Benson : the autobiography / by George Benson with Alan Goldsher ; foreword by Bill Cosby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Benson, George, 1943- author.

Contributor:

Goldsher, Alan, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Benson, George, 1943-.

Benson, George.

Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.

Jazz musicians.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 222 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]

Summary:

Over the course of his fifty-year career, George Benson has performed for hundreds of millions of fans around the world, received ten Grammy Awards, and recorded with some of the most revered musicians of his era. And he has finally decided to tell his story. "Benson: The Autobiography" follows the musician's remarkable rise from the ghettos of Pittsburgh to the stages of Dubai, and everywhere in between. His tales of scuffling on the road with jazz legend Brother Jack McDuff, navigating his way through the recording studio with Miles Davis, and emerging as the first true (and truly successful) jazz/soul crossover artist will enthrall devotees of both music history and pop culture.

Contents:

The steel city

Little Georgie goes to New York

Those doo-wop sounds

Interlude #1. A quick tour of Pittsburgh

Brother Jack

Interlude #2. Catching the early Trane

Discovered

Playing with Verve ... and Miles ... and A&M

Interlude #3. Miles ahead and Miles beyond

The sound of the seventies

Interlude #4. Chops vs. vibes

From Breezin' to Broadway and beyond

Final interlude

I keep going.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0306822296

9780306822292

OCLC:

853310534