05/04/2025

George Benson "Bad Benson" (1974) -Jazz Funk-



Label : CTI Records


États-Unis Side 1

01 - Take Five (Paul Desmond)
02 - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (Johnny Mandel, Marilyn & Alan Bergman)
03 - My Latin Brother (George Benson)

Side 2

01 - No Sooner Said Than Done (Phil Upchurch)
02 - Full Compass (Phil Upchurch)
03 - The Changing World (George Benson & Art Gore)


Arranged & Conducted by Don Sebesky
Musical Conception of "Take Five" by Phil Upchurch
Recorded at Van Gelder Studios
Rudy Van Gelder, Engineer
Recorded May, 1974

Guitar : George Benson, Phil Upchurch
Piano : Kenny Barron
Bass : Ron Carter, Phil Upchurch (Electric Bass "Full Compass")
Drums : Steve Gadd
Percussion : Phil Upchurch ("My Latin Brother")
Trumpet : John Frosk, Alan Rubin, Joe Shepley
Trombone : Wayne Andre, Garnett Brown, Warren Covington, Paul Fraulise (Bass Trombone)
French Horn : Jim Buffington, Brooks Tillotson
Woodwinds : Ray Beckenstein (Flutes), Phil Bodner (English Horn, Clarinet, Alto Flute), George Marge (English Horn, Flutes, Piccolo), Al Regni (Flutes, Clarinet)
Cello : Seymour Barab, Frank Levy, Jesse Levy, Charles McCracken, Alan Shulman, Paul Tobias
Harp : Margaret Ross