UGeorge Benson - umculi, umculi, umqambi. Ukuphakama kokuthandwa komculi kwafika kuma-70s wekhulu leminyaka elidlule. Umsebenzi kaGeorge uhlanganisa izinto ze-jazz, i-soft rock nesigqi namablues. Kunezithombe eziqoshiwe ezingu-10 ze-Grammy eshalofini lakhe lemiklomelo. Uthole inkanyezi ku-Walk of Fame.
Ubuntwana nobusha
Usuku lokuzalwa lomculi lungoMashi 22, 1943. Wazalelwa edolobheni elincane lasePittsburgh (Pennsylvania). Eseyingane, wayegcwele ukuphila endaweni yase-Afrika-yaseMelika e-Hill.
UGeorge ube nentshisekelo emculweni kusukela ebuntwaneni. Wawina emncintiswaneni wephimbo, futhi kamuva, ngokuzinikela kukayise ongamzali, wakwazi ukudlala isiginci nokulele. Umdlalo wokuqala walethela insizwa ama-dollar ambalwa kanye nokuhlabelela okuvela ezilalelini.
Waqala ukusebenza kusenesikhathi. Kusukela eneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili, lo mfana wasebenza e-nightclub. Abazali babemelene nokusebenza kusenesikhathi, kodwa abazange baphambane nentando yendodana yabo. Ngaleso sikhathi wayesezondla.
Kwenye yezinkulumo, uGeorge Benson waqashelwa abaphathi bendawo. Ngemuva komdlalo, bacela umculi ukuthi aqophe i-demo compilation. Leli cwecwe lihlanganisa nethi She Makes Me Mad nethi Bekufanele kube Mina.
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-50, uGeorge wahlanganisa iqoqo lezwi kanye nezinsimbi. Ingqondo yakhe yayibizwa ngokuthi i-Altairs. Abafana abajoyine iqembu bebeseqophelweni elifanayo lomculo. Ekuqaleni bafunda izisekelo zokuqamba izingoma, base beqala ukuzama isandla sabo ngohlobo oludumile ngaleso sikhathi lwesigqi kanye neblues.
UBenson wayehlale elwela ukuzimela, ngakho ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni esiphakeme, waqala ukutadisha umculo eduze. Uthisha wakhe wayengumculi we-ogani uJack McDuff.
Indlela yokudala nomculo kaGeorge Benson
Ukwethulwa kokuqala komculi i-LP kwenzeka lapho eneminyaka engaphezu kwengama-20 ubudala. Uqophe irekhodi njengomholi weqembu lezinsimbi. Iqoqo lalibizwa ngokuthi The New Boss Guitar. I-LP yayihlanganisa amathrekhi angu-8, yayixutshwe yi-virtuoso enekhono uJack McDuff.
Ngegagasi lokuthandwa, ukukhululwa kwe-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo kwenzeka. Imayelana nokuhlanganiswa kwe-It's Uptown. Abaculi uLonnie Smith noRonnie Kuber babambe iqhaza ekwakhiweni kwediski. Ngenxa yamakhava ambalwa ayimpumelelo namathrekhi, izinkulungwane zabathandi bomculo zifunda ngobukhona be-The George Benson Quartet, eholwa nguGeorge Benson.
Ekushoneni kwelanga kwe-60s, ukwethulwa kwe-disc kwenzeka, okuzokwandisa ukuthandwa kukaBenson neqembu lakhe ngezinye izikhathi. I-George Benson Cookbook isabhekwa njengesiqongo somsebenzi kaGeorge. Umculi ophambili weqembu umeme abashayi besigubhu abasha ohlwini, abanikeze amathrekhi umsindo ogqamile futhi ocebile.
Ngemva kokukhishwa kwezingoma ethi All of Me, Big Fat Lady kanye ne-Ready ne-Able, u-George uthole isipho esilingayo. Umenywe ukuthi abambe iqhaza ku-Miles Davis track Paraphernalia. Wabe esesayina inkontileka neVerve Label Group.
Endabeni yokuduma, uGeorge Benson wethula omunye umdlalo omude "onojuzi" othi The Other Side of Abbey Road. I-albhamu ifakwe phezulu ngamakhava amathrekhi e-The Beatles, kanye nemisebenzi embalwa yasekuqaleni.
Maphakathi nawo-70s, i-discography yomculi yagcwaliswa nge-LP Bad Benson. Iqoqo likwazile ukuthatha umugqa ophezulu weshadi le-Billboard laseMelika elihlonishwayo. Kwaba impumelelo yangempela.
Akazange akhohlwe ukusebenzisana. Umsebenzi ohamba yedwa awuzange umvimbele uGeorge ukuthi asebenzisane nabaculi be-Creed Taylor Incorporated. Ngemuva kokuqala kwephrojekthi kaBenson & Farrell, wahamba ngaphansi "kwephiko" likaWarner Bros. amarekhodi.
Ukuthola i-Grammy
Isitudiyo sokuqopha i-Warner Bros. Amarekhodi enze konke ukuqinisekisa ukuthi umsebenzi kaGeorge "uyakhula". Ngosizo lwabo, umculi wathola indondo yokuqala ye-Grammy. Emcimbini wokuklomelisa, u-Benson wethule i-Breezin' LP entsha kanye nengoma yayo ephambili, ethi, This Masquerade.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi kuze kube manje, wayengavamile ukusebenza njengomculi oyinhloko. Ukuhlonishwa emazweni aseYurophu naseMelika kusiguqule kakhulu isimo somculi. Idatha yezwi lakhe inconywa izigidi zabalandeli emhlabeni jikelele.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-80 kwaletha izivivinyo zomculo. Ngemuva kwezinhlobo zomculo ezithandwayo, umculi uqopha i-albhamu ethi Nginike Ubusuku. Qaphela ukuthi ngeqoqo elethuliwe, uGeorge uphinde wenza i-debut yakhe njengomdidiyeli. Ingoma yesihloko se-albhamu iphezulu eshadini le-R&B.
Ngama-90s, umnikelo kaGeorge ekuthuthukiseni isiko waziswa kakhulu ezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu. I-Boston College iklomelise lo mculi isikhundla esihloniphekile sikaDokotela Womculo. Ngo-2009 waklonyeliswa ngendondo ye-Jazz Master. Esimeni esisha, wadlala emikhosini ehlukahlukene ehlonishwayo.
Eminyakeni eyalandela, akazange akhiphe ama-albhamu e-studio. UGeorge wavakashela izindawo eziningi futhi wavela ezinhlelweni zethelevishini nasemikhosini. Ngalesi sikhathi, kwakhululwa ama-LP amathathu anobude obugcwele.
Imininingwane yempilo yomuntu siqu kaGeorge Benson
UJohnny Lee wakwazi ukuwina izinhliziyo zomculi kanye, futhi impilo yonke. Cishe ngokushesha ngemva kokuba bebhalise ubuhlobo, izibulo lazalwa emndenini. Abashadikazi abagcinanga enganeni eyodwa. Bakhulisa izingane eziyisikhombisa.
Kwenye yezingxoxo zakamuva, uGeorge wathi usenomusa kumkakhe. Uvame ukumphelezela lapho ezovakasha. Uthe kungenxa yothando nokwesekwa kukaJohnny Lee ukuthi amaGrammy abukise eshalofini lakhe lezindondo.
UGeorge Benson okwamanje
Ngo-2020, i-discography yomculi yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu ebukhoma ye-Weekend eLondon. Iqoqo lakhangiswa ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ezidumile. I-albhamu yamukelwe ngemfudumalo abalandeli.
Uhlelo lokuvakasha lwango-2021 seluthunyelwe kakade kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni yeciko. Amakhonsathi azayo ahlelelwe e-Australia nase-UK.
