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george benson on cti

DJPrestigeDJPrestige 1,710 Posts
edited December 2005 in Strut Central
what's your fave?i like white rabbit, but body talk is growing on me.

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  • Skip DrinkwaterSkip Drinkwater 1,694 Posts
    my favorite's probably "beyond the blue horizon" or "shapes of things to come".
  • DJPrestigeDJPrestige 1,710 Posts
    yeah shit i forgot about shape...good shit.
  • NachoManCandySandwichNachoManCandySandwich 409 Posts
  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,390 Posts
    I'm a bit of a George fan so for me all the CTIs have something good on them. But my favourite is probably Shape of Things To Come although Good King Bad and White Rabbit are up there too for different reasons.

    Also love his work on Stanley Turrentine's Sugar Man LP (really underated and hatted on LP) and Esther Phillips' Alone Again Naturally.

  • LanceLinkLanceLink 21 Posts

    "Tell it like it is". Period.
  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,390 Posts
    Good call.


  • BaptBapt 2,503 Posts
  • BsidesBsides 4,244 Posts
    breezin!
  • FlomotionFlomotion 2,390 Posts
    Breezin' - isn't that one on Warner?
  • PrimeCutsLtdPrimeCutsLtd jersey fresh 2,632 Posts
    I like white rabbit. There's a few cti benson albums I never heard yet. Tell it like it is, is one of them. I'll keep my eyes open.
  • DJPrestigeDJPrestige 1,710 Posts
    I like white rabbit. There's a few cti benson albums I never heard yet. Tell it like it is, is one of them. I'll keep my eyes open.

    yeah you'll keep your eyes open and then take it while we're diggin....LOL

    got it!
  • dig_thisdig_this 279 Posts


    definitely. "My Woman's Good to Me" is my fave....


    ...and also a good call on the



    altho my favorite on there is the "Use Me" cover, but I don't even know if GB's on that cut.
  • Strider79itStrider79it 1,176 Posts
    "weekend in L.A." is not on CTI, still it sounds like one of those .

    that album is underrated cause even if it was from 77 or 78, he still didn't make the compleate transition on mainstraim-pop material and you can find some good playing (along with Ronnie Foster keys)



    on that live album the guy singing sounds a lot like Donny Hathaway
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    "weekend in L.A." is not on CTI, still it sounds like one of those .

    that album is underrated cause even if it was from 77 or 78, he still didn't make the compleate transition on mainstraim-pop material and you can find some good playing (along with Ronnie Foster keys)



    on that live album the guy singing[/b] sounds a lot like Donny Hathaway

    Wouldn't "the guy singing" be George Benson himself???
  • BaptBapt 2,503 Posts
    "weekend in L.A." is not on CTI, still it sounds like one of those .

    that album is underrated cause even if it was from 77 or 78, he still didn't make the compleate transition on mainstraim-pop material and you can find some good playing (along with Ronnie Foster keys)



    on that live album the guy singing[/b] sounds a lot like Donny Hathaway

    Wouldn't "the guy singing" be George Benson himself???

    That's him. ahahhah!!!!
    I love his voice.

    B.
  • BaptBapt 2,503 Posts
    "weekend in L.A." is not on CTI, still it sounds like one of those .

    that album is underrated cause even if it was from 77 or 78, he still didn't make the compleate transition on mainstraim-pop material and you can find some good playing (along with Ronnie Foster keys)



    on that live album the guy singing[/b] sounds a lot like Donny Hathaway

    Wouldn't "the guy singing" be George Benson himself???

    That's him. ahahhah!!!!
    I love his voice.

    B.

    Exactly like on The Other Side Of Abbey Road [/b]

    George Benson Electric Guitar, Vocal[/b]
    Herbie Hancock Piano, Organ
    Ron Carter Bass
    Gerry Jemmott Bass
    Ray Barretto Percussion
    Andy Gonzalez Percussion
    Don Ashworth Baritone Saxophone
    Sonny Fortune Alto Saxophone
    Jerome Richardson Tenor Saxophone
    Creed Taylor Producer

    B.
  • DJPrestigeDJPrestige 1,710 Posts
    "weekend in L.A." is not on CTI, still it sounds like one of those .

    that album is underrated cause even if it was from 77 or 78, he still didn't make the compleate transition on mainstraim-pop material and you can find some good playing (along with Ronnie Foster keys)



    on that live album the guy singing sounds a lot like ethel mermen
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    my favorite's probably "beyond the blue horizon" or "shapes of things to come".

    Cosign.

    My dentist LOVES White Rabbit....he turns that shit up when it comes on.
  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    my favorite's probably "beyond the blue horizon" or "shapes of things to come".

    Cosign.

    My dentist LOVES White Rabbit....he turns that shit up when it comes on.

    lucky! my dentist plays me Albert Ayler.
  • Birdman9Birdman9 5,417 Posts
    Good call.



    I like how this sounds like a Mongo Santamaria LP because of Marty Sheller's production and arranging. It's basically a CTI jazz boogaloo record.

  • jazzman21jazzman21 287 Posts
    I've always loved this one...feat. Kenny Barron, Ron Carter & Phil Upchurch.
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    my favorite's probably "beyond the blue horizon" or "shapes of things to come".

    Cosign.

    My dentist LOVES White Rabbit....he turns that shit up when it comes on.

    lucky! my dentist plays me Albert Ayler.

    Yikes! Your dentist sounds like Steve Martin's character in "Little Shop Of Horrors". I mean, I like me some Albert Ayler, but not while I'm getting my teeth pulled out
  • G_BalliandoG_Balliando 3,916 Posts
    Good call.



    My local store just gave this to me when I tried to buy it the other day. 1 love to WT Denver.
  • Strider79itStrider79it 1,176 Posts
    "weekend in L.A." is not on CTI, still it sounds like one of those .

    that album is underrated cause even if it was from 77 or 78, he still didn't make the compleate transition on mainstraim-pop material and you can find some good playing (along with Ronnie Foster keys)



    on that live album the guy singing[/b] sounds a lot like Donny Hathaway

    Wouldn't "the guy singing" be George Benson himself???

    That's him. ahahhah!!!!
    I love his voice.

    B.

    fuck english language, I meant Benson (himself) 's singing.......


    in other words : ..la sua voce ricorda molto D. H. ,

    that would sound better right ?
  • Pistol_PetePistol_Pete 1,289 Posts
    I've always loved this one...feat. Kenny Barron, Ron Carter & Phil Upchurch.

    co-sign maybe the first record i bought when i started to get into digging.
  • BaptBapt 2,503 Posts
    fuck english language, I meant Benson (himself) 's singing.......


    in other words : ..la sua voce ricorda molto D. H. ,

    that would sound better right ?

    Aahh!!! Italian?
  • Strider79itStrider79it 1,176 Posts
    fuck english language, I meant Benson (himself) 's singing.......


    in other words : ..la sua voce ricorda molto D. H. ,

    that would sound better right ?

    Aahh!!! Italian?


    si
  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
    white rabbit was one of my first records
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