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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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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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Diggin' Deeper 5 - The Roots Of Acid Jazz

Label: Sony Music Media
Released: 2000
Track listing: Corazón; Aspirations; Watermelon Man; Lucky Southern; I'm Not So Sure; When It's Your Time To Go; Jeannine; A Little Bit Of This And A Little Bit Of That; Hurtin' House; East End, West End; Take Me Back; Boogie Woogie Waltz;

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Anthology

Label: JJ-Tracks
Released: 2000

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El Barrio

Label: JJ-Tracks
Released: 2000

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Absolutely Live

Label: JJ-Tracks
Released: 2000

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Absolute Benson

Label: JJ-Tracks
Released: 2000


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