george benson Archives - ContemporaryJazz.com https://contemporaryjazz.com/tag/george-benson Celebrating 30 Years Online! Sun, 28 Dec 2025 17:54:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/contemporaryjazz.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cropped-ContemporaryJazz-mascot-logo-favicon-512x512-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 george benson Archives - ContemporaryJazz.com https://contemporaryjazz.com/tag/george-benson 32 32 124780169 Top Contemporary Jazz Albums – January 1998! https://contemporaryjazz.com/top-contemporary-jazz-albums-january-1998 https://contemporaryjazz.com/top-contemporary-jazz-albums-january-1998#respond Thu, 26 Jan 2023 20:39:24 +0000 https://contemporaryjazz.com/?p=3898 Here were the best-selling contemporary jazz albums according to the January 23, 1988 issue of Billboard magazine! Hiroshima, Go Spyro Gyra, Stories Without Words Pat Metheny Group, Still Life (Talking) Dianne Reeves, Dianne Reeves Fattburger, Good News Jean-Luc Ponty, The Gift of Time George Benson / Earl Klugh, Collaboration Kenny G, Duotones Larry Carlton, Discover […]

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]]> Here were the best-selling contemporary jazz albums according to the January 23, 1988 issue of Billboard magazine!

  1. Hiroshima, Go
  2. Spyro Gyra, Stories Without Words
  3. Pat Metheny Group, Still Life (Talking)
  4. Dianne Reeves, Dianne Reeves
  5. Fattburger, Good News
  6. Jean-Luc Ponty, The Gift of Time
  7. George Benson / Earl Klugh, Collaboration
  8. Kenny G, Duotones
  9. Larry Carlton, Discover
  10. The Manhattan Transfer, Brasil

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]]> https://contemporaryjazz.com/top-contemporary-jazz-albums-january-1998/feed 0 3898 George Benson Autobiography https://contemporaryjazz.com/george-benson-autobiography https://contemporaryjazz.com/george-benson-autobiography#respond Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:19:04 +0000 http://www.contemporaryjazz.com/?p=2374 I’m looking forward to reading this. Labeling Benson as the “first true (and truly successful) jazz/soul crossover artist” does make you think. Usually, I’m skeptical of definitive statements like that but I can’t find a better example when you factor in the chart success he had. I wish some sort of box set or ultimate […]

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]]> Benson The George Benson AutobiographyI’m looking forward to reading this. Labeling Benson as the “first true (and truly successful) jazz/soul crossover artist” does make you think. Usually, I’m skeptical of definitive statements like that but I can’t find a better example when you factor in the chart success he had. I wish some sort of box set or ultimate collection of his music would come out at the same time as the book.

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