U-Nam

French-born, Los Angeles-based guitarist U-Nam is a popular performer whose soulful, groove-oriented sound owes a debt to his idol George Benson. He initially gained attention in the early 2000s with his albums The Past Builds the Future and Back from the 80's. The founder of his own Skytown Records, he has scored several Top 20 Billboard smooth jazz hits including a cover of the Crusaders' "Street Life," off 2007's Back from the 80's, and "Risin' to the Top," off 2014's C'est le Funk. Born Emmanuel Abiteboul in 1970 in Paris, U-Nam first began playing guitar around age 12 a...