Tell It Like It Is (George Benson album)
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Tell It Like It Is | ||||
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Released | Mid/End of July 1969[1] | |||
Recorded | April 29, 1969 (#6–7, 9) May 16, 1969 (#1–5) May 20, 1969 (#8, 10–11) | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 32:27 | |||
Label | A&M/CTI SP 3020 | |||
Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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Tell It Like It Is is the seventh album by American guitarist George Benson featuring performances recorded in 1969 and released on the A&M label.[2]
Reception
[edit]The Allmusic review states "Benson manages to transcend the blasting Latin-percussion-spiced production, the tight time limits, and all with often brilliantly tasty guitar fills and brief solos in many styles and three reverb-heavy vocals".[3]
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Allmusic | [3] |
Track listing
[edit]- "Soul Limbo" (Booker T. & the M.G.'s) – 3:25
- "Are You Happy" (Theresa Bell, Jerry Butler, Kenneth Gamble) – 2:27
- "Tell It Like It Is" (George Davis, Lee Diamond) – 2:51
- "Land of 1000 Dances" (Chris Kenner) – 2:48
- "Jackie, All" (Eumir Deodato) – 2:14
- "Don't Cha Hear Me Callin' to Ya" (Rudy Stevenson) – 3:16
- "Water Brother" (Don Sebesky) – 2:09
- "My Woman's Good to Me" (Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton) – 3:14
- "Jama Joe" (George Benson) – 3:49
- "My Cherie Amour" (Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy) – 3:28
- "Out in the Cold Again" (Ted Koehler, Rube Bloom) – 2:41
Personnel
[edit]- George Benson – guitar, vocals
- Lew Soloff – trumpet
- Arthur Clarke (tracks 1–5), Bob Porcelli (tracks 6, 7 & 9), Hubert Laws (tracks 6, 7 & 9), Jerome Richardson (tracks 1–5, 8, 10 & 11), Joe Farrell (tracks 8, 10 & 11), Joe Henderson (tracks 8, 10 & 11), Sonny Fortune (tracks 1–5) – saxophone
- Rodgers Grant (tracks 6, 7 & 9), Richard Tee (tracks 1–5, 8, 10 & 11) – piano
- Bob Bushnell (tracks 1–5), Jerry Jemmott (tracks 1–7 & 9), Jim Fielder (tracks 8, 10 & 11) – bass guitar
- Leo Morris – drums
- Paul Alicea, Angel Allende, Johnny Pacheco – percussion
- Marty Sheller – arranger, conductor
- Technical
- Pete Turner – photography
References
[edit]- ^ Billboard Aug 9, 1969
- ^ CTI Records discography accessed February 16, 2012
- ^ a b Ginell, R. S. Allmusic Review accessed February 16, 2012