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Jazzmasters

Label: Grand Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: My Heart Is Dancing; Mimosa; Being With You; Tenderly; Weekend In L.A.; That's Right; Love All The Hurt Away; White Rabbit; This Masquerade; Nature Boy; Last Train To Clarksville; Here Comes The Sun; Moody's Mood; We Got The Love; Turn Your Love Around;

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Gambler's Life

Label: Salvation (4)
Released: 2001
Track listing: Gambler's Life; Rhodesian Thoroughfare; This Year's Dream; Star Borne; Back To The Projects; Yesterday Was Cool; Virgo Lady; Call On Me;

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The George Benson Cookbook

Label: Columbia Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: 1. The Cooker, 2. Benny's Back, 3. Bossa Rock, 4. All Of Me, 5. Big Fat Lady, 6. Benson's Rider, 7. Ready And Able, 8. The Borgia Stick, 9. Return Of The Prodigal Son, 10 Jumpin' With Symphony Sid

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Breezin'

Label: Warner Music Group
Released: 2001
Track listing: Breezin'; This Masquerade; Six To Four; Affirmation; So This Is Love?; Lady; Down Here On The Ground; Shark Bite; This Masquerade (Single Edit).

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George Benson: The George Benson Cookbook

Read "The George Benson Cookbook" reviewed by John Sharpe


While the phenomenal success of George Benson’s Breezin’ (1976) album may have fattened his wallet; it led the guitarist down a path that dismayed jazz critics worldwide. Indeed, the bulk of Benson’s albums over the past 20 years have featured considerably less jazz and, unfortunately, more pop. Not so with The George Benson Cookbook (1966). This ...

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George Benson: Breezin'

Read "Breezin'" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Maybe the big daddy of smooth jazz, George Benson's Breezin' reemerges as a great period piece and microscope lens focussed on the mid-1970s. Breezin' was the one of the first jazz recordings I purchased. The year was 1976 and I was a junior in high school. The LP (this was 1976, remember) struck me as being ...

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George Benson: Breezin'

Read "Breezin'" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Thanks to George Benson sometime in 1977 I became a jazz fan. I'm not sure how I stumbled upon his release Breezin', maybe it was its triple-platinum sales or maybe its three Grammy awards. Nonetheless, this Bruce Springsteen rock fan fell for Benson's bluesy guitar sound and wordless vocals. I was also listening to Chuck Mangione ...

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Absolutely Live

Label: JJ-Tracks
Released: 2000

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El Barrio

Label: JJ-Tracks
Released: 2000

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Anthology

Label: JJ-Tracks
Released: 2000


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