George Benson • It's Uptown

It's Uptown remains a germinal jazz guitar album. Benson's guitar playing is drenched in bebop, but also strongly influenced by R&B and soul music, as is his quartet's sound overall. And the three vocal cuts -- "Summertime," "A Foggy Day," "Stormy Weather" -- foretell Benson's success as an R&B and pop singer. Lonnie Smith's organ and Ronnie Cuber's baritone sax provide the group with an unmistakable signature sound, perhaps dated at first blush, but timeless in actuality. 

 

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It's Uptown sigue siendo un álbum germinal de guitarra de jazz. La forma de tocar la guitarra de Benson está impregnada de bebop, pero también está fuertemente influenciada por el R&B y la música soul, al igual que el sonido de su cuarteto en general. Y los tres cortes vocales - "Summertime", "A Foggy Day", "Stormy Weather"- presagian el éxito de Benson como cantante de R&B y pop. El órgano de Lonnie Smith y el saxo barítono de Ronnie Cuber proporcionan al grupo un sonido inconfundible, quizás anticuado a primera vista, pero intemporal en la actualidad. 

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  Tracks:
01. Clockwise (4:30)      
02. Summertime (2:27)      
03. Ain't That Peculiar (3:00)
04. Jaguar (2:55)
05. Willow Weep For Me (7:46)     
06. A Foggy Day (2:42)
07. Hello Birdie (4:03)
08. Bullfight (3:50)  
09. Stormy Weather (2:21) 
10. Eternally (4:07)
11. Myna Bird Blues (4:35)

Personnel:
Vocals, Guitar - George Benson
Drums - Jimmy Lovelace
Organ - Lonnie Smith
Saxophone [Baritone] - Ronnie Cuber

January - March 1966, New York
Producer - John Hammond

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