George Benson - White Rabbit (1971/1978)
George Benson - White Rabbit (1971/1978)
Vinyl Rip | 24-bit/192 kHz | Flac(Tracks) > 1.22 Gb | Artwork > 249 Mb
CTI Records/King Record, LAX 3191 | Japan | Fusion
Vinyl Rip | 24-bit/192 kHz | Flac(Tracks) > 1.22 Gb | Artwork > 249 Mb
CTI Records/King Record, LAX 3191 | Japan | Fusion
For George Benson's second CTI project, producer Creed Taylor and arranger Don Sebesky successfully place the guitarist in a Spanish-flavored setting full of flamenco flourishes, brass fanfares, moody woodwinds and such. The idea works best on "California Dreamin'" (whose chords are based on Andalusian harmonies), where, driven by Jay Berliner's exciting Spanish rhythm guitar, Benson comes through with some terrifically inspired playing. On "El Mar," Berliner is replaced by Benson's protégé Earl Klugh (then only 17) in an inauspicious – though at the time, widely-heralded – recorded debut. The title track is another winner, marred only by the out-of-tune brasses at the close, and in a good example of the CTI classical/jazz formula at work, Heitor Villa-Lobos' "Little Train of the Caipira" is given an attractive early-'70s facelift. Herbie Hancock gets plenty of nimble solo space on Rhodes electric piano, Airto Moreira contributes percussion and atmospheric wordless vocals, and Ron Carter and Billy Cobham complete the high-energy rhythm section. In this prime sample of the CTI idiom, everyone wins.by Richard S. Ginell
George Benson - White Rabbit (1971/1978):
Tracklist:
01. White Rabbit (Slick) - 7:01
02. Theme from Summer of '42 (Legrand) - 5:11
03. Little Train (Villa-Lobos) - 5:48
04. California Dreaming (Phillips-Phillips) - 7:24
05. El Mar (Benson) - 10:47
Original ripper: thezabs
Original format: 24/192
Vinyl Condition: Mint
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George Benson - White Rabbit (1971/1978)
George Benson - White Rabbit (1971/1978)
