IN CONCERT - CARNEGIE HALL
George Benson
Live at Carnegie Hall, New York City: January 11, 1975
Overdubs at Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: 1976
George Benson (g); Ronnie Foster (key); Wayne Dockery (b); Marvin Chappell (d); Bernard Fennell (cello - edited out) + overdubbed Johnny Griggs (perc).
a. Introduction - 1:16
b. Take Five (Paul Desmond) - 5:37
same, except George Benson (g,vcl); Will Lee (b) replaces Wayne Dockery (edited out); Steve Gadd (d) replaces Marvin Chappell (edited out); Ray Armando (perc) replaces Johnny Griggs + overdubbed Dave Matthews (arr,cond) with unknown strings.
c. Summertime (G. Gershwin/H. Dubose) - 7:25
same, except overdubbed Dave Matthews (arr,cond) with unknown strings.
d. Summertime (G. Gershwin/H. Dubose)/2001 (R. Strauss) - 7:16 *
same, add Hubert Laws (f solo); Andy Newmark (d) replaces Steve Gadd, Marvin Chappell (edited out); add Johnny Griggs (perc); vocals and strings out.
e. Gone (aka Octane) (George Benson) - 10:28 **
same, Wayne Dockery (b); Marvin Chappell (d); Will Lee, Hubert Laws out.
f. Sky Dive (Freddie Hubbard) - 6:57
same, add Hubert Laws (f).
g. Octane (George Benson) - 10:18 ***
(aka No Sooner Said Than Done with unknown horns overdubbed later, prob. arr/cond
by Dave Matthews (Phil Upchurch) - 8:04)
Note: (1) According to Arnaldo DeSouteiro, Stanley Turrentine opened for George Benson at this performance. Creed Taylor asked Dave Hewitt, the recording engineer, to secretly tape the performance - since the tenor sax man was contracted to Fantasy Records at the time. Master tapes of Turrentine's pre-Benson performance do, in fact, exist and are housed now at Sony. (2) * Selection "d" is the same performance as selection "c", except a different string arrangement than "c" is overdubbed on "d" to suggest "Also Sprach Zarathustra." (3) ** Selection "e" is titled "Gone" on CTI 6072 S1, CBS ZK 44167 [CD] and CTI OJ-47 [45] ("from CTI 7085"), but titled "Octane" on CTI 7085. (4) *** Selection "g" is titled "Octane" on CTI 6072 S1 and CBS ZK 44167 [CD], but titled "No Sooner Said Than Done" (as by Phil Upchurch) and overdubbed with unknown horns (prob. arr/cond by Dave Matthews) for CTI 7085. (5) OBI for CTI (Jap) KICJ-8204 [CD] and CTI (Jap) KICJ-8305 [CD] lists title as SUMMERTIME/2001. (6) Personnel detail courtesy of Arnaldo DeSouteiro.
condition ex/ex
