George Benson live in concert.
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George Benson

18
critic concert reviews
jazz

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

65
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LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 18 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that George Benson is rated as a neither good nor bad live performer, but their shows lack substantial merit. George Benson concert reviews describe live shows and performances as joyful and engaging.

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Latest release

Live At Montreux 1986 (Live) (July 14, 2023)

artist info

GENRE
jazz
ORIGIN
Pittsburgh, United States (3/22/1943)
BIO
George Benson is a jazz guitarist born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on 22 March 1943. He started out playing straight-ahead instrumental jazz with organist Jack McDuff.
HAS PERFORMED with
Christian Scott

CRITIC concert REVIEWS

Chicago Concert Reviews (USA)

August 23, 2023
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Ravinia beats the heat and the blues of Buddy Guy’s goodbye, George Benson keeps “Breezin”

Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

April 12, 2022
70
%
George Benson plays the soundtrack to your sex life.

Evening Standard (UK)

July 22, 2019
80
%
George Benson Veteran jazz icon gets the party started

Twin Cities Media (USA)

October 24, 2017
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In a career that spans five decades, more than 30 albums, NEA Jazz Master, George Benson, has used his jazz roots as the foundation for an engaging mix of pop, R&B and other shades that add up to a style that appeals to a broad mainstream audience.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (USA)

May 13, 2017
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George Benson sings, strums, scats during joyful Sheldon Gala 2017 concert

Chronicle Live (UK)

June 23, 2016
80
%
Before Benson entered the fray the highly rated Polly Gibbons showed just why she was nominated for a BBC Jazz award before she had even released an album.

GetIntoThis (UK)

June 21, 2016
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George Benson at the Philharmonic Hall Overcoming the potential challenge of knowing which part of his career on which to focus his set, Getintothis’ Shaun Ponsonby catches jazz-pop legend George Benson at the Phil. There’s a bit of a strange mix at tonight’s gig. Half of the crowd are made up of fans o

Past critic reviews published in

The Guardian (UK), Manchester Evening News (UK), Financial Times (UK), Concert Livewire (USA), New Zealand Herald (New Zealand) and more

IMAGE CREDIT

Raul Ranz [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons