Thanks a lot nomar! I'd forgotten about his version of 'On broadway', but never listened to the 'Weekend In L.A.' album before, sounds good from my quick listen.
I know I asked about uptempo stuff, but I really like his bluesy stuff when he's playing completely solo, as well , if you know of any thing like 'Ode To A Kudu" or 'From now on'? I need more of the intense scat heavy tracks like 'World is a ghetto' too. I guess it's the in-between sounding ones that don't do it for me, definitely not the sugary ballads.
Stevolende - I'm liking some of that All stars concert, i think what I'm finding with his own albums is that there's 2-3 tracks per album (from all eras) that I love but i really can't listen to the rest.
― inventionsforjohn, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 22:48 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/cHEtetL.gif
― pplains, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 23:41 (eight years ago) link
wow!!
― lute bro (brimstead), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 23:52 (eight years ago) link
whole video's pretty smooth! https://vimeo.com/24973023
― pplains, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 00:21 (eight years ago) link
TURN YOUR LOVE AROUUUUNNNNND
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Saturday, 3 March 2018 17:03 (six years ago) link
There's a whole long hilarious section about the writing of that song in that otherwise average Hired Gun documentary. Bill Champlin, Jay Graydon and Steve Lukather!
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 3 March 2018 17:26 (six years ago) link
(Long story short, Graydon was charged with writing Benson a hit but was stumped, so he went to the bathroom and left it in the hands of Lukather. Lukather casually comes up with some chords and, on the toiler, Graydon, listening, comes up with the melody. Except I guess Graydon has an OCD compulsion to undress completely when he's on the toilet, so he had to hurry up and get dressed to get back to Lukather before he forgot the melody to go with the chords Lukather was playing!)
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 3 March 2018 17:30 (six years ago) link
Came across this good clip of George Benson with Clark Terry on trumpet on ye' old YouTube a few weeks back. It's a pretty groovy version of "So What".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snCGxc4qK50
― earlnash, Saturday, 3 March 2018 18:25 (six years ago) link
Clark Terry looking way more fly at age 68 than I will ever be on my best day.
― earlnash, Saturday, 3 March 2018 18:26 (six years ago) link
Rad clip. Thanks for sharing! Loving all the seamless gear-shifting.
― Fetchboy, Saturday, 3 March 2018 21:12 (six years ago) link
Oh yeah, this one is another really cool George Benson clip I found that has him jamming with Benny Goodman. This is one of those things you are glad the meeting happened and even more that it was filmed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfNljvp_CnI&feature=youtu.be
― earlnash, Sunday, 4 March 2018 02:50 (six years ago) link
take 2...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfNljvp_CnI
― earlnash, Sunday, 4 March 2018 02:51 (six years ago) link
Whoa, earl. Nice find!
Now where's the clip of George Washington Jr. and Woody Herman?
― pplains, Thursday, 8 March 2018 14:46 (six years ago) link
Except I guess Graydon has an OCD compulsion to undress completely when he's on the toilet
are you a shirtless shitter?
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Thursday, 8 March 2018 15:04 (six years ago) link
Grover Washington, good lord what's wrong with me.
― pplains, Thursday, 8 March 2018 16:53 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpjgOCp354U
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 23 January 2023 01:26 (one year ago) link