George Benson

4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

PERSONNEL:

GEORGE BENSON, guitar, vocals
FRANK FOSTER, tenor sax
GERALD CHAMBERLAIN, DICK GRIFFIN, trombone
JON FADDIS, JOHN GATCHELL, WAYMON REED, flugelhorn, trumpet
HAROLD MABERN, electric piano
EARL KLUGH, guitar
RON CARTER, GARY KING, bass
JACK DeJOHNETTE, MOBUTU, drums

Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, July 1973.

SIDE A:

01. Dance
02. When Love Has Grown
03. Plum

SIDE B:

01. Body Talk
02. Top Of The World

"Body Talk" is by no means the declaration of a world-shaking, new and avant-garde jazz. It is, however, a successful blend of jazz, soul and fusion. And when such a superb arranger as Pee Wee Ellis has his finger in the pie – or rather: his pen on the manuscript paper – then one can be sure that the almost 50-minute-long LP is a great success from beginning to end. Finally, one shouldn’t forget the helping hand of the producer Creed Taylor, who made a significant contribution to this milestone on the CTI label.