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George Benson
March 4, 2015 @ 7:30 pm
10-Time Grammy Award Winner
GEORGE BENSON
Returns to Hawaii!
Wednesday, March 4th – Blaisdell Concert Hall
Honolulu, HI – 10-time Grammy Award Winner George Benson returns to Hawaii for two rare concerts in March! Benson will also play at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center March 3.
Benson, recognized by peers and fans alike as an innovative music master, fused his love of guitar-centric jazz and soul with R&B, which resulted in a sound that dominated pop radio to the surprise and delight of a generation.
“Breezin’”, Benson’s 1976 release, may be considered the first jazz album to hit platinum status (it has since gone triple-platinum), but its success is also measured by the sheer amount of airplay it received on mainstream radio stations: the album topped the jazz, soul and pop charts simultaneously, due in large part to the success of Benson’s soulful, scat-laden cover of Leon Russell’s “This Masquerade.”
Subsequent releases also received critical and commercial success, fueled by hits like “Give Me the Night,” “Turn Your Love Around,” “The Greatest Love of All,” “Being with You,” “God Bless the Child” (with Al Jareau and Jill Scott) and “On Broadway”.