Goodies (George Benson album)
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| Studio album by George Benson | ||||
| Released | 1968 | |||
| Recorded | November 18 && 19, 1968 A&R Studios, New York City |
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Verve V6 8771 |
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| Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
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Goodies is an album by jazz guitarist George Benson recorded in 1968 and released on the Verve label.[1]
Reception
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
AllMusic awarded the album 2 stars stating "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".[2]
Track listing
All compositions by George Benson except as indicated
- "I Remember Wes" - 3:50
- "Carnival Joys" - 3:50
- "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Jerry Wexler) - 4:40
- "That Lucky Old Sun" (Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie) - 3:37
- "Julie" - 3:10
- "Windmills of Your Mind" (Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman - 5:00
- "Doobie, Doobie Blues" - 5:10
- "Song for My Father" (Horace Silver) - 4:45
- "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield) - 4:10
Personnel
- George Benson - guitar, vocals
- Clark Terry - trumpet
- Garnett Brown - trombone
- Arthur Clarke, George Marge - tenor saxophone, flute
- Bobby Lucas - harmonica
- Paul Griffin - piano, celeste
- Bob Cranshaw, Chuck Rainey - electric bass
- Jimmy Johnson, Jr., Leo Morris - drums
- Jack Jennings - congas, vibraphone
- The Sweet Inspirations - vocals
- The Winston Collymore Strings arranged and conducted by Horace Ott (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7),
References
- ↑ Verve Records Catalog: 8700 series accessed December 13, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ginell, Richard S.. Goodies – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
