Sunday 20 July 2008

A evening with George Benson

The date was Wednesday 2nd July 2008. The location - Royal Albert Hall, London; and the occasion - only the long awaited nostalgic concert of one of my early jazz heroes George Benson.

I had purchased two tickets for my girlfriend and I to see the show. Unfortunately Marie was caught in a car accident a few weeks before so I had the company of one of her work colleagues instead (Also a fan).

For about 2 hours he treated the audience to his familiar feet tapping disco, pop, jazz and ballad numbers, some more recent, and others anthems hailing as far back as the 70s (yes I'm old enough to remember that era). Old favourites included "Give Me The Night", "Turn Your Love Around", "In Your Eyes", "The Masquerade" and "Lady Love Me" to mention but a few.

The atmosphere in the theatre was electric. You had to stand up in order to see over the heads of people in front dancing on the spot, clapping hands, whooping or singing along to the music. Supported by a quintet backing group of successful soloist, which included Stanley Banks from GBs original 1976 Breezin Album.

It was truly an excellent show, a brilliant reminder of why many consider him to be the father of main stream popular jazz.

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