Jazz icon in Durban for one night only
It was announced today that George Benson will perform in South Africa next year June.
MULTI-AWARD winning icon of music, George Benson is coming to town. The former child prodigy, will be in South Africa in 2016, performing in Durban on 10 June at the ICC. George Benson first came into prominence in the 1960s, playing soul jazz with Jack McDuff and others. His 1974 release ‘Bad Benson’ climbed to the top of the Billboard jazz chart however his 1976 release LP ‘Breezin’ sprung his career into new heights and was a significant album in terms of popular music history being the first jazz album to be certified platinum, which later went triple platinum. Also in 1976, Benson appeared as a guitarist and back up vocalist on Stevie Wonder’s song ‘Another Star’.
His 1980 breakthrough pop album ‘Give Me The Night’ produced by Quincy Jones charted in the pop/R&B top 10 and later won a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance. In total George Benson has won 10 Grammy awards throughout his career as well as receiving a star on the Hollywood walk of fame. George Benson has achieved tremendous international crossover success from the 1970s to present day – from jazz to pop and from instrument innovator to vocal sensations. Entitled ‘An Evening with George Benson’ the show will see the star performing all the hits including Give Me The Night, Turn Your Love Around, The Greatest Love Of All, Nothing’s Going to Change My Love, Breezin and This Masquarade. Tickets available through Computicket.
