George Benson - singer, mawaki, mawaki. Kololuwar shaharar mai zane ta zo a cikin shekarun 70 na karnin da ya gabata. Ayyukan George a zahiri ya haɗa abubuwa na jazz, dutse mai laushi da kari da blues. Akwai mutum-mutumin Grammy guda 10 akan shiryayye na lambobin yabo. Ya sami tauraro akan Tafiya na Fame.
Yarantaka da kuruciya
Ranar haihuwar mawaƙin shine 22 ga Maris, 1943. An haife shi a cikin ƙaramin garin Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania). Lokacin yana yaro, rayuwa ta cika shi a unguwar Ba-Amurke ta Hill.
George yana sha'awar kiɗa tun lokacin yaro. Ya ci gasar vocal, kuma daga baya, tare da sadaukarwar mahaifinsa, ya ƙware wajen buga guitar da ukulele. Wasan farko da aka yi ya kawo wa matashin ƴan daloli da ɗimbin yawa daga masu sauraro.
Ya fara aiki da wuri. Tun yana ɗan shekara takwas, mutumin ya yi aiki a wani gidan rawa na dare. Iyaye sun ƙi yin aiki da wuri, amma ba su saba wa son ɗansu ba. A lokacin, ya kasance mai taimakon kansa.
A daya daga cikin jawaban, manajojin gida sun lura da George Benson. Bayan wasan kwaikwayon, sun tuntuɓi mawaƙin don bayar da rikodin rikodin nuni. Abun da ke cikin faifan ya hada da ayyukan ta na yi min hauka kuma ya kamata ya zama ni.
A ƙarshen 50s, George ya tattara tarin murya da kayan aiki. An kira yaronsa The Altairs. Mutanen da suka shiga cikin tawagar sun kasance a kan kalaman kiɗa iri ɗaya. Da farko sun yi nazari kan abubuwan da ke tattare da su, sa'an nan kuma suka fara gwada hannunsu a cikin mashahurin nau'in rhythm da blues.
Benson ya kasance yana ƙoƙari don samun 'yancin kai, don haka bayan kammala karatun sakandare, ya fara karatun kiɗa a hankali. Malaminsa shi ne organist Jack McDuff.
Hanyar kirkira da kiɗan George Benson
Bayar da LP na farko na mawaƙin ya faru ne lokacin yana ɗan shekara 20 da haihuwa. Ya rubuta rikodin a matsayin shugaban ƙungiyar kayan aiki. An kira tarin tarin The New Boss Guitar. LP ya haɗa da waƙoƙi 8, an gauraye shi ta ƙwararren ƙwararren Jack McDuff.
A kan kalaman shahararru, an fitar da kundi na studio na biyu. Yana game da tarin It's Uptown. Mawakan Lonnie Smith da Ronnie Kuber sun shiga cikin ƙirƙirar fayafai. Saboda nasarorin murfi da waƙoƙi da yawa, dubban masoya kiɗa sun koyi game da wanzuwar The George Benson Quartet, wanda George Benson ke jagoranta.
A faɗuwar rana na 60s, an gabatar da faifan diski, wanda a wasu lokuta zai ƙara shaharar Benson da tawagarsa. Har yanzu ana ɗaukar littafin Cookbook a matsayin koli na aikin George. Dan wasan gaba na ƙungiyar ya gayyaci sababbin masu ganga zuwa jeri, waɗanda suka ba wa waƙoƙin sauti mai launi da yawa.
Bayan fitar da waƙoƙin Duk Ni, Babban Fat Lady da Shirye da Ƙarfi, George ya karɓi tayin mai ban sha'awa. An gayyace shi don shiga cikin Miles Davis track Paraphernalia. Sannan ya sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da Verve Label Group.
A kan rawar farin jini, George Benson ya gabatar da wani dogon wasan "mai daɗi" The Other Side of Abbey Road. Kundin ya kasance tare da murfin waƙoƙin The Beatles, da kuma ayyuka na asali da yawa.
A cikin tsakiyar 70s, an cika hoton mawaƙin tare da LP Bad Benson. Tarin ya sami nasarar ɗaukar babban layi na ginshiƙi mai daraja ta Amurka. Wani ci gaba ne na gaske.
Bai manta game da haɗin gwiwa ba. Ayyukan solo bai hana George yin haɗin gwiwa tare da masu fasahar Creed Taylor Incorporated ba. Bayan farkon aikin Benson & Farrell, ya koma ƙarƙashin "reshe" na Warner Bros. rubuce-rubuce.
Samun Grammy
Studio mai rikodin Warner Bros. Records yi duk abin da don tabbatar da cewa George's aikin "girma". Tare da taimakonsu, mai zane ya sami kyautar Grammy ta farko. A bikin bayar da lambar yabo, Benson ya gabatar da sabuwar Breezin' LP da jagorar guda ɗaya, This Masquerade.
Abin sha'awa, har zuwa wannan lokaci, da wuya ya yi aiki a matsayin babban mawaƙin. Ganewa a ƙasashen Turai da Amurka ya canza matsayin mai zane sosai. Miliyoyin magoya baya a duniya suna sha'awar bayanan muryarsa.
Farkon shekarun 80 ya kawo gwajin kida. Dangane da nau'ikan kade-kade na zamani, mawaƙin ya rubuta albam ɗin Ba Ni Dare. Lura cewa tare da tarin da aka gabatar, George kuma ya fara fitowa a matsayin furodusa. Waƙar take na kundin ta haura ginshiƙi na R&B.
A cikin 90s, gudummawar George ga ci gaban al'adu an yaba sosai a matakin mafi girma. Kwalejin Boston ta ba wa mai zane lambar girmamawa ta Doctor of Music. A cikin 2009 ya sami lambar yabo ta Jazz Master Award. A sabon matsayi, ya yi wasa a manyan bukukuwa daban-daban.
A cikin shekaru masu zuwa, kusan bai fito da kundi na studio ba. George ya zagaya sosai kuma ya fito a shirye-shiryen talabijin da bukukuwa. A wannan lokacin, an saki LP guda uku masu cikakken tsayi.
Details na sirri rayuwa George Benson
Johnny Lee ya sami nasarar lashe zukatan mawaƙa sau ɗaya, da kuma rayuwa. Kusan nan da nan bayan sun halatta dangantakar, an haifi ɗan fari a cikin iyali. Ma'auratan ba su tsaya a kan yaro ɗaya ba. Suna renon yara bakwai.
A wata hira ta baya-bayan nan, George ya ce har yanzu yana kyautata wa matarsa. Ta kan raka shi yawon shakatawa. Ya ce godiya ce ga kauna da goyon bayan Johnny Lee da Grammys suka nuna a kan shiryayyin lambobin yabo.
George Benson a halin yanzu
A cikin 2020, an cika faifan hoton mawaƙin tare da kundi na kai tsaye na karshen mako a Landan. An tallata tarin a cikin shahararrun shafukan sada zumunta. Album din ya samu karbuwa sosai daga masoya.
An riga an buga jadawalin yawon buɗe ido na 2021 akan gidan yanar gizon mai zane. An shirya kide-kide masu zuwa a Ostiraliya da Burtaniya.
