ʻO George Benson - mele, mea hoʻokani, haku mele. ʻO ka piko o ka kaulana kaulana o ka mea pena i hele mai i nā makahiki 70 o ke kenekulia i hala. Hoʻohui ʻia ka hana a George i nā mea o ka jazz, ka pōhaku palupalu a me ke mele a me nā blues. Aia he 10 mau kiʻi Grammy ma kāna papa makana. Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi hōkū ma ka Walk of Fame.
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio
ʻO Malaki 22, 1943 ka lā hānau o ka mea hoʻokani pila. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi o Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania). I kona wā kamaliʻi, ua hoʻopiha ʻia ʻo ia i ke ola ma ke kaiāulu ʻApelika-ʻAmelika o Hill.
Ua hoihoi ʻo George i ke mele mai kona wā kamaliʻi. Ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka hoʻokūkū leo, a ma hope mai, me ka ʻālana ʻana o kona makuakāne, ua akamai ʻo ia i ka hoʻokani pila a me ka ʻukulele. ʻO ka hana mua i lawe mai i ke kanaka ʻōpio i kekahi mau kālā a me ke kū ʻana o ke anaina.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana ma mua. Mai ka makahiki ʻewalu, ua hana ke kāne i kahi hale kalapu. Ua kū'ē nā mākua i ka hana mua, akā,ʻaʻole lākou i kū'ē i ka makemake o kā lākou keiki. I ia manawa, kākoʻo ʻo ia iā ia iho.
Ma kekahi o nā haʻiʻōlelo, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo George Benson e nā luna kūloko. Ma hope o ka hana, hele lākou i ka mea hoʻokani pila e hāʻawi e hoʻopaʻa i kahi hōʻuluʻulu demo. Aia i loko o ka haku mele nā hana a She Makes Me Mad and It Should Have Been Me.
I ka pau ʻana o nā makahiki 50, ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo George i kahi hui leo a me nā mea kani. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia ʻo The Altairs. ʻO nā kāne i komo i ka hui ma ka nalu mele hoʻokahi. I ka wā mua, ua aʻo lākou i nā kumu o ka haku mele ʻana, a laila hoʻomaka lākou e hoʻāʻo i ko lākou lima i ke ʻano kaulana o ia manawa o ka mele a me ka blues.
Hoʻoikaika mau ʻo Benson no ke kūʻokoʻa, no laila, ma hope o kona puka ʻana mai ke kula kiʻekiʻe, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e aʻo pili i ke mele. ʻO Jack McDuff kāna kumu.
ʻO ke ala hana a me ke mele a George Benson
ʻO ka hōʻike ʻana i ka LP hoʻomaka o ka mea mele i mālama ʻia i kona wā ʻoi aku ma mua o 20 mau makahiki. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i ka moʻolelo ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi o kahi hui mea kani. Ua kapa ʻia ka ʻohi ʻana ʻo The New Boss Guitar. ʻO ka LP he 8 mau mele, ua hui pū ʻia e ka virtuoso akamai ʻo Jack McDuff.
Ma ka nalu o ka kaulana, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka lua o ka album studio. E pili ana ia i ka hui ʻo It's Uptown. Ua komo nā mea hoʻokani ʻo Lonnie Smith lāua ʻo Ronnie Kuber i ka hana ʻana i ka diski. Ma muli o ka holomua ʻana o nā uhi a me nā mele, ua aʻo nā kaukani mele e pili ana i ke ola ʻana o The George Benson Quartet, alakaʻi ʻia e George Benson.
I ka napoʻo ʻana o nā makahiki 60, ua hōʻike ʻia ka disc, kahi e hoʻonui ai i ka kaulana o Benson a me kāna hui. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo George Benson Cookbook ka piko o ka hana a George. Ua kono ʻia nā mea hoʻokani pahu hou i ka laina, ka mea nāna i hāʻawi i nā mele i ke kani ʻoi aku ka nani a me ka momona.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o nā mele All of Me, Big Fat Lady a me Ready and Able, ua loaʻa iā George kahi makana hoʻowalewale. Ua kono ʻia ʻo ia e komo i ka Miles Davis track Paraphernalia. A laila ua kau inoa ʻo ia i kahi ʻaelike me ka Verve Label Group.
Ma ka nalu o ka kaulana, hōʻike ʻo George Benson i kahi pāʻani lōʻihi "ʻono" ʻo The Other Side of Abbey Road. Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ka album e nā uhi o nā mele na The Beatles, a me kekahi mau hana kumu.
I ka waena o nā makahiki 70, ua hoʻopiha hou ʻia ka discography o ka mea mele me ka LP Bad Benson. Ua hoʻokō ka hōʻiliʻili i ka laina kiʻekiʻe o ka pakuhi Billboard ʻAmelika hanohano. He holomua maoli.
ʻAʻole ʻo ia i poina e pili ana i ka hui pū ʻana. ʻAʻole i pale aku kahi ʻoihana solo iā George mai ka hana pū ʻana me nā mea pena kiʻi Creed Taylor Incorporated. Ma hope o ka hoʻomaka mua o ka papahana Benson & Farrell, ua neʻe ʻo ia ma lalo o ka "'ēheu" o Warner Bros. mooolelo.
Loaʻa i kahi Grammy
ʻO ke keʻena hoʻopaʻa leo ʻo Warner Bros. Ua hana nā moʻolelo i nā mea a pau e hōʻoia i ka "ulu" o ka hana a George. Me kā lākou kōkua, ua loaʻa i ka mea pena ka makana Grammy mua. Ma ka ʻaha hoʻohanohano, hāʻawi ʻo Benson i ka Breezin' LP hou a me kāna alakaʻi hoʻokahi, ʻo This Masquerade.
ʻO ka mea hoihoi, a hiki i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hana ma ke ʻano he leo nui. ʻO ka ʻike ma nā ʻāina ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika ua hoʻololi maoli i ke kūlana o ka mea pena. Mahalo ʻia kāna ʻikepili leo e nā miliona o nā mea pā a puni ka honua.
ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā makahiki 80 i lawe pū me ia i nā hoʻokolohua mele. Ma hope o nā ʻano mele kaulana, hoʻopaʻa ka mea mele i ka album Give Me The Night. E hoʻomaopopo me ka hōʻiliʻili i hōʻike ʻia, ua hana ʻo George i kāna hana mua ma ke ʻano he mea hana. Ua ʻoi aku ka poʻo o ka album ma ka pakuhi R&B.
I nā makahiki 90, mahalo nui ʻia ka hāʻawi ʻana o George i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka moʻomeheu i ka pae kiʻekiʻe. Hāʻawi ʻo Boston College i ka mea pena i ke kūlana Doctor of Music hanohano. Ma 2009 ua loaʻa iā ia ka makana Jazz Master Award. Ma ke kūlana hou, hana ʻo ia i nā ʻahaʻaina hanohano.
I nā makahiki aʻe, ʻaʻole ia i hoʻokuʻu i nā album studio. Ua mākaʻikaʻi nui ʻo George a ua ʻike ʻia ma nā hōʻike televise a me nā ʻoliʻoli. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻekolu mau LP piha piha.
Nā kikoʻī o ke ola pilikino o George Benson
Ua lanakila ʻo Johnny Lee i ka puʻuwai o kahi mea hoʻokani pila, a no ke ola. Aneane ma hope koke iho o ko lākou hoʻoholoʻana i ka pilina, ua hānauʻia ka hānau mua ma kaʻohana. ʻAʻole i kū ka male ma kahi keiki. Hāpai lākou i ʻehiku keiki.
Ma kekahi o nā nīnauele hou loa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo George he lokomaikaʻi mau ʻo ia i kāna wahine. Hele pinepine ʻo ia me ia i ka huakaʻi. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, mahalo i ke aloha a me ke kākoʻo o Johnny Lee i hoʻolaha ʻia ai ka Grammys ma kāna papa o nā makana.
ʻO George Benson i kēia manawa
I ka makahiki 2020, ua hoʻopiha ʻia ka discography a ka mea pena me ka album ola Weekend ma Lākana. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka hōʻiliʻili ma nā ʻoihana pūnaewele kaulana. Ua hoʻokipa maikaʻi ʻia ka album e ka poʻe pā.
Ua kau ʻia ka papa kuhikuhi huakaʻi no 2021 ma ka pūnaewele mana o ka mea pena. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā ʻaha mele e hiki mai ana ma Australia a me UK.
