Standing Together

George Benson - Standing Together

List Price: ~~$14.98~~
Our Price: $5.67
You Save: $9.31 (62%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $0.01 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more CD details
Listen soundtracks from this album

Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store

CD Details

Artist: George Benson
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-06-02
Music Label: Grp Records
Soundtracks:

C-Smooth
Standing Together
All I Know
Cruise Control
Poquito Spanish, Poquito Funk
Still Waters
Fly By Night
Back To Love
Keep Rollin'

Music reviews of Standing Together

Music Review: George Benson Standing Tall
Rating: 5 Stars

I cannot tell you how many times I walked right past this album with no jolt. So today I just picked it up and listened to it. Whatever anyone else says all I look for,same as my friend Henrique is to hear George Benson play and sing his head off because the man can DO IT TO DEATH! Always has and likely always will. True he's made his share of musical mistakes but this isn't one of them and,even on his lesser ones I usually say if it wasn't him it would be worthless trash. So here we have George in the late 90's,smack in the middle of the smooth jazz era. Yeah George was one of the people who influenced the genre but NONE of the people I've heard doing these bland copies of his just aren't gettin it quite right. On every track of this album,every time he starts strumming his axe it's full of blues,full of soul and FULL of funk! He learned all the right stuff from Wes Montgomery and carried it into his own great sound decade after decade. Not only that but this man can FLAT FOOTED SING in the exact same way. On this album you get one bottom heavy,slow burning uptempo jazz-funk groove after another in "C-Smooth","Fly By Night","Keep Rollin" as well as the faster "Cruise Control" and the great latin groove "Poquito Spanish,Poquito Funk",complete with some great jive-rapping by George and his band in the middle in the finest soul jazz tradition. On the title song,"All I Know","Still Waters" and "Back To Love" you'll find George and his great band,including bassist Alex M and Larry Kimpel locking down the bottom and percussionist Lenny Castro really adding that little dash of spice on the accents,going for that great pop-soul-jazz/vocal thing George has been doing all his career and has never stopped for an instant. Produced by Tommy LiPuma was usual this album is thankfully free of some of the heavy overproduction that had detracted from a few of his otherwise excellent classic albums. Also it's not underdone:rather than indulge in an excersise in naturalness he's got this strong keyboard arrangments to keep things from getting at all empty and hollow. In the huge and also very empty musical scene that was late 90's smooth jazz this album truly stands out not only as a great highlite in this mans career but also as a great example of recent jazz soul/funk with a contemporary twist. The man really didn't need to even play anymore even at this point careerwise but,the fact that he was still giving up his groove for the musical world and the people to hear is a joy and pleasure for all concerned.

More Standing Together free music reviews:
1 2 3 4

Description of Standing Together

All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Jazz CDs

Music Genres

Bestsellers in Jazz CDs

Blood, Spirit, Land, Water, Freedom Image

Curtis Brothers Quartet - Blood, Spirit, Land, Water, Freedom
Release date: 2009-10-01; Music CD

Jazz Casuals: Coltrane Basie & Mcrae - Jazz Casual - 3-Pack Vol. 1 (Count Basie, Carmen McRae, John Coltrane) [VHS]
Rhino / Wea; Release date: 1999-05-04; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $43.27

Buddy Rich - Jazz Legend: Part 2 1970-1987 [VHS]
Warner Brothers Pub.; Release date: 2000-10-20; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $10.75
Price in other shops: ~~$39.95~~

Les Paul - Living Legend of the Electric Guitar [VHS]
Bmg Video Label; Release date: 1993-02-09; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $19.95
Price in other shops: ~~$19.98~~

Herbie Hancock - Hurricane [VHS]
View Video; Release date: 1992-04-07; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $2.50

Cocktails for Two
by band leader Spike Jones
Music CD
Best price: $19.95

Dave Grusin - Dave Grusin and the NY/ LA Dream Band [VHS]
Umgd; Release date: 1990-06-26; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $6.93
Price in other shops: ~~$19.99~~

Count Basie, Diane Schuur - Diane Schuur & Count Basie Orchestra [VHS]
Grp Records; Release date: 1996-01-30; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $1.99
Price in other shops: ~~$19.98~~

Damals in Hamburg
Release date: 1999-08-11; Music CD
Best price: $23.54

Ben Webster - Ben Webster
Release date: 2006-12-20; Music CD
Price in other shops: ~~$50.98~~

Similar CDs

20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection Image

Switch - 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection
Release date: 2001-06-19; Music CD
Best price: $2.39
Price in other shops: ~~$11.98~~

Walter Beasley - Free Your Mind
Release date: 2009-01-27; Music CD
Best price: $5.00
Price in other shops: ~~$11.98~~

George Benson - 20/ 20
BENSON,GEORGE; Release date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $5.75
Price in other shops: ~~$8.96~~

George Benson - Songs & Stories
Release date: 2009-08-25; Music CD
Best price: $6.39
Price in other shops: ~~$18.98~~

George Benson - Give Me the Night
Release date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $6.11
Price in other shops: ~~$13.98~~

George Benson - Irreplaceable
Release date: 2004-06-08; Music CD
Best price: $8.46
Price in other shops: ~~$18.98~~

George Benson - That's Right
Release date: 1996-07-30; Music CD
Best price: $2.28
Price in other shops: ~~$14.98~~

George Benson - Love Remembers
Release date: 1993-06-22; Music CD
Best price: $1.09
Price in other shops: ~~$20.98~~

George Benson - In Your Eyes
Release date: 1990-10-25; Music CD
Best price: $6.23
Price in other shops: ~~$13.98~~

George Benson - Absolute Benson
Release date: 2000-05-23; Music CD
Best price: $5.75
Price in other shops: ~~$18.98~~