GEORGE BENSON - It's Uptown LP w/Lonnie Smith 1966 Jazz Guitar Classic EX
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Media: Near Mint (NM or M-) Sleeve: Near Mint (NM or M-) As if someone came through a time machine and just handed this LP to me. Price sticker stapled on the top left. Columbia 2 eye. Jacket still in cellophane.
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While George Benson's solid jazz reputation supposedly rests on his early John Hammond-produced Columbia albums, one listen to this disc will reveal that his interests roamed widely from the beginning. Yes, there is plenty of straightforward bop playing here, with Benson stretching his technical chops on "Hello Birdie" and "Myna Bird Blues" and ruminating thoughtfully on "Willow Weep for Me." But Benson also had an interest in quasi-rock & roll, producing Wes like octaves on "Young Jaguar," and some Bo Diddley in-Spain rhythm chording on "Bullfight." The young Benson sounds pure and mellifluous on three vocal numbers, the basic elements of his later successes mostly in place.
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