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Weekend in L.A.
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Track Listing
- Weekend in L.A.
- On Broadway
- Down Here on the Ground
- California P.M.
- Greatest Love of All
- It's All in the Game
- Windsong
- Ode to a Kudu
- Lady Blue
- We All Remember Wes
- We as Love
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #63955 in Music
- Released on: 1990-10-25
- Number of discs: 1
- Format: Live
Customer Reviews
Benson Live
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
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"
smooth as silk
This live cd is smooth and silky. George has an all-star band with him too.
