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George Benson - The Essential George Benson Audio CD

A fair review of the George Benson "The Essential George Benson" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all George Benson reviews here, or go back to the George Benson tabs.

Band: George Benson Title: The Essential George Benson Rating: Release Date: 2006-03-28 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Rock Candy 2: Shadow Dancers 3: Clockwise 4: Willow Weep For Me- featuring The George Benson Quartet 5: A Foggy Day- featuring The George Benson Quartet 6: The Borgia Stick- featuring The George Benson Quartet 7: Paraphernalia- featuring Miles Davis 8: Sugar- featuring Stanley Turrentine 9: So What 10: Ode To A Kudu 11: California Dreamin' 12: White Rabbit 13: Body Talk 14: Take Five 15: Summertime 16: Breezin' 17: This Masquerade 18: On Broadway 19: Give Me The Night 20: Hip Skip 21: Gotham City

High energy, optimistic fun
Disk 1 holds mostly energetic selections from GB's oeuvre, with only one piece (Ode to a Kudu) having a more reflective, though not somber, hue. Fine 2-disk CD set. Benson's trademark style (paralleling his lickety-split guitar licks with his voice) is downplayed here. He is often the soloist, but sometimes accompanies other band members. Most tracks are instrumentals except for "A Foggy Day" -- a fun standard that that retains GB's good-feeling style. "California Dreaming" is a great rewrite of the sometimes plodding Mamas and Papas' classic. Jefferson Airplane's hit, "White Rabbit" gets a great "Bolero"-like treatment that brings the ancient classic alive.

Disk 2 is a little less interesting. No compilation of essential GB would be complete (I'm afraid) without the top 40 classic hits "Breezin'" and "This Masquerade" and "On Broadway" and "Give Me the Night. " These have been so overplayed on the radio that I don't care to hear them again. But YMMV.

It's nice to know that there's more to GB than his 15 minutes of fame in the late 70s. His non-hit material was fun to listen to. Easy on the ears and great for repeat listens.

First rrate and outstanding
I was driving a few days ago and heard a cut from the Essential LP and it blew my mind. I have heard George Benson over the years. I love and so will you. Buy it and you will be in a jazz man's bliss.

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