Bad Benson Explained

Bad Benson
Type:	studio
Artist:	George Benson
Cover:	Bad Benson.jpg
Released:	October 13, 1974
Recorded:	April 22 – June 20, 1974
Studio:	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	50:36
Label:	CTI
Producer:	Creed Taylor
Prev Title:	Body Talk
Prev Year:	1973
Next Title:	In Concert-Carnegie Hall
Next Year:	1976

Bad Benson is a 1974 studio album by American guitarist George Benson, released on CTI Records.

Track listing

"Take Five" (Paul Desmond) - 7:08
"Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel) - 2:56
"My Latin Brother" (George Benson) - 6:50
"No Sooner Said Than Done" (Phil Upchurch) - 5:59
"Full Compass" (Upchurch) - 5:40
"The Changing World" (Benson, Art Gore) - 4:53
"Take the 'A' Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Serbian Blue" (Don Sebesky) - 13:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
"From Now On" (Benson) - 2:20 Bonus track on CD reissue

Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 22 (Track 9), May 29 (Tracks 1, 3 & 5), May 30 (Tracks 4, 6–8) and June 20 (Track 2), 1974.^[1]

George Benson – guitar
Phil Upchurch – guitar, percussion (3), electric bass (5)
Kenny Barron – piano
Ron Carter – bass
Steve Gadd – drums
Garnett Brown, Warren Covington, Wayne Andre – trombone
Paul Faulise – bass trombone
Alan Rubin, Joe Shepley, John Frosk – trumpet
Phil Bodner – English horn, clarinet, alto flute
George Marge – English horn, flute, piccolo flute
Ray Beckenstein - flute
Albert Regni - flute, clarinet
Brooks Tillotson, Jim Buffington – French horn
Margaret Ross – harp
Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, Frank Levy, Jesse Levy, Paul Tobias, Seymour Barab – cello
Don Sebesky – arrangements and conductor