George Benson - This Masquerade (Nightmares On Wax JJP Mix)

George Benson (born March 22, 1943) is a multi-Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist. He is also known as a pop, R&B, and scat singer. This one-time child prodigy topped the Billboard 200 in 1976 with the triple-platinum album, "Breezin'". Benson uses a rest-stroke picking technique similar to that of gypsy jazz players.

With the 1976 release of the album "Breezin'," Benson began to put his vocal on tracks such as "This Masquerade". He had used his vocals infrequently on songs earlier in his career. "Breezin'" was a significant album in terms of popular music history - the first jazz release to go Platinum and the first indication that something new was about to happen. In 1976, Benson toured with soul singer, Minnie Riperton, who had been diagnosed with terminal breast cancer earlier that year. "This Masquerade" won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

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This version of "This Masquerade" is a remix by UK DJ George Evelyn who is also known by the name DJ EASE and produces under the name Nightmares On Wax (or NoW).

It is a featured track on the 2004 remix compilation CD, "What Is Hip?: Remix Project Volume 1" which consists of 14 tracks of various artists and classic hits that have been reimagined.

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[jazz1bro]

nice!

[LuchiaTheGypsyFox]

Ooo what a lovely mix

[juggdj1]

This is on the What Is Hip remix CD....Good CD...

[professoredsonsantos]

Maravilhoso!!! Wonderful!!

[alspoken1982]

What a beautiful remix of a classic jazz song! Thanx for puttin this out!