George Benson, one of the first true jazz/soul crossover artists, has recorded with Miles Davis, and performed with great artists such as Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Rod Stewart, and Stevie Wonder, among others. Over the course of his fifty year career, he has sold millions of albums, won ten Grammy awards, played for hundreds of millions of fans, and in 2011 he received the esteemed NEA Jazz Masters award. But this beloved and prolific musician is much more than just awards and fame.