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Black Rose - From The Album: Irreplaceable. In the public eye as a recording artist since the early 1960s, guitarist/vocalist George Benson is arguably the man who injected the smooth into smooth jazz. IRREPLACEABLE artfully treads the border between contemporary R&B and smooth jazz, thanks in no small part to producer/songwriter Joshua Paul Thompson. A couple of factors set the more mature Bensons work apart from the pack of teens and twentysomethings crowding the jazz-tinged R&B field. Benson takes his vocal cues from the classic models of Nat King Cole and Sam Cooke, with a healthy dash of Stevie Wonder, leaving the histrionics for others to negotiate at their own risk. But, of course, Benson most clearly puts his mark on the album with his sui generis fretwork. Certainly the tracks groove like great R&B should, but on the tunes Take You Out, Missing You, and the standard Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise, Bensons alternately blistering and sensual guitar lines grace the proceedings with a resonating lyricism. Personnel: George Benson (vocals, electric guitar); Chyna, Nakiea (vocals); Joshua Thompson (acoustic guitar, keyboards, synthesizer, bass instrument, programming); Rex Rideout (keyboards, programming); Herman Jackson, Bobby Douglas (keyboards); Richard Bona (bass instrument, background vocals); Roberto Vally (bass instrument); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion). Mojo (Publisher) (12/03, p. 120) - 3 stars out of 5 - The best track is the richly harmonious Cell Phone.... Six Play and Whole Man also impress on an album that will surprise many. ENJOY THIS TUNE......... ;) https://youtube/watch?v=mX4iQqqwmdU
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 07:17:20 +0000

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