LondonJazz: LP Review: George Benson – Body Talk 01.12.14 09:32
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Sinclair Jazz 15h Photos @SinclairJazz New Twitter for Dec 14 onwards for David Sinclair jazzphotographs.com 25 year archive of high quality jazz photos @ddbprods plz RT Retweeted by LondonJazz News Expand STONEY LANE RECORDS George Benson – Body Talk Mike Collins 15h @jazzyblogman (Speakers Corner/CTI 6033. LP review by Andrew Cartmel) My CD REVIEW for @LondonJazz : Euan Following on the furry heels of White Rabbit and recorded in 1973, Body Talk was Burton - Too Much Love George Benson’s sixth CTI album (counting the A&M issues), and by now the nblo.gs/11IwUP guitarist’s recordings for Creed Taylor had settled into a smooth and relatively Retweeted by lucrative groove — although nothing like the enormous commercial success that LondonJazz News was to come with Benson’s move to Warner Bros, his subsequent album Breezin’ Expand and his vocal rendition of This Masquerade (a top ten hit and a Grammy winner) — Breezin’ was the first jazz album to go platinum. Tweet to @LondonJazz
But it’s Benson’s sequence of albums for Creed Taylor Incorporated which arguably (Birmingham) represent the cream of his work, and are indisputably the purest in terms of jazz. They are also all consistently and beautifully engineered — by Rudy Van Gelder at Links We Like - UK Jazz his Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey studios. This superb sonic quality was a feature 606 Club which at the time was all too often obscured by flimsy vinyl and poor manufacture. bebop spoken here This makes the outstanding new release from Speakers Corner, beautifully pressed Leash - Splinter @ the Bridge Hotel. Nov. 30 on 180g vinyl, all the more valuable. Body Talk has never sounded better. (Well, maybe on the master tapes.) The Jazz Mann EFG London Jazz Festival, Day Three, 16/11/2014. Musically Benson’s run of CTI albums were highly diverse. In terms of contributing Jazz Yorkshire players Ron Carter is almost the only consistent element, having been Benson’s Porter Quartet UK Tour bassist of choice since 1969 and The Other Side of Abbey Road. Drummer Jack The Jazz Breakfast DeJohnette, who had brought a thundering, angular modernism to Bill Evans’s trio, Lumen Drones had come on board for Beyond the Blue Horizon in 1971 but subsequently sat out thebluemoment.com
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on White Rabbit that same year. Body Talk sees DeJohnette back and Carter still Mr Brown, Mr Bart and Mr Byrd firmly in place. Liam Noble's Brother Face blog The blues Dance has a Herbie Hancock sound, perhaps deliberately invoking A Life In Jazz Dolphin Dance (Hancock was another illustrious Benson sideman). Benson makes a Corey Mwamba's mission statement with his virtuoso plucking here. It’s his composition, and he Cognizance Institute of Composing Advisory occupies virtually all the solo space with players of the calibre of Harold Mabern on Programme electric piano, Gary King, electric bass and Earl Klugh, guitar, all relegated to Jazzshaped rhythm and comping. The Neil Cowley Trio 'Touch and Flee' - Exceptional In Any Situation When Love Has Grown has a fuller, more joyous and vibrant feel. Klugh fattens the guitar lines and takes his own solo. Harold Mabern also has a chance to shine. But Jazzwise Magazine Jazz breaking news: Hiromi Trio Benson remains emphatically the star of this show. Mabern is given considerably Recent Comments Project hits Cadogan Hall for more elbow room, as is Ron Carter, on Plum where they shepherd in a funkier, three nights hipper and darker feel with Benson’s silvery guitar against the black velvet backdrop Anonymous commented on Review Trish Clowes' Blog Charles Lloyd Wild Man Suite Joe: “Joe provided by a larger ensemble. The horn section consists of Jon Faddis, Waymon Lovano and Dave Douglas played with Reed and John Gatchell on trumpet and flugelhorn and Gerald Chamberlain and great energy and verve, but I still Dick Griffin on trombone. managed to fall asleep…” Friends from overseas Anonymous commented on Review Nikki It becomes rapidly clear why Body Talk is the title track. Introduced with an insistent, Iles Royal Academy Of: “I thought that foot-shuffling beat and an addictive, hummable riff it could easily ignite any dance I Rock Jazz (Michigan) this was one of the stand-out floor. Benson’s guitar sculpts a melodic mountain range over the lush plateau of All Jazz Radio (Cape Town, SA) performances of the jazz festival this rhythm provided by his ensemble. Percussionist Mobuto slaps cascading congas year. The RAM…” Citizen Jazz (Paris,France) while DeJohnette provides a hummingbird blur of cymbals. The order of the day is Jazzthetik (Münster, Germany) Barry Cordon commented on Review elegant excitement. You can feel your heartbeat begin to chase the guitar line. Georgia Mancio Alan Broadbent At: “I Frank Foster’s tenor sax is sour, soulful and poignant, answered by Memphis was lucky to be there too and the solo in Horns-style brass stabs, all tastefully underpinning Benson (the arrangements are Hide Me From The Moonlight made this old heart miss a…” by Pee Wee Ellis). Recent Articles
▼ 2014 (939) Tony Stone commented on Review Top Of The World is an ironic title since this track exerts a sharp, wistful, Georgia Mancio Alan Broadbent At: “It ▶ Dec (1) melancholy. Starting as a lonely guitar exploration, it’s soon enriched by was a real treat to have seen this duo ▼ Nov (99) DeJohnette’s drums and Mabern’s electric piano, picking up tempo and gaining again at the Pizza Express, i very much LP Review: George Benson enjoyed the gig,…” complexity, but never losing that essential sadness. The tune moves up another – Body Talk level as the sax and horns join in, providing a powerful James Brown soul feel to the CD REVIEW: Euan Burton - Steven Heath commented on Too Much Love Previewinterview Gareth Lockrane: settings for Benson’s guitar, which always retains primacy. Impressive and moving, “Thank you for sharing these scribes. His and a testament to Pee Wee Ellis’s contribution as arranger and conductor (and it NEWS: Claire Martin and music will live long and be enjoyed by so isn’t surprising to learn that Ellis was a lynchpin of James Brown’s band in the Julian Nicholas launch fir... many spirits.” 1960s). REVIEW: Georgia Mancio/ Recent Comments Widget Alan Broadbent at Pizza George Benson's later work - all smooth jazz stylings, mellow vocals and tweetie- Ex... bird arrangements - is what he is best known for, and this virtuosic, harder-edged REPORT/PHOTOS: 15th album from his prime period is a very welcome treat, both musically and in terms of European Jazztival at OUR PODCAST JINGLE BY Schloss ... sound quality. Perhaps Speakers Corner would like to follow up with White Rabbit? KATE WILLIAMS EP REVIEW: Flekd - Flekd CD REVIEW: Jamie Saft, On Sunday, November 30, 2014 Steve Swallow and Bobby Pre... NEWS: Jazz Record Requests to Celebrate its 50th B... No comments: INTERVIEW: Frank Harrison, pianist. (New CD: Live... REVIEW: Charles Lloyd: Wild Man Suite + Joe Post a Comment Lovano...
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