George Benson-"Weekend in L.A." (1977)

With one of the most iconic covers in the world of jazz and pop, George Benson published his second live show "Weekend in L.A." in 1977, shortly after having published his sixteenth studio album "In Flight" where he was already beginning to dazzle the directions where his career was leading from here, with a jazz with pop influences, without forgetting his dabbling in funk and soul.
By the time this album was released, Benson had been releasing records for fourteen years since making his debut with "The New Boss Guitar Of George Benson" in 1964.
Influenced by guitarists like Wes Montgomery, Benson would start with instrumental records oriented to jazz, swing and even R&B where his peculiar way of playing the guitar made him famous, even winning several Grammy Awards (ten in total) throughout his career.
Outstanding works such as "Beyond the Blue Horizon", "White Rabbit" both from 1971, or the successful "Breezin" (1976), "Living´Inside Your Love" (1979), or "Give Me The Night" (1980) cataloged it as one of the best jazz instrumentalists.
"Weekend in L.A." it was recorded entirely at the West Hollywood Roxy "in Los Angeles, making it his best known and most legendary live album.
With a very varied repertoire where you can hear his eclectic style ranging from instrumental "California P.M." or "The Greatest Love Of All", until the famous "On Broadway" that appeared in the mythical movie "All That Jazz", going through more mainstream songs like "Lady Blue", cuts in the purest smooth jazz style "Windsong" or purely jazz songs "We As love".