It's been nearly 30 years since guitarist George Benson released his groundbreaking album Breezin'. Not only did it sell millions of copies, it paved the way for today's "smooth jazz" radio format.

George Benson ... At LiPuma’s urging, Benson jumped labels and another transformative period began. In 1976, he released “Breezin’” on Warner Bros., an album that made use of his liquid ...

George Benson's 'Breezin' is the best-selling jazz album of all time. It is a true virtuoso performance: a four-time Grammy nominee and two-time winner, the first album by a jazz artist to earn ...

Credit: John Keeble/Getty Images At 81 years of age, George Benson remains razor ... of the things that made the album what it is.” How did the success of Breezin’ impact the way you approache ...

The late 1980s were hectic for George ... Benson has managed to complete the recordings and remaster them. More than a decade before every pop singer started doing an American Songbook album ...

UPDATE (4/26/24): Having earlier announced his return to the Warner Music Group, Grammy-winning jazz guitarist-vocalist George Benson is now revealing the release date for his long-lost album ...

George Benson has never ... It was six years after that release that Benson sent a triple-platinum triumph titled "Breezin'" to the top of Billboard's album chart, a breakthrough largely driven ...

George Benson is ready to give New Jersey ... deliciously reminiscent of his own easy-going 1976 smash "Breezin." "Humility" put Benson on Billboard's Hot 100 chart for the 15th time ...

But “Breezin’” wasn’t some untested tune. The song had been recorded several times before Benson tried his hand at it. A ...

He wrote nearly 20 arrangements for Benson ... a last-minute thing on the album Quincy Jones produced. On the last day, he stopped me from going home. He said, “George, you can’t go home ...