Though it has taken three decades, the pairing of singer/guitarist/songwriter George Benson teams with vocalist extraordinaire /songwriter Al Jarreau - peerless music legends who both sprang from jazz into the international R&B and pop mainstream - was pure destiny.

Both have earned multiple Gold and Platinum albums, totalling millions of copies sold, along with coveted GRAMMY® awards in both the pop and jazz categories.

Painstakingly prepared by Benson and Jarreau, Givin' It Up touches on every style and mood fans could imagine from this stellar event of musical matchmaking.

Givin' It Up crackles with inventive covers of standards ranging from the 1940s (Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child"); the 1960s (Sam Cooke's "Bring it on Home to Me" featuring a surprise cameo by pop legend Paul McCartney); the 1970s (Seals & Crofts' "Summer Breeze"); and the 1980s (Daryl Hall's "Everytime You Go Away"). They also show respect for the music of today, inviting neo soul diva Jill Scott to sing along on "God Bless the Child," and turning in a sumptuous instrumental rendition of singer/songwriter John Legend's "Ordinary People" (the 2005 GRAMMY winner for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance) with Marion Meadows on soprano sax.