George Benson - Shadow of your Smile

[JHan]

Eargasm.

[rzemanfl]

1. Earlier eargasm.

[JHan]

2. Yep, that one too :p

[JHan]

3. and of course... the Divine One :) I have crazy love for this standard.

[rzemanfl]

4. Thanks for that one.

I was around to buy "Bumpin" on vinyl when it was new. When Wes Montgomery died so young in 1968, A&M wanted George Benson to fill his shoes. If you listen to Benson's 1969 album, Shape of Things to Come you'll get an idea of where A&M wanted him to go with one of Montgomery's arrangers, Don Sebesky.

[JHan]

6. I had never really made that link before -

I heard Wes in Benson , and I always saw George as the next evolution of Wes, just not as smooth as Wes. Thanks for the info.

And.. Wes.. the first time I heard him was through my uncle playing this album constantly:

[rzemanfl]

8. I've owned that album in one format after another since the day it came out.

The Wikipedia page for Shape of Things to Come is the source of the George Benson info.

[ariadne0614]

5. Jazz is not my native musical language.

Nevertheless, I appreciated all three. The first two were interesting, but stayed in my head. Sarah, on the other hand, made it so easy to feel, physically and emotionally. Thanks for the experience.

[JHan]

7. Glad you enjoyed :) ..

Sarah's voice was powerful, she possessed incredible range, and she had such control she could create these blissful intimate moments with her voice. She could improvise, float above the beat, just an ingenious singer all around.

[ariadne0614]

9. Thanks again.

Your description of what she could do with her voice deepened my appreciation. As I said, jazz is pretty much a foreign language, and although I've been warming to it lately, my vocabulary is extremely limited.