The wonder of YouTube
bgk on Jul 11th 2007
Music is an important part of my life, initially just listening and for the past six years or so, playing. Sometimes I find myself just whiling away the hours on YouTube finding inspiring performances by some of my favourite artists.This is the first in what I hope will be a weekly post and features John McLaughlin and George Benson.
- John McLaughlin playing “After the Rain”, a tune by John Coltrane. The trio featured in this video made a wonderful album with the same name.
- George Benson playing Affirmation, originally by Jose Feliciano. This song comes from the album Breezin’, perhaps Benson’s best known album. Whenever I introduce Benson, I have to start by explaining that this is indeed the same Benson who sings the love songs from the 80s, but who is also an incredible jazz guitarist.
Enjoy.