Bad Benson
# Bad Benson

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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.

## Personnel

* 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

### Production

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