George benson Affirmation 1976

[eric2181965]

This looks the same personnel who actually played on the recording. Ronnie Foster, Harvey Mason, Jeorge Dalto.

[fryelee11]

Saw him do this at the universal ample theater in Hollywood CA. Had his son with him on sax and a full orchestra. It was fantastic!

[twixttime]

This is so historic.

This is him playing at his best when he was the best.

That was then and not so hot on him now but that might be my fault, not his.

AUDREY, THANKS SO MUCH

[MrVeesworld]

That is Harvey Mason on Drums not Marvin Gaye people.

[fb074216]

A great drummer../. BENSON LEAD GUITAR GOOD PLAYER.. ALL MUSICIAN ARE great VERY BEST WITH George AT THE SUMMUM OF IMPROVISATION..

[Realness97]

Great song but crap video - audio quality doesn't do justice to the musical dexterity demonstrated by the band

[dragondix]

killer... ridiculous time and bop language man, so solid.

[nenjalj]

Marvin Gaye on drums!!

[OrisLover]

That's right, he was a drummer...good eye brotha! Awesome music...so amazing!

[tidalriddle]

so nice. and the warbliness makes it all the more authentic! THANK YOU!!

[joxxxhendrixxx]

genius

[yosub123]

Amazing.

[dergola]

Good classic song!!

[redbigdaddy1]

just for the info ^^....Nujabes sampled off of George Benson....and George Benson sampled off of Jose Feliciano

[tonynevada]

Not quite. George Benson *covered* Jose Feliciano's "Affirmation," whereas Nujabes *sampled* the Feliciano recording.

[summersolsticeify]

@tonynevada George Benson bought Feliciano's composition of "Affirmation" so technichally he owns it.

[tonynevada]

@summersolsticeify I wasn't really speaking about ownership. I merely meant that Nujabes directly sampled Feliciano's recording, whereas Benson recorded his own version.

[paulwells26]

@summersolsticeify Nope, doesn't work that way. He licensed the right to record and perform the song. Feliciano owns the publishing rights.

[75amoeba]

GEORGIE. STOP MUCKING ABOUT.

[redbigdaddy1]

^^ i always wanted to hear the original song...This was sampled in 2 of Nujabes's songs...Counting Stars and Shino Theme...Nujabes is an awesome HipHop artist who participated in the soundtrack making for Samurai Champloo...Hit me up for any more info on Nujabes ^^

[ready4peace]

Good stuff, thanx jazzaudrey

[Paulasse8]

Best version ever...feliciano is **

[Top100Guitarist]

@Paulasse8 is opposite... the original is ***** five stars not less than this cover.. (an JF fingerstyle-classical-flamenco is also more hardly to play than with a good pick...)

[akuma702]

This guy ruined this song, not saying he has no talent, but jose feliciano played this song the best.

[ready4peace]

Ruined? Not hardly, Jose wrote it, but George did a great job with it too. Besides, I love the keys on this version.... been playing it in one of my sets for the last 20 years

[doodle202]

i saw the Breezin tour, never heard jazz guitar before, totally changed my out look on music.

[GP4T]

Classic GB.Absolutely love the Breezin,In Flight,Weekend in LA period.Still great today too!

[Piper707]

Jorge Dalto's rhodes is divine..

[createch1]

Yes! Jorge Dalto at his finest. And making George smile.....in affirmation.

A rare treat.

[jbohne1]

This is so pure! Classic George...Always smiling, and having fun when on stage.

[memyself2k]

Timeless piece of work from this man.

[Ouellette1978]

Guy learned how to play the guitar before he was potty trained he's so damn good!!!!

[vijaysequeira]

George is one of those very few jazz players who do not compromise on melody just to exibit technical skills as most of them do.

[fishXinXcoffe4ever]

OMG!! this song is from Samurai Champloo when Jin is escaping with Shino from the brothel!!

[mutterlein]

that shit is lame

[malkou]

THANK YOU

[Jazzaudrey]

U know what ? it'sd the first music i have lear, fromt the very firsts time i decided to lear guitar too. i lear how to play it just by using my ears, althouh my friends at that time said to me i' was crasy to have the idea to play that melody first ! and now, after 14 years i play it very well, and i make it sound lige gb my man too !

[flashjazzcat]

Would love to hear your guitar playing. I play too and Benson is my inspiration.

[blackguitar34]

this tune and Six To Four are my favorite tunes from this album

[Speer82]

Love this song. A classic in the jazz world. My man Benson.

[drebaby54]

My all time favorite Benson recording from the Breezin LP of 76

[brothaman34]

I have part of this concert at the house. Where was he?

[Jazzaudrey]

Hi can you put all your vidos from this show. fyi, it was at francfurt for german tv, should i say.

[derekfarreal]

more affirmation. greatest guitar player!!!

[flashjazzcat]

Thanks for uploading. Yet another great take from the same show. The TV company should release the whole thing on a DVD... Benson and his band are at the top of their game here.

[robilah]

poor quality, but nice anyway...

[sastal]

If this was taped in '76 and not rebroadcast, then what do you expect? 30 years, hello?