Attendance For Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival Tops Last Year (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

With a strong artist lineup that included performances by Patti LaBelle, George Benson and Bettye LaVette, SPAC’s 2009 Freihofer’s Saratoga Jazz Festival had higher attendance than last year.

George Benson: The Art of Jazz Guitar


FESTIVAL/CRUISE: Top Artists Plus Rising Stars at Gent Jazz Festival, Belgium (All About Jazz)

The Gent Jazz Festival programme (July 8th until 19th, Bijlokesite, Gent, Belgium) is completed, including names such as Jamie Cullum, George Benson, Jamie Lidell, Joe Jackson, McCoy Tyner Trio feat. Bill Frisell, Brad Mehldau Trio, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Fred Hersch Trio, Randy Weston and a tribute to Nina Simone featuring, among others, Dianne Reeves and Lizz Wright

George Benson - Jazz Guitarist and Singer

George Benson (born March 22, 1943 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American musician, whose recording career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist. He is also known as a Pop, R&B, and scat singer.