George Benson - Mambo Inn

[okeanelzy3]

To be at his concert with my dad is my biggest dream!!!! Here There & Everywhere bautiful song.Always makes me cry... Having been raised on his songs... What one can want more!!!!

[okeanelzy3]

To be at his concert with my dad is my biggest dream!!!!

[giacimasu]

AESOMEEEEEEEEEEEE

[1980Triumph]

I have him performing this song live on CD and all I can say is AMAZING!!!!

[mikielekim]

from "tenderly", one of the best album of george, and one of my favourites :)

[jdMakubex]

Mr. George Benson, you're the best guitar player in the world. Goodsi, thank you very mouch because you are sharing this video whih us!!

[William102582]

I'm with u JazzGuitarist2007 ;-)

[joshuasnell2]

I love this tune.

The lyrics sound like a commercial, but that doesn't matter.

[kalpal67]

lol! if they were to rework the lyrics if would fit perfectly in either a miss america pageant or a game show, or maybe even a cruise ship

[denim98]

i love this mambo inn version from his album Tenderly ( which i got ) :D

[williamvuga]

yes I adore the albumTenderly very very correct album about benson's influence in jazz

[JazzGuitarist2007]

The best thing that ever happened in my life is George Benson being alive and playing such beautiful sounds on guitars.

Thank you lord Jesus for giving me Mr George Benson and yes you're right God my life isn't really shit after all.

[LouisMusiCarter]

Let your own ligth shine!! Ive seen your vids, and you have every rigth and need to be glad and happy about your own playing aswell. George benson is good, but youre better! (If you dont like the way you fell, change the way you think) =)

BENSON, YOU'VE GOT IT AND FOLLOWED YOUR DREAMS, Thats why!!

Love From Denmark! =)

[kalpal67]

what the hell is wrong with you?

[jasonleos]

latin for latinos... they playz really good i noe

but something miss

[rylanddan]

bass player in the wrong key at start!!!!!! lol

[rylanddan]

Whoops my bad. he all good

Hes also Wes's Bass Player

RIP WES

[rrksevilla]

Some of it sounds like he's playing a descending bass line starting on the minor 3rd. Right on Wes Montgomery - that's where Benson got a lot of his playing from.

[denim98]

there is no wrong notes in jazz.. if its wrong its called "dissonance" :D

[denim98]

there is no 'wrong' key in jazz. it is called dissonances :D

[Ugazful]

my good sir, if you study theory well enough, you'd know that the notes he plays fits with the key everyone else is in. the 'offness' one might here is just new territory (dissonance) that adds new flavor to the song. I mean no one wants to hear someone cover the song with the same chord fingerings and the same exact solos! that's where creativity kicks in!

[kalpal67]

My point was that in theory every note is related in some way, but that doesn't make it sound good to the average person. The point is to create sounds that work well and are enjoyable. I always hated the excuse jazz musicians used when they sound terrible. OH ITS JUST DISSONANCE. Give me a break.

p.s. The bass player started in C on purpose to sort of pay respect to the original, but then they do Bb cause its Georges rendition.

[hdshk]

BensonBensonBenson！

[JontheMark]

George Benson is one of the GREAT reasons I even like the guitar!

[bireli91]

for me too... :)

[mamboinn1]

Yeah!!!

[HunterMann]

Very good but my favorite arrangement is Cal Tjader's...wow!

[bibihyfor]

how good is that!!!!!

[kaymany]

was he the one who composed this song originally ?

[andrewcray2]

Grant Green originally played it. Don't know if he wrote it.

[Vayshen]

written by Mario Bausa according to sheet music I see here infront of me...

That's kinda funny too...the name looks too much like Mario Bowser(Bowsa or something lol)

anyways that's the composer.

[rrksevilla]

Mario Bauza, "the father of Latin Jazz" from Havana, Cuba. He was a multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, music director, etc. He wrote it sometime in 1952. This man played with Gillespie, Calloway, Kenton, and all these heavy cats in that era. I think he passed in 1993. RIP Mario.

[jaroka01]

BEEEST

[wbhrash]

I had no idea George and McCoy ever played together!