1972 - White Rabbit

White Rabbit

George Benson

Crossover JazzGuitar JazzJazzJazz InstrumentJazz-Pop

1972 | FLAC 96kHz 24bit | 5 tracks · 36:07

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✪ George Benson -- White Rabbit ✪ 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

George Benson

1	White Rabbit	♡	7:02	Grace Slick / Don Sebesky	George Benson / John Frosk / Hubert Laws
2	Theme from Summer of ‘42	♡	5:09	Michel Legrand / Don Sebesky
3	Little Train [From Bachianas Brasileiras #2]	♡	5:48	Don Sebesky / Heitor Villa‐Lobos
4	California Dreamin’	♡	7:23	John Phillips / Michelle Phillips / Don Sebesky
5	El Mar	♡	10:48	George Benson / Don Sebesky	George Benson / John Frosk

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• AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/album/MW0000187852

Credits

Acoustic Guitar — Earl Klugh, Jay Berliner Arranged By — Don Sebesky Bassoon — Jane Taylor Double Bass — Ron Carter Drums — Billy Cobham Electric Piano — Herbie Hancock Engineer — Rudy Van Gelder English Horn — Romeo Penque, George Marge, Phil Bodner Oboe — Romeo Penque, George Marge, Phil Bodner Clarinet — Romeo Penque, George Marge Bass Clarinet — Romeo Penque Alto Flute — Romeo Penque, George Marge, Phil Bodner, Hubert Laws Flute — George Marge, Phil Bodner, Hubert Laws Piccolo Flute — Hubert Laws French Horn — Jim Buffington Guitar — George Benson Harp — Gloria Agostini Percussion — Airto Moreira, Phil Kraus Vocals — Airto Moreira Producer — Creed Taylor Soloist — Hubert Laws, John Frosk Trombone — Wayne Andre Baritone Horn — Wayne Andre Trumpet — Alan Rubin, John Frosk Flugelhorn — Alan Rubin, John Frosk Vibraphone — Phil Kraus

Materials

• White Rabbit.pdf

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