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- Artist: George Benson
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- Release Date: 1977 09 30-1977 10 02
- Total Time: 67:36
- Genre: Jazz
Review
Recording live at Los Angeles' Roxy club -- then a showcase for many of the hottest acts in pop -- was just the tonic that George Benson and his Breezin' band needed on this often jumping album. With unusually lively crowds (for a record-industry watering hole) shouting encouragement, the band gets deep into the four-on-the-floor funk and Benson digs in hard, his rhythmic instincts on guitar sharp as ever. The balance between vocals and instrumentals is about even -- George's voice sounds more throaty and soul-oriented than before -- and amid the new material, there is a revisit to a favored CTI-era instrumental, the lovely "Ode to a Kudu." This album also introduced "On Broadway," an extended stomping version of the Drifters' hit that would become Benson's climactic showstopper for years. The only superfluous element is the after-the-fact addition of Nick DeCaro's string synthesizer backdrop; the real Claus Ogerman-arranged thing would have been preferable if strings are a must. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Weekend in L.A. | George Benson | George Benson | (7:28) |
| On Broadway (Lyrics) | Jerry Leiber, Barry Mann, Mike Stoller, Cynthia Weil | George Benson | (10:07) |
| Down Here on the Ground | Lalo Schifrin, Gale Garnett | George Benson | (4:54) |
| California P.M. | George Benson | (7:04) | |
| The Greatest Love of All | Linda Creed, Michael Masser | George Benson | (5:43) |
| It's All in the Game | George Benson | (3:54) | |
| Windsong | George Benson | (6:13) | |
| Ode to a Kudu | George Benson | George Benson | (7:25) |
| Lady Blue | Leon Russell | George Benson | (3:39) |
| We All Remember Wes | Stevie Wonder | George Benson | (5:47) |
| We as Love | George Benson | (7:05) |
