George Benson - Tell It Like It Is (1969) [Original USA]

23/07/2014 17:56

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Название: Tell It Like It Is
Исполнитель: George Benson
Жанр: Crossover Jazz, Jazz-Pop, Guitar Jazz, Soul
Год выпуска: 1969
Количество композиций: 11
Количество пластинок: 1
Фирма: A&M Records, CTI Records (Made in USA)
Номер по каталогу: SP 3020

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Формат: flac + wavpack
Качество: lossless 16 bit/44.1 kHz + lossless 32 bit float/96 kHz
Размер файла: 241 + 967 Мб (3% на восстановление)

Предпрослушка: mp3 cbr 320 kbps

Список композиций:
01. Soul Limbo
02. Are You Happy
03. Tell It Like It Is
04. Land Of 1000 Dances
05. Jackie, All
06. Dontcha Hear Me Callin' To Ya
07. Water Brother
08. My Woman's Good To Me
09. Jama Joe
10. My Cherie Amour
11. Out In The Cold Again

Музыканты:
George Benson - guitar, vocals
Lew Soloff - trumpet
Arthur Clarke (tracks 1-5), Bob Porcelli (tracks 6, 7 & 9), Hubert Laws (tracks 6, 7 & 9), Jerome Richardson (tracks 1-5, 8, 10 & 11), Joe Farrell (tracks 8, 10 & 11), Joe Henderson (tracks 8, 10 & 11), Sonny Fortune (tracks 1-5) - saxophone
Rodgers Grant (tracks 6, 7 & 9), Richard Tee (tracks 1-5, 8, 10 & 11) - piano
Bob Bushnell (tracks 1-5), Gerry Jemmott (tracks 1-7 & 9), Jim Fielder (tracks 8, 10 & 11) - bass guitar
Leo Morris - drums
Paul Alicea, Angel Allende, Johnny Pacheco - percussion
Marty Sheller - arranger, conductor

Tell It Like It Is is an album by American guitarist George Benson featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the A&M label.
Trying to shake things up, producer Creed Taylor brought in arranger Marty Sheller from Mongo Santamaria's Afro-Cuban band, reduced the sizes of the servings (no track is longer than 3:45), cranked up the decibels to a raucous level, and presented Benson in what he hoped would be a radio-friendly setting. The wonder is that Benson manages to transcend the blasting Latin-percussion-spiced production, the tight time limits, and all with often brilliantly tasty guitar fills and brief solos in many styles and three reverb-heavy vocals. The most attractive - and most frustrating - track is Eumir Deodato's lovely "Jackie, All;" George states the tune twice and just as he starts a beautiful solo, the faders go down at the 2:15 mark! Damn. Worth hearing despite the long production knives. allmusic