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    George Benson - Bad Benson (1974/2016) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/192kHz]

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    George Benson - Bad Benson (1974/2016) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/192kHz]

    George Benson - Bad Benson (1974/2016)
    FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time - 33:44 minutes | 1,28 GB
    FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 33:44 minutes | 727 MB
    Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

    Preceding Breezin', his crossover smash for Warner in 1976, Bad Benson shows the guitarist still hanging on to his Wes Montgomery roots in places while stretching his soul-jazz persona into even funkier arenas. CTI had a formula for making funky, accessible jazz and fusion records that in 1974 still held true. Arranged by Don Sebesky, Bad Benson is a collection of delicious, varied, and sometimes confusing choices. Benson's own playing is precise and smooth as always, and guitarist Phil Upchurch keeps a large color palette for him to draw from, as in the funkified version of "Take Five." Other notables are the stellar "My Latin Brother," which begins as a Debussy-ian impressionistic string study before becoming a heavily arpeggiated variation on the samba. Kenny Barron's pianism here is the driving force behind a rhythm section that also includes drummer Steve Gadd and bassist Ron Carter. They give Benson a harmonic floor for one of the most inspiring solos of his career. These intensely meaty cuts – along with Upchurch's stellar swinging in the pocket groover "Full Compass" – are juxtaposed against ballads such as "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" and "The Changing World," a pair of ballads that ape Montgomery's later snore-fest session for A&M. Not a great album, but a very, very good one.

    Tracklist:

    01 - Take Five
    02 - Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
    03 - My Latin Brother
    04 - No Sooner Said Than Done
    05 - Full Compass
    06 - The Changing World

    Produced by Creed Taylor. Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder. Arranged by Don Sebesky.
    Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on May 29 (Tracks 1,3 & 5), May 30 (Tracks 4,6) and June 20 (Track 2), 1974.

    George Benson - guitar
    Phil Upchurch - guitar, electric bass, percussion
    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
    Al 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


    Analyzed: George Benson / Bad Benson
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    DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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    DR12 -0.10 dB -14.11 dB 7:10 01-Take Five
    DR12 -0.90 dB -16.88 dB 3:00 02-Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams
    DR12 -0.10 dB -13.66 dB 6:54 03-My Latin Brother
    DR10 -0.10 dB -12.23 dB 6:01 04-No Sooner Said Than Done
    DR12 -0.10 dB -13.82 dB 5:44 05-Full Compass
    DR11 -0.10 dB -14.18 dB 4:55 06-The Changing World
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    Number of tracks: 6
    Official DR value: DR12

    Samplerate: 192000 Hz
    Channels: 2
    Bits per sample: 24
    Bitrate: 5191 kbps
    Codec: FLAC
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