Album of the Day

George Benson had paid his dues with more than a dozen studio albums when he hit the jackpot with BREEZIN'. The 1976 collection, his first for Warner Bros., was recorded at Capitol Records Studios in Hollywood with producer Tommy LiPuma behind the boards and it features plenty of the performer's fluid guitar work on such songs as the title track and self-penned “So This Is Love?” The set also includes one vocal number, the Top 10 hit “This Masquerade,” which went on to win the Grammy for Record of the Year and broadened Benson's audience considerably - the album topped not just Billboard's Jazz chart but its Pop and R&B charts as well. We’ll cue up the triple-Platinum BREEZIN' now to wish George Benson a happy birthday.