Review: George Benson toasts Nat King Cole at Hollywood Bowl

George Benson’s concert Wednesday night at the Hollywood Bowl was billed as a tribute to Nat King Cole. Even before he really got going, though, the pop-jazz singer-guitarist revealed that he’d actually taken the stage in honor of two people: Cole, whose crossover success helped establish a model for Benson’s own, and George Duke, the jazz-funk hybridist who died last month in Los Angeles.

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