Breezin'

Breezin'

by George Benson
Breezin'

Breezin'

by George Benson

CD

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Overview

All of a sudden, George Benson became a pop superstar with this album, thanks to its least representative track. Most of Breezin' is a softer-focused variation of Benson's R&B/jazz-flavored CTI work, his guitar as assured and fluid as ever with Claus Ogerman providing the suave orchestral backdrops and his crack then-working band (including Ronnie Foster on keyboards and sparkplug Phil Upchurch on rhythm guitar) pumping up the funk element. Yet it is the sole vocal track (his first in many years), Leon Russell's "This Masquerade" -- where George unveiled his new trademark, scatting along with a single-string guitar solo -- that reached number ten on the pop singles chart and drove the album all the way to number one on the pop (!) LP chart. The attractive title track also became a minor hit single, although Gabor Szabo's 1971 recording with composer Bobby Womack is even more fetching. In the greater scheme of Benson's career, Breezin' is really not so much a breakthrough as it is a transition album; the guitar is still the core of his identity. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Product Details

Release Date: 10/25/1990
Label: Warner Bros. / Rhino
UPC: 0075992733427
Rank: 22579

Tracks

  1. Breezin'
  2. This Masquerade
  3. Six to Four
  4. Affirmation
  5. So This Is Love?
  6. Lady

Album Credits

Performance Credits

George Benson   Primary Artist,Lead Guitar,Vocals,Guitar
Harvey Mason, Sr.   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Drums
Al Schmitt   Primary Artist
Tommy LiPuma   Primary Artist
Ronnie Foster   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Piano,Soloist,Keyboards,Mini Moog,Moog Synthesizer,Piano (Electric)
Stanley Banks   Primary Artist,Bass
Phil Upchurch   Primary Artist,Guest Artist,Bass,Guitar,Guitar (Bass),Guitar (Rhythm)
Jorge Dalto   Guest Artist,Piano (Electric),Keyboards,Clavinet,Soloist,Piano
Ralph MacDonald   Percussion
Claus Ogerman   Conductor

Technical Credits

Al Schmitt   Engineer,Mixing,Producer
Phil Upchurch   Composer
Ronnie Foster   Composer
Tommy LiPuma   Producer
Al Young   Liner Notes
Steve Genewick   Assistant Engineer
Lalo Schifrin   Composer
David McLees   Producer
Leon Russell   Composer
Don Henderson   Assistant Engineer
Dennis Turner   Management
Noel Newbolt   Assistant Producer,Associate Producer,Production Assistant
Mario Casilli   Photography
Ed Thrasher   Art Direction
Daniel Hersch   Stereo Master
Peter Palombi   Design
Bobby Womack   Composer
Bill Inglot   Stereo Master
Claus Ogerman   Arranger,Orchestration
Jose Feliciano   Composer
George Benson   Composer
Gale Garnett   Composer
Doug Sax   Mastering
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