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  • Lou Donaldson, Midnight Creeper, 1968 on Blue Note

    Lou Donaldson, Midnight Creeper, 1968 on Blue Note

    Donaldson joined here by Leo Morris (drums), George Benson (guitar), Lonnie Smith (organ) and Blue Mitchell (trumpet). Very groovy soul-jazz LP from late sixties Blue Note. Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in Englewood Cliffs and produced by Francis Wolff. My copy—via Amazon—is the Blue Note Tone Poet reissue from 2024, mastered by Kevin Gray and…

  • George Benson, Bad Benson, 1974 on CTI Records.

    George Benson, Bad Benson, 1974 on CTI Records.

    George Benson, Bad Benson, 1974 on CTI Records. There’s a new documentary about Creed Taylor (who passed last week) and CTI on www.snapshotsfoundation.com in which Benson features prominently Great version of Take Five

  • George Benson, Breezin’, 1976 on Warner Bros.

    George Benson, Breezin’, 1976 on Warner Bros.

    George Benson, Breezin’, 1976 on Warner Bros. Includes “This Masquerade” by Leon Russell

  • George Benson, The Other Side of Abbey Road, 1970 on A&M

    George Benson, The Other Side of Abbey Road, 1970 on A&M

    George Benson, The Other Side of Abbey Road, 1970 on A&M Found this last week at Deep Thoughts in Jamaica Plain – fantastic reimagining of Abbey Road by jazz guitarist and vocalist George Benson Gotta be my favorite find of the year, even without Maxwell’s Silver Hammer.