Breezin'
by George Benson
George Benson bestography
Breezin' is ranked as the best album by George Benson.
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Breezin' track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 5 days ago | Lisandro | 3,402 | 75/100 | |
| 12/27/2025 02:23 | Exist-en-ciel | 9,585 | 70/100 | |
| 12/04/2025 13:38 | spinout | 3,351 | 81/100 | |
| 01/07/2025 18:25 | dukeboxkool | 2,149 | 72/100 | |
| 03/29/2024 22:51 |  MetalMan67 | 6,021 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.5.
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Shortlisted for album of the year at the Grammy's in 1977. the winner was Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder
A good album, Affirmation the best track.
Fischman 12/05/2018 19:46 | #226280
This is a divisive album as Benson transitioned from "real" jazz to smooth/popular contemporary jazz. Purists decry it while casual jazz fans laud it. Even as a hard core jazz fan, I think it's excellent. One just need set aside preconceptions and listen to it for what it is, which is certainly best of breed for what was an emerging genre, and it remains so today.
UofTBlues 02/15/2017 20:06 | #185728
A transition album; it's alright but far from his best work.
Slick best describes this record. Mr. Benson cut his chops as a session player with the greats before hitting it big with this album. Probably the best of his solo work.
This is the cross-over album from Jazz to soul. The guitar playing is just brilliant and Geaorge shows he can sing a bit too
sszwalbenest 08/16/2013 17:13 | #84062
Great album. Benson's guitar work is simply genius. "Affirmation" was the highlight track.
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