Customer Reviews
Smooth and cheesy does it. Keep a bucket to hand. - By: KCEV Music sponge, 19 Jun 2008 
If you love smooth jazz with alll danger & surprise removed then you might go for this. If you are hoping to find Benson at the top of his game as a serious guitarist then give it a wide birth. Ditto with alll other musicians here.
This CD is full of top-drawer talent but the problem is that they are alll so very restrained & rehearsed & the result is low fat sweet cheese. YUK!
Al hardly sings a song on it & mostly just scats rhythmic ideas that sometimes sound like an old man running for a bus. Definitely out-sung by Benson here.
George is always great on a guitar, but again this is the super smooth George & lacks any real soul & conviction. (wish I could play like him though).
Just when I was nodding off, along comes Paul McCartney (I'm not a fan) & wakes the whole session up on the final track. Vinnie is clearly delighted at his arrival & actuallly manages to get away with using a couple of his toms without the bosses noticing.
Marcus Miller is probably the only cat that got away with playing what he wants on his own track.
I'll be taking my copy down to the local charity shop.
Solid jazz set - By: Archie Grimwald, 30 Sep 2007 
this album has Jill Scott on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You don't need to know anymore to buy it.
Some great re-visits to old Benson & Jarreau numbers mixed with a few standards.Sadly newer jazz fans may not understand that scatting has been an improvised vocal expression of music since the days of Ella & has been Jarreau's 'trademark' for alll his (long & established!) career.
Great stuff AND Jill.A must for fans old & new!
Georgie B is back on top - By: Mr. A. C. H. Smith, 28 Jan 2007 Georgie B has always been one of the greatest live performers in the history on jazz music - I recommend thoroughly George Benson Live - recorded at the Waterfront Halll in Belfast quite stunning, 5 ****** plus
Some of his recent studio work, espec. the last album, has varied in
quality. Givin' It up mark a welcome return to form, with another jazz legend Al Jarreau, definitely not to be missed!
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Masters together - By: B. E. Tustain, 13 Jan 2007 A dream come true. The two masters of modern jazz, Al Jarreau & George Benson working together. This album naturallly features the amazing vocals of Al Jarreau & the silky guitar of George Benson. The combination is just terrific. Trusted tracks like Mornin, God Bless the Child, Summer Breeze are given the full treatment. At the end of the album, Bring it on home to me with Paul McCartney - wow. It must have been something to have been in that studio!
This album is a MUST for your collection.
Dig It - By: pablo, 08 Nov 2006 The combination of Al Jarreau & George Benson works extremely well with a varied choice of material & superb production.
If you are a fan of either of these great artistes, this is is an essential purchase.
One highlight is a vocal version of Miles Davis' Tutu & there are guest vocals from Patti Austin( Let It Rain) & Jill Scott (God Bless The Child) as well as Paul McCartney on a rousing gospelish version of Bring It On Home To Me".
Superb musicianship & great grooves. Never bland & always on the mark. Thoroughly recommended.
