Bad Benson

Bad Benson is a 1974 studio album by American guitarist George Benson, released on CTI Records.^[1]

Bad Benson
Studio album by George Benson
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
George Benson chronology
Body Talk (1973) Bad Benson (1974) In Concert-Carnegie Hall (1976)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Track listing

1. "Take Five" (Paul Desmond) - 7:08
2. "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel) - 2:56
3. "My Latin Brother" (George Benson) - 6:50
4. "No Sooner Said Than Done" (Phil Upchurch) - 5:59
5. "Full Compass" (Upchurch) - 5:40
6. "The Changing World" (Benson, Art Gore) - 4:53
7. "Take the 'A' Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "Serbian Blue" (Don Sebesky) - 13:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
9. "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.^[4]

Personnel

• George Benson – guitar
• Johnny Pacheco – congas
• 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

Production

• Creed Taylor – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, mastering (4–6)
• Bob Ciano – album's design
• Ben Rose – cover photography
• Pete Turner – liner photography