# The Best George Benson Guitar Solos

> The 16 best George Benson guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Breezin' (1976), then So What and Affirmation. Every video starts at the solo.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/list/george-benson-guitar-solos/>

George Benson fused the bebop fluency of Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery with soul and pop, becoming one of the few jazz guitarists to top the pop charts. His unison scat-and-guitar solos and effortless octaves remain instantly recognizable.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - George Benson discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Benson_discography), [Wikipedia - Breezin'](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breezin%27)

1. [Breezin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/george-benson-breezin/) — George Benson · solo by George Benson · 1976
2. [So What](https://greatestsolos.com/song/george-benson-so-what/) — George Benson · solo by George Benson · 1971
3. [Affirmation](https://greatestsolos.com/song/george-benson-affirmation/) — George Benson · solo by George Benson · 1976
4. [This Masquerade](https://greatestsolos.com/song/george-benson-this-masquerade/) — George Benson · solo by George Benson · 1976
5. [White Rabbit](https://greatestsolos.com/song/george-benson-white-rabbit/) — George Benson · solo by George Benson · 1972
6. [Take Five](https://greatestsolos.com/song/george-benson-take-five/) — George Benson · solo by George Benson · 1974
7. [On Broadway](https://greatestsolos.com/song/george-benson-on-broadway/) — George Benson · solo by George Benson · 1978
8. [Clockwise](https://greatestsolos.com/song/george-benson-clockwise/) — George Benson · solo by George Benson · 1966
9. [The Cooker](https://greatestsolos.com/song/george-benson-the-cooker/) — George Benson · solo by George Benson · 1967
10. [Give Me the Night](https://greatestsolos.com/song/george-benson-give-me-the-night/) — George Benson · solo by George Benson · 1980
11. [Body Talk](https://greatestsolos.com/song/george-benson-body-talk/) — George Benson · solo by George Benson · 1973
12. [Everything Must Change](https://greatestsolos.com/song/george-benson-everything-must-change/) — George Benson · solo by George Benson · 1977
13. [Weekend in L.A.](https://greatestsolos.com/song/george-benson-weekend-in-l-a/) — George Benson · solo by George Benson · 1978
14. [Off Broadway](https://greatestsolos.com/song/george-benson-off-broadway/) — George Benson · solo by George Benson · 1980
15. [Paraphernalia](https://greatestsolos.com/song/miles-davis-paraphernalia/) — Miles Davis · solo by George Benson · 1968
16. [Nature Boy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/george-benson-nature-boy/) — George Benson · solo by George Benson · 1977

---

GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)