George Benson - Goodies (1968) [Jazz][mp3 320][h33t][schon55]

George Benson - Goodies
Label: Verve Records
Format: Vinyl, LP, Stereo, Promo
Country: US
Released: 1968
Bitrate: 320 kbps

This LP by guitarist George Benson was released in 1968 on Verve, players are George Benson on guitar & vocals, Paul Griffin

on piano, Leo Morris and Jimmy Johnson Jr. on drums, Chuck Rainey and Bob Cranshaw on bass, Arthur Clarke and George

Marge on sax & flute, Buddy Lucas on harmonica, Jack Jennings on congas, Garnett Brown on trombone and Clark Terry on

trumpet, plus strings.

Verve needed one more album from Benson after he signed with A&M/CTI, and ended up with a strange grab-bag in which

Benson plays superbly throughout, whatever the odd goulash of sounds in back of him. Horace Ott's string arrangements are

overbearing in scope and undernourished in tone; at times they don't even seem in sync with Benson's group. The big band

tracks -- "Song For My Father" in particular -- are more tolerable, and the gospel singing of the Sweet Inspirations is harmless.

There is one high-spirited Benson vocal, "That Lucky Old Sun," and it strikes fire. Perversely perhaps, the choice cut is a

surprisingly hard-driven "Windmills Of Your Mind," in which Benson fights off the cheesy arrangement with some powerfully

rhythmic work ( watch out for the shattering psychedelic ending! ). ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

Personnel:
Arranged By, Conductor - Horace Ott
Bass [Fender] - Bob Cranshaw (tracks: A4, B2) , Chuck Rainey
Congas, Vibraphone - Jack Jennings
Drums - Jimmy Johnson, Jr. (tracks: A4, B2) , Leo Morris
Featuring [Strings] - Winston Collymore Strings, The*
Flute, Saxophone [Tenor] - Arthur Clarke , George Marge
Guitar, Vocals - George Benson
Harmonica - Buddy Lucas
Piano [Celeste] - Paul Griffin
Producer - Esmond Edwards
Trombone - Garnett Brown
Trumpet - Clark Terry
Vocals - Sweet Inspirations, The (tracks: A3, B4)

George Benson - Goodies Tracks:
01 A1 I Remember Wes
02 A2 Carnival Joys
03 A3 You Make Me Feel Like A Natural Woman
04 A4 That Lucky Old Sun
05 A5 Julie
06 B1 Windmills Of Your Mind
07 B2 Doobie, Doobie Blues
08 B3 Song For My Father
09 B4 People Get Ready