Berko and Benson | pt

George Benson (22 de Março de 1943 - EUA). Guitarrista norte-americano de jazz-rock que apesar de ter gravado seu primeiro compacto com apenas 10 anos de idade, não teve uma carreira fácil. Chegou mesmo a ser rejeitado como acompanhante pelos músicos de jazz devido sua imagem de músico de R&B ( Rhytm And Blues ); e, por outro lado, a platéia de rock não gostava quando ele tocava jazz. Chegou a gravar para Colúmbia e A & M, com músicos diferentes. Mas foi só em 1975, quando já tinha 32 anos, que conseguiu na Warner Bros, maior liberdade para escolha...

Rhian Benson is enigmatic -- enigmatic because she defies categorization; enigmatic because her life and her music are framed by paradox. Complex and cerebral, Rhian's music is simultaneously warm and soulful, empathetic and ethereal. She's been compared to a diverse range of artists, from Jill Scott to Seal to Sade; from Enya to Lauryn Hill; Dinah Washington to Dido. Rhian's music has been described as R&B, soul, jazz, reggae, hip-hop and world beat - and, to illustrate the paradox of Rhian in only one of a hundred ways -- each of those genres apply. Rhian - born Rhiannon Afua Benson...

Doug Benson is an American comedian who has appeared on Comedy Central Presents, Best Week Ever, and most recently as a contestant on Last Comic Standing. Benson graduated from a community college in San Diego, California, before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. While working as a stand-in and extra in movies and TV, he did his first stand-up gig after he and two other friends dared each other to try it. One of them didn't show up, and the other had signed up too late. Benson claimed that "I went on anyway and did my three...