George Benson - Breezin'
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Artist: George BensonEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 2001-01-16
Music Label: Rhino / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Breezin'
- This Masquerade
- Six To Four
- Affirmation
- So This Is Love?
- Lady
- Down Here On The Ground
- Shark Bite
- This Masquerade
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Hit: 4 Stars
Usually "smooth jazz" stinks, IMHO. But if you reprogram your brain and listen to this CD as pop, not jazz, it becomes quite good.
Best track by far on the CD is "Down Here On The Ground", just a lovely song with rhythm, melody and harmony.
Now, when will someone reissue the stuff that Benson did with Benny Goodman, starting with the PBS tribute to John Hammond that brought them together.
Breezin' Poster
Before this album was released in 1976, George Benson was known largely for his Wes Montgomery/Charlie Christian-inspired licks and his stints with Jack McDuff and Miles Davis. Breezin' was a million-selling, Grammy Award-winning LP and made Benson an "overnight" star. The reasons for that success were Tommy LiPuma's topnotch production, Claus Ogerman's ethereal arrangements, and Benson's soulful vocals on Leon Russell's ballad "This Masquerade." Backed by Fourplay drummer Harvey Mason, master percussionist Ralph MacDonald, bassist Stanley Banks, rhythm guitarist Phil Upchurch, and keyboardists Ronnie Scott and Jorge Dalto, Benson and the crew laid down the moods and grooves we now call "contemporary jazz." From the soft-rock of "Six to Four," the midtempo backbeat of the title track, and the Latin-tinged tunes "Affirmation," "So This Is Love?" and "Lady," Benson's fleet-fingered Ibanez guitar lines make the rare leap from straight-ahead to the mainstream. Added to the CD reissue are three bonus tracks not on the LP: a snappy and soulful rendition of "Down Here on the Ground," from the movie Cool Hand Luke, a Bob James-like funk number "Shark Bite," and the single-edit version of "This Masquerade." George Benson was never the same after this record and neither was jazz. --Eugene Holley, Jr.Jazz Music CDs
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