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Just listen to the first 30 seconds of this LP and you know that it's all about the "Godfather of Soul" — the unique James Brown.
But it's just as obvious that such a great artist as George Benson doesn't just present "Greatest Hits" in a new guise. Six of his own compositions plus one by Donny Hathaway/Gene McDaniels provide the guitarist and singer with a great platform to launch from. He shoots off into orbit, accompanied by first-class guest soloists such as Jon Faddis, Frank Foster, Earl Klugh and Jack DeJohnnette. Ron Carter's bass doesn't boom in the low register but offers a light and airy, yet solid, base.
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.
It's Benson's sequence of albums for Creed Taylor Incorporated that arguably represent the cream of his work, and are indisputably the purest in terms of jazz. They are also all consistently and beautifully engineered by Rudy Van Gelder at his Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey studios. This superb sonic quality was a feature that at the time was all too often obscured by flimsy vinyl and poor manufacture. This makes this outstanding new release from Speakers Corner, beautifully pressed on 180-gram vinyl, all the more valuable. Body Talk has never sounded better. (Well, maybe on the master tapes).
Recording: July 1973 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (USA), by Rudy Van Gelder
Production: Creed Taylor
Musicians:
George Benson, guitar, vocals
Frank Foster, tenor saxophone
Gerald Chamberlain, trombone
Dick Griffin, trombone
Jon Faddis, flugelhorn, trumpet
John Gatchell, flugelhorn, trumpet
Waymon Reed, flugelhorn, trumpet
Harold Mabern, piano
Earl Klugh, guitar
Ron Carter, bass
Gary King, bass
Jack DeJohnette, drums
Mobutu, percussion
Track Listing
Side 1
1. Dance
2. When Love Has Grown
3. Plum
Side 2
4. Body Talk
5. Top Of The World
But it's just as obvious that such a great artist as George Benson doesn't just present "Greatest Hits" in a new guise. Six of his own compositions plus one by Donny Hathaway/Gene McDaniels provide the guitarist and singer with a great platform to launch from. He shoots off into orbit, accompanied by first-class guest soloists such as Jon Faddis, Frank Foster, Earl Klugh and Jack DeJohnnette. Ron Carter's bass doesn't boom in the low register but offers a light and airy, yet solid, base.
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.
It's Benson's sequence of albums for Creed Taylor Incorporated that arguably represent the cream of his work, and are indisputably the purest in terms of jazz. They are also all consistently and beautifully engineered by Rudy Van Gelder at his Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey studios. This superb sonic quality was a feature that at the time was all too often obscured by flimsy vinyl and poor manufacture. This makes this outstanding new release from Speakers Corner, beautifully pressed on 180-gram vinyl, all the more valuable. Body Talk has never sounded better. (Well, maybe on the master tapes).
Recording: July 1973 at Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (USA), by Rudy Van Gelder
Production: Creed Taylor
Musicians:
George Benson, guitar, vocals
Frank Foster, tenor saxophone
Gerald Chamberlain, trombone
Dick Griffin, trombone
Jon Faddis, flugelhorn, trumpet
John Gatchell, flugelhorn, trumpet
Waymon Reed, flugelhorn, trumpet
Harold Mabern, piano
Earl Klugh, guitar
Ron Carter, bass
Gary King, bass
Jack DeJohnette, drums
Mobutu, percussion
Track Listing
Side 1
1. Dance
2. When Love Has Grown
3. Plum
Side 2
4. Body Talk
5. Top Of The World
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