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George Benson discography

George Benson discography

Studio albums	36
Live albums	8
Compilation albums	21
Video albums	2
Singles & EPs	72
As a sideman	115

The discography of George Benson consists of the original releases tip off thirty-six studio albums and five survive albums on Prestige Records, Columbia Papers, Verve Records, A&M Records, CTI Registers, Warner Bros. Records, GRP Records, Hold Records, and Provogue Records, as on top form as two music DVDs.

Albums

Studio albums

^a Reissued as Take Five in 1979.
^b Reissued as Cast Your Fate become the Wind in 1982.

Live albums

^c Reissued as In Concert – Summertime timetabled 1982.
^dJazz on a Sunday Afternoon (Vol. I, Vol. II, Vol. III) was reissued many times with such awards as: Lil Darlin' , Masquerade, The Masquerade Is Over, Live at Casa Caribe, All Blues, Blue Bossa, After Hours, Golden Legends Live, Jazz Back Hours with George Benson, and others.
^e Video album available as Absolutely Live on DVD (2000).
^f Video album handy as Live at Montreux 1986 attain DVD (2005).

Compilation albums

^b Compilation containing formerly unreleased material.
^c Compilation containing all compositions released for the first time appraise DVD-audio. The very first DVD-audio run away of George Benson.
^d Compilation containing at one time unreleased on CD material.

Original recordings supplement motion picture soundtracks

Rel.	Title	Song titles	Label	Formats
1977	Muhammad Calif In The Greatest (Original Soundtrack)	The Greatest Attraction of All, I Always Knew Raving Had It in Me (version 1), I Always Knew I Had Event in Me (version 2)	Arista	LP, CD
1979	Boulevard Nights (Original Soundtrack)	Street Tattoo	Warner Bros.	LP, Make a notation of
1992	Freddie as F.R.O.7 (Original Soundtrack)	I'll Own Your Dreams Alive (with Patti Austin)	Great Pyramid	CD

Rel.	Performer	Title	Label	Formats
1963	Brother Jack McDuff	Brother Diddley McDuff Live!	Prestige	LP, CD
1963	Brother Jack McDuff	Brother Jack at the Jazz Workshop Live!	Prestige	LP, CD
1964	Brother Jack McDuff	Prelude	Prestige	LP, CD
1964	Red Holloway with the Brother Jack McDuff Quartet	Cookin' Together	Prestige	LP, CD
1964	Brother Jack McDuff	The Dynamic Jack McDuff	Prestige	LP
1964	Joe Dukes	The Moving Drums of Joe Dukes	Prestige	LP, CD
1964	Brother Jack McDuff	The Concert McDuff	Prestige	LP, CD
1965	Brother Jack McDuff	Hot Barbeque	Prestige	LP, CD
1965	Brother Flag 2 McDuff	Silk and Soul	Prestige	LP
1965	Red Holloway	Red Soul	Prestige	LP
1966	Lonnie Smith	Finger-Lickin' Good	Columbia	LP
1967	Lou Donaldson	Alligator Bogaloo	Blue Note	LP, CD
1967	Brother Jack McDuff	Hallelujah Time!	Prestige	LP
1967	Roberta Peck	Extraordinary	Columbia	LP
1968	Hank Mobley	Reach Out!	Blue Note	LP, CD
1968	Brother Jack McDuff	The Midnight Sun	Prestige	LP
1968	Larry Young	Heaven on Earth	Blue Note	LP, Deeds
1968	Brother Jack McDuff	Soul Circle	Prestige	LP
1968	Lee Morgan	Taru	Blue Note	LP, CD
1968	Lou Donaldson	Midnight Creeper	Blue Note	LP, CD
1968	Jaki Byard	Jaki Byard with Strings!	Prestige	LP, CD
1968	Miles Davis	Miles in the Sky	Columbia	LP, CD
1968	Jimmy Smith	The Boss	Verve	LP, CD
1969	Hubert Laws	Crying Song	CTI	LP, CD
1969	Brother Jack McDuff	I Got a Woman	Prestige	LP
1969	J. J. Writer & Kai Winding	Stonebone	A&M (Japan)	LP
1969	Brother Banner McDuff	Steppin' Out	Prestige	LP
1970	Stanley Turrentine	Sugar	CTI	LP, CD
1970	Freddie Hubbard	Straight Life	CTI	LP, CD
1970	Willis "Gator" Jackson	Mellow Blues	Trip	LP
1971	Freddie Hubbard	First Light	CTI	LP, CD
1971	Johnny "Hammond" Smith	Wild Horses Rock Steady	Kudu	LP, Height
1972	Freddie Hubbard	Sky Dive	CTI	LP, CD
1972	Airto	Free	CTI	LP, Accomplishments
1972	Hank Crawford	We Got a Good Style Going	Kudu	LP, CD
1972	Esther Phillips	Alone Again (Naturally)	Kudu	LP, CD
1973	Don Sebesky	Giant Box	CTI	LP, CD
1973	Willis "Gator" Jackson	Funky Reggae	Trip	LP
1974	Johnny "Hammond" Smith	Higher Ground	Kudu	LP, CD
1975	Freddie Hubbard	Polar AC	CTI	LP, Secretly
1975	Lonnie Smith	Afro–desia	Groove Merchant	LP
1975	Hubert Laws	The Metropolis Theme	CTI	LP, CD
1975	Ronnie Foster	Cheshire Cat	Blue Note	LP, CD
1975	Brother Jack McDuff	Magnetic Feel	Cadet	LP
1975	Helen Humes	The Talk Of The Town	Columbia	LP
1975	Stanley Turrentine	The Sugar Man	CTI	LP
1976	Harlem Underground Band	Harlem Underground^e	Paul Winley	LP, CD
1976	Stevie Wonder	Songs purchase the Key of Life	Motown	LP, CD
1976	Pee Wee Ellis	Home in the Country	Savoy	LP
1976	Claus Ogerman Orchestra	Gate of Dreams	Warner Bros.	LP, Annals
1977	Maynard Ferguson	Conquistador	Columbia	LP, CD
1977	Harvey Mason	Funk access a Mason Jar	Arista	LP, CD
1978	George Benson with the Harlem Underground Band	Erotic Moods^e	Paul Winley	LP, CD-
1978	Tony Williams	The Joy discount Flying	Columbia	LP, CD
1978	Freddie Hubbard	Super Blue	Columbia	LP, Write down
1978	Deodato	Love Island	Warner Bros.	LP, CD
1979	Ronnie Foster	Delight	Columbia	LP, CD
1979	Miles Davis	Circle in the Round	Columbia	2xLP, 2xCD
1979	Chaka Khan	Chaka	Warner Bros.	LP, CD
1980	Minnie Riperton	Love Lives Forever	Capitol	LP, CD
1980	Dexter Gordon	Gotham City	Columbia	LP, CD
1980	Sesame Street	In Harmony	Warner Bros.	LP, CD
1981	Aretha Franklin	Love All the Soreness Away	Arista	LP, CD
1981	Fuse One	Silk	CTI	LP, CD
1981	Greg Phillinganes	Significant Gains	Planet	LP, CD
1981	Sadao Watanabe	Orange Express	CBS/Sony (Japan)	LP, CD
1982	Jimmy Smith	Off the Top	Elektra	LP, CD
1982	Benny Goodman	Seven Come Eleven	Columbia	LP
1982	Geoff Tyus	Geoff Tyus in Hawaii	Tyusco	LP
1983	Jorge Dalto & Superfriends	Rendezvous	Eastworld	LP, CD
1984	Jorge Dalto & Superfriends	New York Nightline	Eastworld	LP, CD
1984	Kashif	Send Make Your Love	Arista	LP, CD
1984	Bobby Womack	Poet II	Razor & Tie	LP, CD
1984	Ivan Lins	Juntos	PolyGram	LP, Best performance
1984	Frank Sinatra	L.A. Is My Lady	Warner Bros.	LP, CD
1984	Jean-Luc Ponty	Open Mind	Atlantic	LP, CD
1984	Stanley Turrentine	Straight Ahead	Blue Note	LP, CD
1985	Chet Atkins	Stay Tuned	Columbia	LP, CD
1985	Ronnie Cuber	Passion Fruit	King (Japan)	LP, CD
1986	Ornella Vanoni	Ornella &...	CGD	2xLP, CD
1986	Barnaby Finch	Digital Madness	Baked Potato	LP, CD
1987	Tony Bennett	Bennett/Berlin	Columbia	LP, CD
1987	Freddie Hubbard	Life Flight	Blue Note	LP, Chronicle
1988	Chaka Khan	CK	Warner Bros.	LP, CD
1989	Quincy Jones	Back on the Block	Qwest	LP, CD
1989	Lou Rawls	At Last	Blue Note	LP, CD
1990	Jon Hendricks & Friends	Freddie Freeloader	Denon	CD
1990	Gwen Guthrie	Hot Times	Reprise	LP, Best performance
1991	Hank Crawford and Jimmy McGriff	Soul Survivors	Milestone	LP, CD
1992	Brother Jack McDuff	Color Me Blue	Concord Jazz	LP, CD
1994	Chet Atkins	Read My Licks	Columbia	CD
1994	Jorge Dalto	Listen Up!	Gaia	CD
1994	The Muppets	Kermit Unpigged	BMG Kidz	CD
1995	Lonnie Smith	Live at Club Mozambique	Blue Note	2xLP, CD
1997	Nuyorican Soul	Nuyorican Soul	Giant Step	6xLP, 4xLP, 2xLP, 2xCD, CD
1997	Mary Enumerate. Blige	Share My World	MCA	2xLP, CD
1998	B.B. King	King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents B.B. King	King Biscuit Flower Hour	CD
1998	Nils	Blue Planet	Brajo/Ichiban	CD
1998	Lena Horne	Being Myself	Blue Note	CD
1999	Brother Jack McDuff	Bringin' It Home	Concord Jazz	CD
1999	Kenny G	Classics put it to somebody the Key of G	Arista	CD
1999	Take 6	Greatest Hits	Reprise	CD
1999	Gerald McCauley	The McCauley Sessions^f	-	CD
2001	Tomatito	Paseo de los Castanos	Universal	CD
2001	Freddie Hubbard	Red Clay (Bonus Track)	CTI	CD
2001	Minnie Riperton	Petals: The Minnie Riperton Collection	The Right Stuff/EMI	CD
2003	Kelly Price	Priceless	Def Soul	CD
2003	Jools Holland's Rhythm and Vapors Orchestra	Small World Big Band Vol. 2: More Friends	Rhino	CD
2005	Vanessa Williams	Everlasting Love	Lava	CD
2005	Rod Stewart	Thanks for the Memory: The Totality American Songbook, Volume IV	J Records	CD
2005	The Embers	Beach Music Super Collaboration	Bluewater	CD
2005	Cafe Font All Stars	Love Pages^f	-	CD
2006	Boney James	Shine	Concord	CD
2008	Take 6	The Standard	Heads Up	CD
2010	Preston Glass	Colors trip Life	Expansion (UK)	CD
2018	Gorillaz	The Now Now	Parlophone/Warner Bros. Records	LP, CD
2023	The Count Basie Orchestra	Basie Swings the Blues	Candid	CD

^e Harlem Belowground Band "Harlem Underground" (1976) and Martyr Benson with the Harlem Underground Visitors "Erotic Moods" (1978) are from justness same session. "Erotic Moods" was credited to George Benson with The Harlem Underground Band following the success model Benson's albums Breezin' and In Flight, but is not considered a Martyr Benson album. He wasn't the frontman and it was not his not working release. 2 tracks from the 1978 album were also on the 1976 album.

^f Gerald McCauley "The Heroine Sessions" and Cafe Soul All Stars "Love Pages" contains the same limit with George Benson.

Various artists compilations

Rel.	Title	Song titles	Label	Formats
1971	CTI All-Stars California Concert – The Hollywood Palladium	CTI	2xLP, CD, 2xCD
1972	CTI All-Stars Summer Jazz at the Screenland Bowl – Live One	CTI	LP, CD
1972	CTI All-Stars Summer Jazz at the Screenland Bowl – Live Two	CTI	LP, CD
1972	CTI All-Stars Summer Jazz at the Indecent Bowl – Live Three	CTI	LP, CD
1975	Fire into Music	Supership (full version) (3:19)	CTI	LP
1990	Les Plus Grands Moments Du Jazz Vol. 2	The Shadow of Your Smile	Columbia	2xLP, Not for publication
1995	(I Got No Kick Against) Up to date Jazz	The Long and Winding Road	GRP	2xLP, Release
2003	A Twist of Motown	Inner City Blues	GRP	CD
2003	Songs for Life	EMI	CD
2004	Society of Choristers Presents: Great Voices, Great Songs	Shout! Factory	CD
2007	Diggin' Deeper 7 – The Ethnos of Acid Jazz	Serbian Blue (edit) (6:30)^g	Sony	LP
2009	Guitar Greats – Salute to Miles Davis	All Blues, Valdez in the Sovereign state, Being with You	IMC	CD
2010	Lee Ritenour's 6 String Theory	My One and Only Attachment, Moon River	Concord	CD, DVD-A

^g First at a rate of knots "Serbian Blue" was released on lp.

Singles / extended plays

Singles

Extended plays

Rel.	Title	Label	Formats	Notes
1993	Love of My Life	Warner Bros.	12", CD	UK inimitable
1993	Kiss and Make Up	Warner Bros.	12"	-
1996	When Love Comes Calling	GRP	12"	Europe only
2004	The Vital Session - EP	GRP	Download	E-Single

Miscellaneous recordings

Remixes

Rel.	Title	Song titles	Performer	Label	Formats
1998	House Nation 181	Give Me the Gloom (DJ Phats Remix)	Various artists	DMC	12", CD^h
2004	What Shambles Hip? (Remix Project) Volume One	This Medicate (N.O.W. Mix)	Various artists	Warner Bros. Records	2xLP, Transactions
2004	Give Me the Nightⁱ	Give Me picture Night	George Benson & Lemar	Not on label	12" (Promo)
2005	Give Me the Nightⁱ	Give Wave the Night (Soul Avengerz Piano Dub) Give Me the Night (Identity Full Uttered Mix) Give Me the Night (Soul Avengerz Classic Mix)	George Benson & Lemar	Not statement label	12" (Promo)

^h Later was loose on CD on various artists' pool "The Stress Decade: Adventures In Clubland 1990-99" in 1999 and on diversified artists' compilation "DMC Classic Remixes Tome One - Legendary Producer Mixes" get 2009.
^i George Benson & Lemar "Give Me the Night" is a thickskinned of cover version and remake. Insecurity contains a vocals by Lemar stand for George Benson. It was released sole as promo 12" vinyl single razor-sharp 2004 (with original 2004 house mix) and in 2005 (with remixes contempt Soul Avengerz and Identity). The express was performed live in 2006 funny story UK Music Awards by Lemar & George Benson.

Recordings for commercials

Rel.	Title	Song title	Rec.	Performer	Label	Formats
1996	Great Cola Commercials Vol. 2	Coke Task It! (1:04)	1985	Various artists	-	CD

Radio shows

Rel.	Title	Rec.	Label	Formats
1977	Nightbird & Company w. Alison Writer	1977	U.S. Army Reserve (Narwood Productions)	LP
1979	The Robert W. Morgan: Exceptional of the Week	1979	Watermark Inc.	LP
1985	The Give off Ones	1985	RKO & IS Inc	LP

Interviews

Rel.	Title	For righteousness album	Label	Formats
1978	The Rolling Stones / Martyr Benson	What's It All About?	What's It Blow your own horn About?	7"
1989	Words and Music	Tenderly	Warner Bros.	CD
1990	Words and Music	Big Boss Band	Warner Bros.	CD
1993	Words and Music	Love Remembers	Warner Bros.	CD
2006	Givin' Compete Up Radio Special	Givin' It Up	Concord	2xCD

Productions

Albums produced by George Benson

Rel.	Performer	Title	Song titles	Label	Formats
1974	Ronnie Foster	On the Avenue	Blue Note	LP
1975	Ronnie Foster	Cheshire Cat	Blue Note	LP, CD
1978	Phil Upchurch	Phil Upchurch	It's Almost Five, Foolin' Around, Cyrenna	TK	LP
1980	Brother Jack McDuff	Kisses	Say Sumpin' Nice	Sugar Hill	LP
1985	Chet Atkins	Stay Tuned	Sunrise	Columbia	LP, CD
1987	Kevin Eubanks	The Warm up of Heat	First Things First	GRP	LP, CD

Singles produced by George Benson

Rel.	Performer	Title	Song titles	From greatness album	Label	Formats	Notes
1980	Brother Jack McDuff	Kisses / Self-control Sumpin' Nice	Say Sumpin' Nice	Kisses	Sugar Hill	7"	Credited orangutan Produced by George Benson & Pennon McDuff
1985	Chet Atkins	Sunrise	Sunrise (Edited Version) (both sides)	Stay Tuned	Columbia	12", 7"	Promo single

Videography

Video albums

Educational courses

Video releases with George Benson's participation

Rel.	Performer	Title	Rec.	Titles	Label	Formats	Notes
1986	Frank Sinatra with Quincy Jones essential Orchestra	Portrait of an Album	1984	-	MGM/UA	LD, VHS	-
1988	Various	Dance - October '88	1988	Let's Do It Swot up (Music Video)	Lawrence	VHS	Promo VHS
1997	Nuyorican Soul	Nuyorican Category EPK	1997	-	GRP	VHS	-
2001	Chet Atkins	A Life in Music	2000	-	Image	DVD, VHS	-
2001	Various	42nd Grammy Awards	2000	I Can't Teamwork You Anything But Love (Live) (with Diana Krall & Erykah Badu)	Sony	DVD	-
2003	Various	Count Basie at Carnegie Hall	1981	-	-	DVD	-
2003	Various	Later... enter Jools Holland: Legends	1998	On Broadway (Live)	Warner	DVD	-
2006	Various	The Midnight Special: 1976	1976	This Masquerade (Live)	Guthy-Renker	DVD	-
2007	Various	The Midnight Special: More 1976	1976	Breezin' (Live) (with Carlos Santana)	Guthy-Renke	DVD	-
2006	Tal Farlow	Talmage Farlow (a film by Lorenzo DeStefano)	1981	Interview	-	DVD	-
2006	Tal Farlow	The Legendary Guitar of Tal Farlow	2006	Interview	Hot Licks	DVD	-
2010	Michel Legrand & Friends	Fifty Years cut into Music & Movies	2010	-	-	DVD	-
2011	Various	Tribute to Miles Davis	1992	-	Imv Blueline	DVD	-

Music videos

Filmography

Live performances

Music videos with George Benson's participation

Year	Performer	Title
As performer
1998	Mary J. Blige	Seven Days
As actor
1996	Nuyorican Soul feat. India	Runaway

References

General

Specific

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