GEORGE BENSON - JAZZ MASTERS 21 [1968]

GEORGE BENSON - JAZZ MASTERS 21 [1968]:yes::yes:

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This is a more satisfactory summary of George Benson's late-'60s recordings than the early CD era's Silver Collection because it includes a pair of the later A&M recordings and a couple of guest spots on a Jimmy Smith album from that period. At this time, Benson, still in his mid-20s, was solidifying his reputation as a tremendously fluent and powerful guitar soloist, with plenty of hard bop facility and a genuine taste for R&B riffing and swinging. The eloquent slow blues of "Low Down and Dirty," and the wild, weird use of a Varitone octave multiplier on "The Shape of Things to Come," and the gutsy if occasionally scattered bop licks as a foil for the smoldering Smith (with drummer Donald Bailey) on "The Boss" go a long way toward illustrating Benson's range here. ~ Richard S. Ginell

Personnel includes: George Benson (vocals, guitar); Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone); Jimmy Owens (trumpet, flugelhorn); Ernie Royal, Snooky Young, Mel Davis, Marvin Stamm, Freddie Hubbard (trumpet); Wayne Andre (trombone); George Marge, Romeo Penque, Stan Webb (flute); Don Ashworth, Phil Bodner, Sonny Fortune, Hubert Laws, Jerome Richardson (woodwinds); Bernard Eichen, Charles Libove (violin); David Markowitz (viola); George Ricci (cello); Herbie Hancock, Bob James (electric piano, organ); Hank Jones (piano); Jimmy Smith (organ); Alan Raph (bass trombone); Herbie Hancock (piano); Ron Carter, Jerry Jemmott (bass); Billy Cobham, Donald Bailey (drums); Johnny Pacheco (congas); Idris Muhammed, Ed Shaugnessy (drums); Ray Barretto, Andy Gonzales (percussion).

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