Music CD - George Benson: Breezin'

	Music CD: Breezin' Artist: George Benson List Price: $11.98 Our Price: $6.25 Your Save: $ 5.73 ( 48% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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Tracks: 1. Breezin' 2. This Masquerade 3. Six To Four 4. Affirmation 5. So This Is Love 6. Lady
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0075992733427 Format: Enhanced Label: Warner Bros / Wea Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Warner Bros / Wea Release Date: 1990-10-25 Studio: Warner Bros / Wea
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Breezin By George Benson Comment: George Bensons Breezin Album is a treasure for easy listeners and music buffs alike.Smooth Jazz at its best. It makes excellent background music for parties, shop retailers, or for those that like to accompany George by playing an instrument. The tracks are wonderfully produced clear yet crisp tones. Well worth the purchase Customer Rating: Summary: Vintage Benson is Benson at his best, arguably Comment: This is still one of my favourite George Benson CDs. He won a 'Record of the Year' Grammy in 1976 for "This Masquerade" and rightly so. It's a fantastic vocal performance and the only vocal performance on this record. He also won a 'Best Pop Instrumental Performance' Grammy that same year for "Breezin'" and this was the song I remember being all over the radio back then. But the guitar work on that particular song is nothing compared to what he throws down on the excellent (and proper jazz) songs, "Affirmation" and "So This Is Love?" But those two are just my favourites. All six tunes are great and this is another of those CDs I put on repeat anytime I play it. One listen is very rarely ever enough. Great production by the celebrated Tommy LiPuma with the orchestra arranged and conducted by the equally legendary Claus Ogerman. It rarely gets any better. If war or flooding (or something equally disastrous) was on its way and I had the opportunity to take 100 CDs from my collection before I fled, this would definitely be one of them. Customer Rating: Summary: ENJOYABLE SMOOTH JAZZ WITH THAT FUNKY FLAVOR Comment: when i heard this album, i was expecting a mellow but funky ride. instead, i got confusion. then i listened to it again, and i got even more confused. i think that is how i listen to this album best..........confused. nevertheless, it is still a pretty nice outing by george benson. this what i call "headphone album". for me, this sounds better with headphones on. Customer Rating: Summary: Breezin' Is Pleezin' Comment: I have been listening to Breezin' since it was first released on vinyl. There is no higher smooth jazz experience available at any price. Mr. Benson is on the smooth jazz pedistal of my musical life. Customer Rating: Summary: Vacation-in-a-disc Comment: This is the ultimate CD for relaxed, easy listening wherever you are whether surfing the web, doing chores or driving. Every track is pure gold but "BREEZIN'", "DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND" and "THIS MASQUERADE" showcase Benson's guitar magic to perfection. It's an instant Caribbean-vacation-in-a-disc, something you can listen to over and over again and never tire of its crisply-recorded perfection. Once you start playing it you'll never want to leave the beach and go home. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: 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.