George Benson • Giblet Gravy

Review

No, you're not in Creed Taylor country yet, but you might as well be, for many of the ingredients that would garnish Benson's albums with Taylor are already present in this often enjoyable prototype. The immediate goal was to groom Benson as the next Wes Montgomery (who was about to leave Verve) -- and so he covers hit tunes of the day ("Sunny," "Along Comes Mary," "Groovin'"), playing either with a big band plus voices or a neat quintet anchored by Herbie Hancock, and the sound is contoured to give his guitar a warm mellow ambience. But the eclectic Benson is his own man, as his infectious repeated-interval rhythm trademark tells us on his self-composed title track, and despite Tom McIntosh's mostly lame arrangements, George's work is always tasty and irresistibly melodic.

by Richard S. Ginell

https://www.allmusic.com/album/giblet-gravy-mw0000068801

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Reseña

No, aún no estás en el país de Creed Taylor, pero bien podrías estarlo, ya que muchos de los ingredientes que adornarían los álbumes de Benson con Taylor ya están presentes en este prototipo a menudo agradable. El objetivo inmediato era preparar a Benson como el próximo Wes Montgomery (que estaba a punto de dejar Verve) - y así cubre los éxitos del día ("Sunny", "Along Comes Mary", "Groovin'"), tocando o bien con una gran banda más voces o con un ordenado quinteto anclado por Herbie Hancock, y el sonido se contornea para dar a su guitarra un cálido ambiente meloso. Pero el ecléctico Benson es su propio hombre, como su contagiosa marca rítmica de intervalos repetidos nos dice en su autocompuesta pista de título, y a pesar de los arreglos de Tom McIntosh, la obra de George es siempre sabrosa e irresistiblemente melódica.

por Richard S. Ginell

https://www.allmusic.com/album/giblet-gravy-mw0000068801

 

 

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Colaborador / Contribuitor:  Michel

Tracklist:
1. Along Comes Mary
2. Sunny       
3. What’s New?
4. Giblet Gravy
5. Walk on By
6. Thunder Walk
7. Sack O’ Woe
8. Groovin’    
9. Low Down and Dirty
10. Billie’s Bounce
11. What’s New? [alternate take]
12. What’s New? [alternate take 2]


Credits:
George Benson (guitar);
Albertine Robinson, Lois Winter, Eileen Gilbert (vocals);
Eric Gale , Carl Lynch (guitar);
Pepper Adams (baritone saxophone);
Jimmy Owens (trumpet, flugelhorn);
Ernie Royal, Snooky Young (trumpet);
Alan Raph (bass trombone);
Herbie Hancock (piano);
Billy Cobham (drums);
Johnny Pacheco (congas, tambourine).


Notes:
Recorded February 1968 at A&R Recording Studios and Capitol Recording Studio, New York City: tracks 2, 4 and 5 on February 5; tracks 3, 6 and 9-12 on February 6; tracks 1 and 8 on February 7
Tracks 1-9 original-LP issue: Giblet Gravy Verve V6-8749
Track 10 original-LP issue: Blue Benson Polydor PD-1-6084
Tracks 11 and 12 previously unreleased.


Label: Verve Records ‎– 543 754-2
Series: Verve By Request –
Released: 2000
Genre: Jazz
Style: Fusion, Jazz-Funk

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