ABSOLUTE BENSON was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album.
Jazz / Smooth Jazz;Urban; Crossover Jazz; Jazz-Pop; Contemporary Jazz
Recorded:
* Tracks 3-10: May 1999, At Clinton Recording (StudioA), New York
* Tracks 1 and 2: Platinum Audio, New York
With over forty years as an esteemed recording artist and entertainer, George Benson has become a true legend of our time. Continually progressing as both guitarist and vocalist, Benson's lasting success is perhaps best explained by his ability to invent fresh and creative ways to communicate his distinctive musical voice. Absolute Benson is the newest chapter of this illustrious career and in a sense, a return to his beginnings. Primarily instrumental, (only three vocal tracks), it focuses on Benson's noteworthy guitar virtuosity in a modernized acoustic quartet setting. With the exception of the opening tracks "The Ghetto" and "El Barrio", which are collaborations with the Masters at Work production gurus who bring energized latin flavored percussive dance arrangements to a Donnie Hathaway classic, Absolute Benson is filled with George's signature guitar style and emotionally charged lyricism.
George Benson - Guitar, Vocal
Joe Sample - Piano, Organ, Synthesizer
Carlos Henriquez - Bass
Christian McBride - Bass, Synthesizer
Vidal Davis - Drums
Steve Gadd - Drums
Cindy Blackman - Drums
Luis Conte - Congas, Percussion, Timbales
Luisito Quintero - Percussion
Ricky Petersen - Organ
Lisa Fischer - Vocal
India - Vocal
Roy Ayers - Vocal
Richard Shade - Vocal
Claudia Acuna - Vocal |
