Bad Benson

by George Benson

Bad Benson cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 13 October 1974
  • Label: CTI
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 33:25
  • Community rating: 3.53/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Master guitarist George Benson continues his highly successful run with CTI Records, guided by the lush, cinematic orchestrations of Don Sebesky. 'Bad Benson' balances fluid, virtuosic hard bop guitar playing with deep, accessible jazz-funk rhythms, highlighted by an iconic interpretation of 'Take Five'.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, rhythmic, technical, uncommon-time-signatures, guitars, fusion, orchestral, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Take Five (7:08)
  2. Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (2:56)
  3. My Latin Brother (6:48)
  4. No Sooner Said Than Done (5:59)
  5. Full Compass (5:39)
  6. The Changing World (4:53)

Credits

  • George Benson - primary artist, guitar, written-by
  • Don Sebesky - arranged by, conductor
  • Ron Carter - bass
  • Paul Faulise - bass trombone
  • Alan Shulman - cello
  • Charles McCracken - cello
  • Frank Ezra Levy - cello
  • Jesse Levy - cello

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