George Benson - It's Uptown (1966) [EAC-FLAC]

George Benson - It's Uptown (1966)
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George Benson's first LP for Columbia – a hard, heavy, soul jazz slammer that bears no resemblance to his overproduced work of the 70s! The album's a real cooker – recorded hot on the heels of Benson's classic work on Prestige with the Jack McDuff group, and sounding a lot like McDuff's hard wailing organ jazz of the same time. George is working with a group that features a young Lonnie Smith on organ, plus Blue Mitchell on trumpet, Ronnie Cuber on sax, and Charlie Persip on drums – all tightly coming together, and jamming hard on the album's short cooking tracks. Tracks include "Clockwise", "Jaguar", "Hello Birdie", and "Bullfight".

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Tracklist:
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01 - Clockwise
02 - Summertime
03 - Ain't That Peculiar
04 - Jaguar
05 - Willow Weep For Me
06 - A Foggy Day
07 - Hello Birdie
08 - Bullfight
09 - Stormy Weather
10 - Eternally
11 - Myna Bird Blues

*1966/1994 Columbia 476902 2


Personnel:
George Benson - guitar, vocals
Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophone
Blue Mitchell - trumpet
Lonnie Smith - organ
Ray Lucas, Charlie Persip or Jimmy Lovelace - drums


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