:
New Boss Guitar of GB (w Jack McDuff), 1964
It’s Uptown, 1966 CD
GB Cookbook, 1967
Giblet Gravy, 1968
Shape of Things to Come, 1968
Goodies, 1968
Tell It Like It Is, 1969
Other Side Abbey Rd, 1970
Blue Horizon, 1971 CD
White Rabbit, 1972
Body Talk, 1973
Bad Benson, 1974
Good King Bad, 1976
Benson & Farrell, 1976 mp3
Breezin’, 1976 CD
In Concert, Carnegie Hall, 1976
In Flight, 1977 CD
Weekend in LA, 1978 vinyl
Livin’ Inside… 1979
Give Me The Night, 1980 vinyl
Jazz On A Sunday Afternoon, Vols I-III, 1981-2
In Your Eyes, 1983
Pacific Fire, 1983 mp3
I Got A Woman, 1984
20/20, 1985
