Bad Benson

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Bad Benson
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 13, 1974
RecordedApril 22 – June 20, 1974
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length50:36
Label CTI
Producer Creed Taylor
George Benson chronology
Body Talk
(1973)
Bad Benson
(1974)
In Concert-Carnegie Hall
(1976)
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Bad Benson is a 1974 studio album by American guitarist George Benson, released on CTI Records. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Take Five" (Paul Desmond) - 7:08
  2. "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel) - 2:56
  3. "My Latin Brother" (George Benson) - 6:50
  4. "No Sooner Said Than Done" (Phil Upchurch) - 5:59
  5. "Full Compass" (Upchurch) - 5:40
  6. "The Changing World" (Benson, Art Gore) - 4:53
  7. "Take the 'A' Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
  8. "Serbian Blue" (Don Sebesky) - 13:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
  9. "From Now On" (Benson) - 2:20 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

Production

References

  1. 1 2 Bad Benson at AllMusic
  2. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 23. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 114. ISBN   978-0-14-103401-0.
  4. "Bad Benson". at Doug Payne's CTI Records discography