There are legends in the world of music... and then there are icons.

At various points along the four-decade continuum of George Benson's career, he has been heralded as a jazz guitarist of unparalleled chops, a vocalist with great emotional range and sophistication or a combination of both. However, George regards himself as an entertainer in the broadest sense of the word ? a singer of songs, a spinner of tales. That's the essence of George Benson.