Breezin' George Benson
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- 1 Breezin' 05:43
- 2 This Masquerade 08:04
- 3 Six To Four 05:13
- 4 Affirmation 07:01
- 5 So This Is Love? 07:06
- 6 Lady 05:58
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Benson earned his reputation as a superior jazz guitarist through his partnership with soul/jazz organist Brother Jack McDuff. Breezin' album Several solo albums for the CTI label ensued before a switch to the giant Warner Brothers resulted in extraordinary chart success with this release. Benson's remake of the title track, originally a hit for fellow guitarist Gabor Szabo, set the tone for the entire set wherein mellifluous funk underscores the artist's sweet voice and soft-touch technique. Like Nat 'King' Cole before him, Benson left jazz to court a wider audience and with Breezin' he did so with considerable aplomb.
'Leon Russell's 'This Masquerade,' the only cut on which Benson sings, features fine scatting on top of the guitar part and an interpretation that pleasantly apes Stevie Wonder. If the success of Breezin' tells us very little about the state of jazz, it indicates a great deal about present influences on the popular mainstream. Here is a comfortable but sophisticated jazz, R&B and MOR blend, whose light romantic style ultimately derives from and dilutes the spirit of Stevie Wonder's ballads.' (Stephen Holden, Rolling Stone, 11/4/76)
'Start your day in the right mood and breeze on through the afternoon with this mellow master's pop crossover, a pivotal album in mainstreaming jazz. Though people knew the man could play, most didn't know he could sing, but this disc convinced them. A showcase for Benson's singular guitar talent and flirtatious vocals, it combines quiet fire and smooth soul in one fabulous package of light hits.' (Zagat Survey Music Guide - 1,000 Top Albums of All Time, 2003)
George Benson, vocals, guitar
Jorge Dalto, acoustic & electric pianos
Ronnie Foster, electric piano, Minimoog synthesizer
Phil Upchurch, guitar, bass
Stanley Banks, bass
Harvey Mason, drums
Ralph MacDonald, percussion
Producer: Tommy LiPuma.
Reissue producers: David McLees, Patrick Milligan.
Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California from January 6-8, 1976. Includes liner notes by Al Young and A. Scott Galloway.
Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California from January 6-8, 1976. Includes liner notes by Al Young.
Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot.
Awards: Triple-platinum album, 1976
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