Bad Benson is a 1974 studio album by American guitarist George Benson, released on CTI Records.[1]
Track listing
- "Take Five" (Paul Desmond) - 7:08
- "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel) - 2:56
- "My Latin Brother" (George Benson) - 6:50
- "No Sooner Said Than Done" (Phil Upchurch) - 5:59
- "Full Compass" (Upchurch) - 5:40
- "The Changing World" (Benson, Art Gore) - 4:53
- "Take the 'A' Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Serbian Blue" (Don Sebesky) - 13:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "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
- Johnny Pacheco – congas
- 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
- Albert 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
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- You Had Better Listen (with Jimmy Owens, 1967)
- Sunset to Dawn (1973)
- Peruvian Blue (1974)
- In Tandem (and Ted Dunbar, 1975)
- Lucifer (1975)
- Innocence (1978)
- Together (and Tommy Flanagan, 1978)
- Golden Lotus (1980)
- Kenny Barron at the Piano (1981)
- Imo Live (1982)
- Spiral (1982)
- Green Chimneys (1983–87)
- 1+1+1 (1984)
- Autumn in New York (1984)
- Landscape (1984)
- Scratch (1985)
- The Red Barron Duo (and Red Mitchell, 1986)
- Two as One (and Buster Williams, 1986)
- What If? (1986)
- Live at Fat Tuesdays (1988)
- Rhythm-a-Ning (and John Hicks, 1989)
- Invitation (1990)
- Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Volume Ten (1990)
- The Only One (1990)
- Confirmation (and Barry Harris, 1991)
- Lemuria-Seascape (1991)
- The Moment (1991)
- Quickstep (1991)
- Sambao (1992)
- Other Places (1993)
- Wanton Spirit (1994)
- Swamp Sally (and Mino Cinelu, 1995)
- Things Unseen (1995)
- Live at Bradley's (1996)
- Live at Bradley's II (1996)
- Night and the City (and Charlie Haden, 1996)
- Spirit Song (1999)
- Canta Brasil (2000)
- Freefall (and Regina Carter, 2000)
- Images (2003)
- Super Standard (2004)
- The Traveler (2007)
- Minor Blues (2009)
- Kenny Barron & the Brazilian Knights (2012)
- The Art of Conversation (and Dave Holland, 2014)
- Book of Intuition (2015)
- Concentric Circles (2018)
- Without Deception (and Dave Holland, 2020)
- The Source (2023)
- Beyond This Place (2024)
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With Bill Barron | |
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With Ron Carter | |
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With Stan Getz | |
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With Dizzy Gillespie | |
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With Freddie Hubbard | |
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With Yusef Lateef | |
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With James Moody | |
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With Buddy Rich | |
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With others |
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- Live at the Blue Note (Franco Ambrosetti, 1992)
- Mustang (Curtis Amy, 1967)
- Old Bottles - New Wine (Ray Anderson, 1985)
- The Best Thing for You (Chet Baker, 1977)
- You Can't Go Home Again (Chet Baker, 1977)
- Studio Trieste (Chet Baker and Hubert Laws, 1982)
- (George Benson, 1974)
- Code Red (Cindy Blackman, 1990)
- The Oracle (Cindy Blackman, 1995)
- Shining Hour (Larry Coryell, 1989)
- Quicksand (Ted Curson, 1974)
- Continuum (Ray Drummond, 1994)
- Booker 'n' Brass (Booker Ervin, 1967)
- Tex Book Tenor (Booker Ervin, 1968)
- All That Jazz (Ella Fitzgerald, 1989)
- Awakening (Sonny Fortune, 1975)
- Two for the Blues (Frank Foster and Frank Wess, 1983)
- Frankly Speaking (Frank Foster and Frank Wess, 1984)
- Tiger in the Rain (Michael Franks, 1978)
- Man & Woman (George Freeman, 1974)
- Panorama: Live at the Village Vanguard (Jim Hall, 1996)
- Light and Lively (Louis Hayes, 1989)
- Una Max (Louis Hayes, 1989)
- The Gap Sealer (Albert Heath, 1972)
- Kwanza (The First) (Jimmy Heath, 1973)
- Now! (Bobby Hutcherson, 1969)
- In the Vanguard (Bobby Hutcherson, 1986)
- New Agenda (Elvin Jones, 1975)
- Time Capsule (Elvin Jones, 1977)
- The Bassist! (Sam Jones, 1979)
- We're Goin' Up (Eric Kloss, 1967)
- Jazz Nocturne (Lee Konitz, 1992)
- Number Two Express (Christian McBride, 1995)
- Brownie: Homage to Clifford Brown (Helen Merrill, 1995)
- Never Never Land (Jane Monheit, 2000)
- Peace and Rhythm (Idris Muhammad, 1971)
- A Time for Love (Arturo Sandoval, 2010)
- This Bud's for You... (Bud Shank, 1984)
- Solid (Woody Shaw, 1986)
- Kamau (Charles Sullivan, 1995)
- Pure Dynamite (Buddy Terry, 1972)
- A Bluish Bag (Stanley Turrentine, 1967)
- Jazz French Horn (Tom Varner, 1985)
- Listen Here (Roseanna Vitro, 1982)
- Natural Essence (Tyrone Washington, 1967)
- Two at the Top (Frank Wess and Johnny Coles, 1983)
- New York, New Sound (Gerald Wilson, 2003)
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