Bad Benson

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Bad Benson
Bad Benson.jpg
Studio album by
George Benson
ReleasedOctober 13, 1974
RecordedApril 22 - June 20, 1974
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length50:36
LabelCTI
ProducerCreed Taylor
George Benson chronology
Body Talk
(1973) 		Bad Benson
(1974) 		In Concert-Carnegie Hall
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3/5 stars[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide2/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings2/4 stars[3]

Bad Benson is a 1974 studio album by American guitarist George Benson, released on CTI Records.[1]

Track listing[]

  1. "Take Five" (Paul Desmond) - 7:08
  2. "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel) - 2:56
  3. "My Latin Brother" (George Benson) - 6:50
  4. "No Sooner Said Than Done" (Phil Upchurch) - 5:59
  5. "Full Compass" (Upchurch) - 5:40
  6. "The Changing World" (Benson, Art Gore) - 4:53
  7. "Take the 'A' Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Serbian Blue" (Don Sebesky) - 13:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "From Now On" (Benson) - 2:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
  • Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 22 (Track 9), May 29 (Tracks 1, 3 & 5), May 30 (Tracks 4, 6-8) and June 20 (Track 2), 1974.[4]

Personnel[]

  • George Benson – guitar
  • Phil Upchurch – guitar, percussion (3), electric bass (5)
  • Kenny Barron – piano
  • Ron Carter – bass
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Garnett Brown, Warren Covington, Wayne Andre – trombone
  • Paul Faulise – bass trombone
  • Alan Rubin, Joe Shepley, John Frosk – trumpet
  • Phil Bodner – English horn, clarinet, alto flute
  • George Marge – English horn, flute, piccolo flute
  • Ray Beckenstein - flute
  • Al Regni - flute, clarinet
  • Brooks Tillotson, Jim Buffington – French horn
  • Margaret Ross – harp
  • Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, Frank Levy, Jesse Levy, Paul Tobias, Seymour Barab – cello
  • Don Sebesky – arrangements and conductor

Production[]

  • Creed Taylor – producer
  • Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, mastering (4-6)
  • Bob Ciano – album's design
  • Ben Rose – cover photography
  • Pete Turner – liner photography
  • Phil Upchurch – musical conception (1)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Bad Benson at AllMusic
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 23. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 114. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
  4. ^ "Bad Benson". at Doug Payne's CTI Records discography
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