George Benson and Al Jarreau - Givin' It Up (SuperDisc)

George Benson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 24, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Monster Music
• ASIN: B000JYWCLW
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,515 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Two Jazz Greats Finally Collaborate. Jazz/crossover legends George Benson and Al Jarreau have been dazzling audiences with their live performances and studio work (13 Grammy Awards between them) for the last three decades. Slated to tour together in the summer of 2006, George and Al decided to take it one step further: record an album together of classic and original material. An all-star cast headed by Stanley Clarke, Chris Botti, Marcus Miller and even Paul McCartney, contributed their musical genius to Givin' It Up. Soul divas Jill Scott and Patti Austin pair off for guest vocal duets with George and Al, respectively. Legends Sound Even Better on SuperDisc. Besides the stereo disc included for your CD player or car stereo, Monster Music brings you Benson, Jarreau and company in full HDS High Definition Surround on a SuperDisc for your DVD player. Better than normal stereo, music in High Definition Surround puts you right in the middle of the music. It's exciting, moving, and the way the artists intended you to hear it. And for audiophiles, there are High Definition Stereo tracks in 96K/24-bit lossless audio. SuperDisc Delivers A Surround Experience From Your iPod. Direct from the master recordings are High Definition Digital Music files ready to download to any computer or portable music player that supports WMA (Windows), or AAC (Apple, iPod). Even better are Dolby Headphone music files that simulate surround sound through any pair of headphones.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding studio quality surround sound, June 1, 2007

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R. Bukiewicz "Music Warrior" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: George Benson and Al Jarreau - Givin' It Up (SuperDisc) (Audio CD)

The pairing of these two jazz greats was a great idea; what took them so long?!?

In addition to the musical quality of each track, the 5.1 separation, clarity and audio quality is definitely THE BEST I'VE HEARD. From the crisp high frequencies to the broad foundations of the bass, the sound immerses you into an audio experience that can't be described in a simple review - you have to hear it for yourself.

Monster has a great thing going - but their catalog is rather limited right now. I own all of these surround sound releases and hope to see many more published in the near future.

OUTSTANDING!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Givin It Up, May 9, 2007

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Rudy Tandjung - See all my reviews
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I would rate 5 for the DVD audio. Superb recording quality. I would rate 3 for the cd audio, the quality of recording is average.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brother-in-Law Wowed!, January 22, 2007

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After listening to this CD in surround sound, the only thing my brother-in-law could do was say, "Wow!"