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No, you're not in Creed Taylor country yet, but you might as well be, for many of the ingredients that would garnish Benson's albums with Taylor are already present in this often enjoyable prototype. The immediate goal was to groom Benson as the next Wes Montgomery (who was about to leave Verve) -- and so he covers hit tunes of the day ("Sunny," "Along Comes Mary," "Groovin'"), playing either with a big band plus voices or a neat quintet anchored by Herbie Hancock, and the sound is contoured to give his guitar a warm mellow ambience. But the eclectic Benson is his own man, as his infectious repeated-interval rhythm trademark tells us on his self-composed title track, and despite Tom McIntosh's mostly lame arrangements, George's work is always tasty and irresistibly melodic.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
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Jimmy Owens, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Raph, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Lynch, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Benson, MainArtist - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Pepper Adams, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Cobham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pacheco, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Snooky Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tandyn Almer, ComposerLyricist - Tom McIntosh, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Gale, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Owens, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Raph, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Benson, MainArtist - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Hebb, ComposerLyricist - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pepper Adams, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Cobham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pacheco, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Snooky Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tom McIntosh, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Eileen Gilbert, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Albertine Robinson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Lois Winter, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Haggart, Composer - Ron Carter, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Benson, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Burke, Author - Billy Cobham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pacheco, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Tom McIntosh, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Gale, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Owens, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Raph, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Benson, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pepper Adams, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Cobham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pacheco, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - Snooky Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tom McIntosh, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Gale, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Owens, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Raph, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - George Benson, MainArtist - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Cranshaw, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pepper Adams, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Cobham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pacheco, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Snooky Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tom McIntosh, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Eileen Gilbert, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Albertine Robinson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Lois Winter, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ron Carter, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Benson, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Cobham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pacheco, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Tom McIntosh, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer - Harold Lomax Ousley, Composer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Gale, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jimmy Owens, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Raph, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Benson, MainArtist - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Pepper Adams, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Cannonball Adderley, ComposerLyricist - Billy Cobham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pacheco, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - Snooky Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tom McIntosh, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eddie Brigati, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Owens, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Raph, Bass Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Carter, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Benson, MainArtist - Ernie Royal, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Felix Cavaliere, ComposerLyricist - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Pepper Adams, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Cobham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pacheco, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Snooky Young, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Tom McIntosh, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ron Carter, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Benson, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Cobham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pacheco, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Tom McIntosh, Conductor, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ron Carter, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Benson, MainArtist - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Parker, ComposerLyricist - Billy Cobham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pacheco, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Tom McIntosh, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer
℗ 1976 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Haggart, Composer - Ron Carter, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Benson, MainArtist - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Billy Cobham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pacheco, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Tom McIntosh, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Haggart, Composer - Ron Carter, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Benson, MainArtist - HERBIE HANCOCK, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Burke, ComposerLyricist - Billy Cobham, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Johnny Pacheco, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Tom McIntosh, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Esmond Edwards, Producer
℗ 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
No, you're not in Creed Taylor country yet, but you might as well be, for many of the ingredients that would garnish Benson's albums with Taylor are already present in this often enjoyable prototype. The immediate goal was to groom Benson as the next Wes Montgomery (who was about to leave Verve) -- and so he covers hit tunes of the day ("Sunny," "Along Comes Mary," "Groovin'"), playing either with a big band plus voices or a neat quintet anchored by Herbie Hancock, and the sound is contoured to give his guitar a warm mellow ambience. But the eclectic Benson is his own man, as his infectious repeated-interval rhythm trademark tells us on his self-composed title track, and despite Tom McIntosh's mostly lame arrangements, George's work is always tasty and irresistibly melodic.
© Richard S. Ginell /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:16
- Main artists: George Benson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 2000 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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