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George Benson|White Rabbit (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition)

White Rabbit (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition)

George Benson

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For George Benson's second CTI project, producer Creed Taylor and arranger Don Sebesky successfully place the guitarist in a Spanish-flavored setting full of flamenco flourishes, brass fanfares, moody woodwinds and such. The idea works best on "California Dreamin'" (whose chords are based on Andalusian harmonies), where, driven by Jay Berliner's exciting Spanish rhythm guitar, Benson comes through with some terrifically inspired playing. On "El Mar," Berliner is replaced by Benson's protégé Earl Klugh (then only 17) in an inauspicious -- though at the time, widely-heralded -- recorded debut. The title track is another winner, marred only by the out-of-tune brasses at the close, and in a good example of the CTI classical/jazz formula at work, Heitor Villa-Lobos' "Little Train of the Caipira" is given an attractive early-'70s facelift. Herbie Hancock gets plenty of nimble solo space on Rhodes electric piano, Airto Moreira contributes percussion and atmospheric wordless vocals, and Ron Carter and Billy Cobham complete the high-energy rhythm section. In this prime sample of the CTI idiom, everyone wins.

© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo

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White Rabbit (CTI Records 40th Anniversary Edition)

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1
White Rabbit
00:07:01

Airto Moreira, Percussion - Airto Moreira, Vocal - Alan Rubin, Flugelhorn - Alan Rubin, Trumpet - Billy Cobham, Drums - Creed Taylor, Producer - Don Sebesky, Arranger - GRACE SLICK, Composer - GRACE SLICK, Lyricist - George Benson, Guitar - George Benson, Performer - George Marge, Clarinet - George Marge, English Horn - George Marge, Flute - George Marge, Oboe - Gloria Agostini, Harp - Herbie Hancock, Piano - Hubert Laws, Flute - Hubert Laws, Piccolo - JANE TAYLOR, Bassoon - Jay Berliner, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Jim Buffington, French Horn - John Frosk, Flugelhorn - John Frosk, Trumpet - Phil Kraus, Percussion - Phil Bodner, Flute - Phil Bodner, Oboe - Romeo Penque, Bass Clarinet - Romeo Penque, Clarinet - Romeo Penque, English Horn - Romeo Penque, Flute - Romeo Penque, Oboe - Ron Carter, Bass - Wayne Andre, Trombone

Originally released 1971. All rights reserved Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

2
Theme from "Summer of '42"
00:05:08

Airto Moreira, Percussion - Airto Moreira, Vocal - Billy Cobham, Drums - Creed Taylor, Producer - Don Sebesky, Arranger - George Benson, Guitar - George Benson, Performer - Herbie Hancock, Piano - Jay Berliner, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - M. Legrand, Composer - M. Legrand, Lyricist - Phil Kraus, Percussion - Ron Carter, Bass - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer

Originally released 1971. All rights reserved Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

3
Little Train (From Bachianas Brasileiras #2)
00:05:48

Airto Moreira, Percussion - Airto Moreira, Vocal - Billy Cobham, Drums - Creed Taylor, Producer - Don Sebesky, Arranger - George Benson, Guitar - George Benson, Performer - H. Villa-Lobos, Composer - H. Villa-Lobos, Lyricist - Herbie Hancock, Piano - Jay Berliner, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Phil Kraus, Percussion - Ron Carter, Bass - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer

Originally released 1971. All rights reserved Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

4
California Dreamin'
00:07:23

Airto Moreira, Percussion - Airto Moreira, Vocal - Alan Rubin, Flugelhorn - Alan Rubin, Trumpet - Billy Cobham, Drums - Creed Taylor, Producer - George Benson, Guitar - George Benson, Performer - George Marge, Clarinet - George Marge, English Horn - George Marge, Flute - George Marge, Oboe - Gloria Agostini, Harp - Herbie Hancock, Piano - Hubert Laws, Flute - Hubert Laws, Piccolo - JANE TAYLOR, Bassoon - Jay Berliner, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Jeffrey Phillips, Composer - Jeffrey Phillips, Lyricist - Jim Buffington, French Horn - John Frosk, Flugelhorn - John Frosk, Trumpet - M. Phillips, Composer - M. Phillips, Lyricist - Phil Kraus, Percussion - Phil Bodner, Flute - Phil Bodner, Oboe - Romeo Penque, Bass Clarinet - Romeo Penque, Clarinet - Romeo Penque, English Horn - Romeo Penque, Flute - Romeo Penque, Oboe - Ron Carter, Bass - Wayne Andre, Trombone

Originally released 1971. All rights reserved Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

5
El Mar
00:10:47

Airto Moreira, Percussion - Airto Moreira, Vocal - Billy Cobham, Drums - Creed Taylor, Producer - Don Sebesky, Arranger - Earl Klugh, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - G. Benson, Composer - G. Benson, Lyricist - George Benson, Guitar - George Benson, Performer - Herbie Hancock, Piano - Jay Berliner, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Phil Kraus, Percussion - Ron Carter, Bass - Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer

Originally released 1971. All rights reserved Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

Album review

For George Benson's second CTI project, producer Creed Taylor and arranger Don Sebesky successfully place the guitarist in a Spanish-flavored setting full of flamenco flourishes, brass fanfares, moody woodwinds and such. The idea works best on "California Dreamin'" (whose chords are based on Andalusian harmonies), where, driven by Jay Berliner's exciting Spanish rhythm guitar, Benson comes through with some terrifically inspired playing. On "El Mar," Berliner is replaced by Benson's protégé Earl Klugh (then only 17) in an inauspicious -- though at the time, widely-heralded -- recorded debut. The title track is another winner, marred only by the out-of-tune brasses at the close, and in a good example of the CTI classical/jazz formula at work, Heitor Villa-Lobos' "Little Train of the Caipira" is given an attractive early-'70s facelift. Herbie Hancock gets plenty of nimble solo space on Rhodes electric piano, Airto Moreira contributes percussion and atmospheric wordless vocals, and Ron Carter and Billy Cobham complete the high-energy rhythm section. In this prime sample of the CTI idiom, everyone wins.

© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo

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