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  • Issued : 19 Mar 2008

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Genre : Jazz Catalogue Number : WPCR75369
Format : CD Label : Warner Music
Issued : 19 Mar 2008 Item sourced from : Japan
Number of Discs : 1
Other : 24 Bit, Remaster, Reissue

Breezin`

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  • CD   EUR Edition   ¥1,295   EUR Import   Released: 07 Jul 1987  
  • SACD   Japan Edition   ¥4,500   Reissue Limited Edition SACD   Released: 22 Jun 2011  

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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, All Music Guide

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【1976 - 19th Grammy Award Record Of The Year】 - 「This Masquerade」

Credits

George Benson(Guitar),  George Benson(Vocals),  Harvey Mason, Sr.(Drums),  Jorge Dalto(Piano),  Jorge Dalton(Keyboards),  Phil Upchurch(Bass),  Phil Upchurch(Guitar),  Ralph Macdonald(Percussion),  Ronnie Foster(Keyboards),  Ronnie Foster(Piano),  Ronnie Foster(Piano (Electric)),  Stanley Banks(Bass),  Jorge Dalto(Clavinet),  Phil Upchurch(Guitar (Rhythm)),  Ronnie Foster(Moog Synthesizer),  Al Schmitt(Engineer),  Claus Ogerman(Arranger),  Tommy LiPuma(Producer),  Al Schmitt(Mixing),  Al Young(Liner Notes),  Bobby Womack(Composer),  Claus Ogerman(Conductor),  Don Henderson(Assistant Engineer),  Doug Sax(Mastering),  Ed Thrasher(Art Direction),  George Benson(Composer),  Jose Feliciano(Composer),  Leon Russell(Composer),  Mario Casilli(Photography),  Peter Palombi(Design),  Phil Upchurch(Composer),  Ronnie Foster(Composer),  Noel Newbolt(Associate Producer)

Songs

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    1
    Breezin`
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    2
    This Masquerade
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    3
    Six To Four
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    4
    Affirmation
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    5
    So This Is Love?
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    6
    Lady

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  • ★★★★★ 

    ねずみ  |  山口県  |  不明  |  17/July/2011

     フェザータッチのライトでメロウなギター・サウンド。  特に、夏の涼風をスケッチしたタイトル曲や、レコードのB面で軽快に主張していた「Affirmation」、ソフトなタッチでラストを飾る「Lady」など、その後の和製フュージョンの模範ともなったスタイルが、ここにはあります。  フュージョンというジャンルが認知し始めた70年代中期。自分の中では、ポップスの側からアプローチした Paul Simon の『時の流れに』とは反対のベクトルとして、ジャズの側から近づいてきた George Benson のこのアルバムを受け入れていました。

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    bookoff  |  大阪府  |  不明  |  24/July/2010

    ジョージのベンソンさん デトロイトが舞台になっているエルモア・レナードの小説「身元不明者89号」で登場した 曲は何だったでしょうか? 小説読み直しますか はあ めんどくさ。つーか この盤は マスカレイド とゆーことに なっておりますが、この人の唄といえば なんつったって 女王様とのデュエット ”Love All The Hurt Away” とゆー 今だに ちょっとドキっとする(ワタクシだけ?)曲が ございますネ。

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  • ★★★★★ 

    ngttshr  |  熊本県  |  不明  |  08/October/2009

    ベンソンのギターとヴォーカル、今聞いても色あせない魅力を持っているのはさすが。それは何故なのだろうか、ギターの技術はそれほどとは思わないが、フレーズ一つ一つが考え抜かれている。そこにベンソンの才能が光る。ポップでお洒落でブルージィ、それがヒットの要因。

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