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- Date Released: January 1, 1973
- Genre: Jazz
- Label: Epic/Associated
- Copyright: Originally Released 1971 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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They Say...
For George Benson's second CTI project, producer Creed Taylor and arranger Don Sebesky successfully place the guitarist in a Spanish-flavored setting full of flamenco flourishes, brass fanfares, moody woodwinds and such. The idea works best on "California Dreamin'" (whose chords are based on Andalusian harmonies), where, driven by Jay Berliner's exciting Spanish rhythm guitar, Benson comes through with some terrifically inspired playing. On "El Mar," Berliner is replaced by Benson's protégé Earl Klugh (then only 17) in an inauspicious -- though at the time, widely-heralded -- recorded debut. The title track is another winner, marred only by the out-of-tune brasses at the close, and in a good example of the CTI classical/jazz formula at work, Heitor Villa-Lobos' "Little Train of the Caipira" is given an attractive early-'70s facelift. Herbie Hancock gets plenty of nimble solo space on Rhodes electric piano, Airto Moreira contributes percussion and atmospheric wordless vocals, and Ron Carter and Billy Cobham complete the high-energy rhythm section. In this prime sample of the CTI idiom, everyone wins.
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05 Total Tracks, 35:55 Total Length
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- George Benson - Guitar // George Benson - Guitar // George Benson - Guitar // George Benson - Guitar // George Benson - Guitar // George Benson - Guitar // George Benson - Vocals // George Benson - Vocals // George Benson - Vocals // George Benson - Vocals // George Benson - Vocals // George Benson - Vocals // Phil Bodner - Clarinet // Phil Bodner - Flute // Phil Bodner - Flute (Alto) // Phil Bodner - Horn (English) // Phil Bodner - Oboe // Ron Carter - Bass // Ron Carter - Bass // Ron Carter - Bass // Ron Carter - Bass // Ron Carter - Bass // Herbie Hancock - Keyboards // Herbie Hancock - Keyboards // Herbie Hancock - Piano (Electric) // Herbie Hancock - Piano (Electric) // Earl Klugh - Guitar // Hubert Laws - Flute // Hubert Laws - Flute (Alto) // Hubert Laws - Piccolo // Jay Berliner - Guitar // Airto Moreira - Percussion // Airto Moreira - Percussion // Airto Moreira - Percussion // Airto Moreira - Vocals // Airto Moreira - Vocals // Airto Moreira - Vocals // Gloria Agostini - Harp // Wayne Andre - Trombone // Wayne Andre - Horn (Baritone) // James Buffington - French Horn // Billy Cobham - Drums // Billy Cobham - Drums // John Frosk - Trumpet // John Frosk - Flugelhorn // Phil Kraus - Percussion // Phil Kraus - Vibraphone // George Marge - Clarinet // George Marge - Flute // George Marge - Flute (Alto) // George Marge - Horn (English) // George Marge - Oboe // Romeo Penque - Clarinet // Romeo Penque - Clarinet (Bass) // Romeo Penque - Flute (Alto) // Romeo Penque - Horn (English) // Romeo Penque - Oboe // Alan Rubin - Trumpet // Alan Rubin - Flugelhorn // Jane Taylor - Bassoon
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- Instruments:
- Flute //
- Guitar //
- Percussion //
- Piano //
- Trombone //
- Trumpet //
- Bass (Vocal) //
- Drums //
- Guitar (Electric) //
- Piano (Electric) //
- Brass //
- Woodwind
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