Shape Of Things To Come (CD)

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• Release Date: September 18, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• UPC: 602517426672
• WAPI (Tower ID): 111304328
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #20179 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
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Personnel: George Benson (guitar); Buddy Lucas (saxophone, harmonica); Marvin Stamm (trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo); Joe Shepley (trumpet, flugelhorn); Burt Collins (trumpet); Wayne Andre (trombone, Baritone horn); Alan Raph (trombone, tuba); George Marge, Romeo Penque, Stan Webb (flute); Bernard Eichen, Charles Libove (violin); David Mankovitz (viola); George Ricci (cello); Jack Jennings (vibraphone); Herbie Hancock, Hank Jones (piano); Charles Covington (organ); Ron Carter, Richard Davis (bass); Leo Morris (drums); Johnny Pacheco (percussion).

Recorded at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Includes liner notes by Ira Gitler.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Personnel: George Benson (guitar); Bernard Eichen, Charles Libove (violin); David Mankovitz (viola); George Marge, Stan Webb, Romeo Penque (cello); Marvin Stamm (piccolo, trumpet, flugelhorn); Buddy Lucas (harmonica, saxophone); Joe Shepley (trumpet, flugelhorn); Burt Collins (trumpet); Alan Raph (trombone, tuba); Wayne Andre (trombone, baritone horn); Hank Jones, Herbie Hancock (piano); Charles Covington (organ); Jack Jennings (vibraphone); Richard Davis , Ron Carter (bass guitar); Leo Morris (drums); Johnny Pacheco (congas).

In which George Benson stretches out over the pop grooves of 1968, pursued stage left by flutes, strings, harmonica, and studio brass orchestrations. Not to mention the sound of Benson himself holding forth on, according to the original liner notes, "alto guitar with Varitone attachment--a wild, doubled sound."

If you want to hear the heir to Wes Montgomery swing hard over a standard, forget it--and you'll have to wait until the second-to-last cut to hear him get serious on a blues. Finally though, on "Shape of Things That Are and Were," he does his thing with style and abandon. When the horns surface, they provide a kick reminiscent of Oliver Nelson's charts for Wes Montgomery and Jimmy Smith. It's worth the wait. Benson works up a serious head of steam on "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream," employs lush chord-melody work on "Face it Boy, It's Over," and gets plenty of room to stretch over a vamp during "Last Train to Clarksville."

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