Original sentence: The first recipient of this stellar team effort was Benson, and the Qwest label's first official release was Benson's breakthrough pop album Give Me The Night
Edited sentence: Benson recognised with Breezin that something new and fresh was needed as musical tastes moved away from traditional and more esoteric jazz although he still lacked confidence in his voice as an instrument.He began as a horn player and encouraged by the likes of Count Basie and his friend Ray (Charles) Robinson, became one of the world's foremost arrangers, writers and band leaders working most notably for Frank Sinatra and composing iconic 60's film scores such as 'In The Heat of the Night' and 'The Italian Job'.He found this with the like minded Quincy Jones who further encouraged him to cross over from jazz to radio and a more popular jazz/funk/R&B sound.In the 70's, 'Q' formed Qwest Records which included Rod Temperton (writer), Bruce Swedian (engineer) James Ingram (musician, vocalist, writer) and Patti Austin (singer) bringing all of his considerable talent and experience to a new breed of music.Q's 60's arrangement 'Soul Bossa Nova' was re-released only recently as the theme for the movie Austin Powers.Quincy Jones is a legend in terms of modern popular music.The first recipient of this stellar team effort was George Benson, and the Qwest label's first official release was Benson's breakthrough pop album 'Give Me The Night'.This combined R&B, soul, jazz, latin, bebop, rap, pop and elements of rock changing the face of popular (mainstream) music most notably with the albums 'Off The Wall' and 'Thriller' for Michael Jackson - the latter becoming the biggest selling album of all time