Virtuosos (Guitar) - George Benson

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Breezin' is an album by jazz/soul guitarist George Benson.
The album marked the beginning of Benson's most successful period commercially. Breezin' topped the Pop, Jazz and R&B album charts in Billboard and spun off two hit singles, the title song (which has become a smooth jazz standard) and "This Masquerade," which was a top ten pop and R&B hit.

Virtuosos (Guitar) - Pat Metheny

From the Pat Metheny Group Album.

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Pat Metheny Group is the first album by the Pat Metheny Group, released in 1978. It features Pat Metheny on guitar, Lyle Mays on piano and keyboards, Mark Egan on bass guitar and Dan Gottlieb on drums.

Track listing

"San Lorenzo" (Composed by Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays)
"Phase Dance" (Metheny & Mays)
"Jaco" (Metheny)
"Aprilwind" (Metheny)
"April Joy" (Metheny)
"Lone Jack" (Metheny & Mays)

Virtuosos in their own field

I'm thinking of posting videos or stories of the different virtuosos in the field of music. I will group them according to the musical instruments, like for example, I would start with the guitars featuring my favorite musicians, Pat Metheny, Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton, George Benson, Eric Clapton etc. And I will move on to Piano, Saxophone, Drums, Bass Guitar and a lot more.

I will make a shortlist on a notebook, a real notebook, I mean where you write something on it with a pen. Then, I'll research on the net and perhaps in Magazines and books. Let us see where this will lead to.

Different Version - Blackbird (Crosby,Stills and Nash)

Another band that gives justice to songs composed by other artist without being a copycat and putting on their signature on it.

Different Version - Blackbird (Kenny Rankin)

Each time Kenny Rankin perform a cover song, he really does it well and with that distinctive touch and arrangement only you hear from the Man.

Different Versions - Blackbird (The Beatles)

Different Versions - Blackbird

"Blackbird" is a Beatles song from the double-disc album The Beatles (also known as The White Album). Blackbird was written by Paul McCartney, but credited as usual to Lennon/McCartney.

McCartney explained on PBS's Great Performances (Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road), aired in 2006, that the guitar accompaniment for "Blackbird" was inspired by J.S. Bach's Bourrée in E minor, a well known lute piece, often played on the classical guitar. As children, he and George Harrison tried to learn Bourrée as a "show off" piece. Bourrée is distinguished by melody and bass notes played simultaneously on the upper and lower strings. McCartney adapted a segment of Bourrée as the opening of "Blackbird," and carried the musical idea throughout the song.
The first night his future wife Linda Eastman stayed at his home, McCartney played "Blackbird" for the fans camped outside his house