Weekend in L.A.

Artist: George Benson
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music

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Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 075992734325
EAN: 0075992734325
ASIN: B000002KI7

Release Date: 1990-10-25

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Tracks:

Weekend In L.A.
On Broadway
Down Here On The Ground
California P.M.
The Greatest Love Of All
It's All In The Game
Windsong
Ode To A Kudu
Lady Blue
We All Remember Wes
We As Love

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Customer Reviews:

An Excellent Live CD!!!!.......2005-12-25

I have been a fan of George Benson for almost 3 decades. This is an excellent CD which does more to showcase his superb voice more than his great guitar playing. Among my favorites on this CD are....Lady Blue, The Greatest Love Of All, and It's All In The Game. Some of the arrangements are with a disco-beat. Hey, this was the 70's after all and Disco-Jazz was at it's peak. Overall, this is an excellent live CD!!!!

Benson Live.......2001-11-29

Weekend In L.A. is a smooth live recording by George Benson. His version of "On Broadway" is a great combination of jazz, r&b with a dash of funk thrown in. Mr. Benson's voice has never sounded finer and the song became a top ten single. There are other great performances on the album including the smoky "Lady Blue", the breezy title cut, the heavy jazz of "Ode To A Kudu" and a touching tribute to his mentor Wes Montgomery, "We Remember Wes". There is also Mr. Benson's original version of "The Greatest Love Of All" which is from the Muhammad Ali biopic, The Greatest. The song is nothing like the overplayed, schmaltzy version that Whitney Houston had a hit with. It is an understated, pretty song that Mr. Benson doesn't go over the top with.

The best compromise of George Benson Singer and Guitarist.......2001-08-11

This particular recording exhibits a perfect compromise between George Benson pop singer and George Benson masterful guitarist. "Ode to Kudu" is absolutely spectacular in it's beauty. George plays the hell out of it. "Weekend In La" has George flexing his jazz muscles on the is pleasant tune, you even hear a quick "I Got Rhythm" quote".

"Lady Blue" is soulful, stronger for the emotion than the lyrics which are a bit trite.

"On Broadway" was a bit overplayed on the radio but is still on of the most original renditions of this song ever recorded. This song smacks of Phil Upchurch's inventive musical conceptualizations. Phil has this very unique approach on how to combine a rhythm to a piece never sacrificing the song in order to get groove. Other's could learn alot from Phil.

Overall this album has that balance that George has never been able to duplicate subsequently. A vast improvement over "Breezin'" and "In Flight"

A Must.......2000-03-04

this set really hits Home.George Benson rocks the stage here.His Voice&Playing is in top form.Before he went Between Jazz&Pop he was on top of his game.the band is Kicking through out.

smooth as silk.......2000-02-17

This live cd is smooth and silky. George has an all-star band with him too.

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