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Take Five ░█ █░ 02. Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams ░█ █░ 03. My Latin Brother ░█ █░ 04. No Sooner Said Than Done ░█ █░ 05. Full Compass ░█ █░ 06. Changing World ░█ █░ 07. Take the A Train ░█ █░ 08. Serbian Blue ░█ █░ 09. From Now On ░█ ███▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀███ █░▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀░█ ███▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ - RELEASE NOTES - ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀███ █░ ░█ █░ EPIC / Legacy / Sony presents: ░█ █░ George Benson - Bad Benson ░█ █░ (Remastered + 3 Bonus Tracks) ░█ █░ ░█ █░ This CD and "Body Talk" have been reissued this year as part ░█ █░ of the Sony Jazz project "CTI ù The Master Collection." ░█ █░ ░█ █░ All Music Guide Review: ░█ █░ Preceding Breezin', his crossover smash for Warner in 19786, ░█ █░ 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. Thankfully, ░█ █░ Legacy's remastered CD version includes three bonus tracks ░█ █░ from the session: a hip and syncopated read of "Take the 'A' ░█ █░ Train" (with truly surreal and shimmering colors courtesy of ░█ █░ Sebesky's string section) and the amazingly driving, greasy ░█ █░ funk of "Serbian Blue," as well as a simply beautiful -- and ░█ █░ brief -- solo from Benson called "From Now On." Not a great ░█ █░ album, but a very, very good one. Thom Jurek ░█ █░ ░█ █░ Album Credits ░█ █░ George Benson Primary Artist ░█ █░ Steve Gadd Drums ░█ █░ Phil Upchurch Percussion, Electric Bass, Ensemble, Guitar ░█ █░ Wayne Andre Trombone ░█ █░ Seymour Barab Cello ░█ █░ Kenny Barron Piano ░█ █░ Raymond Beckenstein Clarinet, English Horn, Flute ░█ █░ Phil Bodner Clarinet, English Horn, Flute ░█ █░ Garnett Brown Trombone ░█ █░ James Buffington Horn ░█ █░ Ron Carter Bass ░█ █░ Warren Covington Trombone ░█ █░ Paul Faulise Bass Trombone ░█ █░ John Frosk Trumpet ░█ █░ Jesse Levy Cello ░█ █░ Frank Levy Cello ░█ █░ George Marge Clarinet, English Horn, Flute ░█ █░ Charles McCracken Cello ░█ █░ Albert Regni Clarinet, English Horn, Flute ░█ █░ Alan Rubin Trumpet ░█ █░ Joe Shepley Trumpet ░█ █░ Alan Shulman Cello ░█ █░ Paul Tobias Cello ░█ █░ Creed Taylor Producer ░█ █░ ░█ █░ If you like this album, support the artists buying the CD. ░█ █░ ░█ ██▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄█▄▄▄ ▄▄ ▄ ▄▓▄ ▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄█▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄██ ██▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄█▄▄▄ ▄▄ ▄ ▄▓▄ ▄ ▄▄ ▄▄▄█▄ ▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄██ ██▀ ▄ ▀ ▀ ▀ ▄ ▀██ █▌ ▀▓▀ ▄▄▓█▄▄ ▄▄▓█▄▄ ▀▓▀ ▐█ ██▄ ▄▄████████▄ A T T E N T I O N ▄████████▄▄ ▄██ █░██████████▀▀█▓▌▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▐▓█▀▀██████████░█ █░ ▀▀▓██▀▀ █ █ ▀▀██▓▀▀ ░█ █░ ░█ █░ CHROMANCE IS CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR DEDICATED RIPPERS, T1/T3 SHELL░█ █░ BOX OWNERS, T1/T3 (40GIG+) SITEOPS, HARDWARE SUPPLIERS. ░█ █░ IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE THE ONE FOR US, THEN CONTACT AN OP AT ░█ █░ #CHR ON EFNET, OR EMAIL US FOR AN APPLICATION FILE. ░█ █░ ░█ █░ IRC : #chr [EFNET] ░█ █░ WWW : http://www.chromance.com ░█ █░ Email : [email protected] ░█ █░▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀░█ █░▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ Logo by creepah -Layout by G-Childz and MistahWax ▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀░█ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀