I didn’t always like this tune, at the time I was exposed to it, right around 82’, I was listening heavily to Allan Holdsworth’s IOU album. Welcome to my My 373rd solo guitar video on YouTube! After YEARS (ok, two weeks…) of delay, here it finally is, the mellowest of all jazz standards ever, Breezin’, by George Benson, originally recorded by Gabor Szabo and, in fact, written by Bobby Womack.
No online store, just email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. Five years later, the smooth jazz song became even better known for a successful cover by George, which became the title track of his next album.
Retrieved 9 November 2021.An hour and 35 min long widescreen DVD lesson - also downloadable - on how to perform this arrangement, and much more, is now available!!! Every note and chord is shown slowly and in closeup. This track was originally an instrumental song composed by American singer Bobby Womack and recorded alongside influential Hungarian jazz guitarist Gábor Szabó. Recording Industry Association of America.
Jazz guitarist George Benson still breezin’ at 77 with new album.
^ "American album certifications – Benson, George – Breezin_".^ Breezin' Billboard Singles at AllMusic.^ Breezin' Billboard Albums at AllMusic.Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).Claus Ogerman – arrangements and conductor.Phil Upchurch – rhythm guitar, bass (1, 3).Ronnie Foster – electric piano, Minimoog synthesizer, Minimoog solo (3), electric piano solo (5).Jorge Dalto – acoustic piano, clavinet, acoustic piano solo (2).Benson was a preternatural guitar talent from the get-go: he cut his first single for RCA Victor when he was only 10 years old. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at Last.fm. George Benson is the newest guest on the Rhino Podcast, discussing his incredible and lengthy career and his big jump from jazz guitar mastery to pop/soul perfection.
Ginell gave it three-and-a-half out of five stars and said that, although Benson's guitar is "as assured and fluid as ever", Breezin ' is "really not so much a breakthrough as it is a transition album the guitar is still the core of his identity." Track listing Side one No. Listen free to George Benson Breezin (Breezin, This Masquerade and more). In a retrospective review, Allmusic's Richard S. In a contemporaneous review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "C" and dismissed most of its music as "mush". George Benson & Al Jarreau originally released Breezin written by Al Jarreau and Bobby Womack and George Benson & Al Jarreau.
Critical reception Professional ratings Review scores "This Masquerade" received the award Record of the Year for LiPuma and Benson, while it was nominated as Song of the Year for Leon Russell and as Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male for Benson. All of a sudden, George Benson became a pop superstar with this album, thanks to its least representative track. The album won the awards Best Pop Instrumental Performance for Benson and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for Al Schmitt and was nominated as Album of the Year for Tommy LiPuma and Benson. The album garnered multiple nominations and awards at the 19th Annual Grammy Awards. The album has since been certified as 3X multi-Platinum by the RIAA. It spun off two hit singles, the title song (which has become a fusion jazz standard) and "This Masquerade," which was a top ten pop and R&B hit. Breezin' marked the beginning of Benson's most successful period commercially, topping the Billboard Pop, Jazz and R&B album charts.