Bad Benson

Bad Benson is a 1974 studio album by American guitarist George Benson, released on CTI Records.

Track listing

 * 1) "Take Five" (Paul Desmond) - 7:08
 * 2) "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel) - 2:56
 * 3) "My Latin Brother" (George Benson) - 6:50
 * 4) "No Sooner Said Than Done" (Phil Upchurch) - 5:59
 * 5) "Full Compass" (Upchurch) - 5:40
 * 6) "The Changing World" (Benson, Art Gore) - 4:53
 * 7) "Take the 'A' Train" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
 * 8) "Serbian Blue" (Don Sebesky) - 13:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
 * 9) "From Now On" (Benson) - 2:20 Bonus track on CD reissue
 * Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 22 (Track 9), May 29 (Tracks 1, 3 & 5), May 30 (Tracks 4, 6–8) and June 20 (Track 2), 1974.

Personnel

 * George Benson – guitar
 * Phil Upchurch – guitar, percussion (3), electric bass (5)
 * Kenny Barron – piano
 * Ron Carter – bass
 * Steve Gadd – drums
 * Garnett Brown, Warren Covington, Wayne Andre – trombone
 * Paul Faulise – bass trombone
 * Alan Rubin, Joe Shepley, John Frosk – trumpet
 * Phil Bodner – English horn, clarinet, alto flute
 * George Marge – English horn, flute, piccolo flute
 * Ray Beckenstein - flute
 * Albert Regni - flute, clarinet
 * Brooks Tillotson, Jim Buffington – French horn
 * Margaret Ross – harp
 * Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, Frank Levy, Jesse Levy, Paul Tobias, Seymour Barab – cello
 * Don Sebesky – arrangements and conductor

Production

 * Creed Taylor – producer
 * Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, mastering (4-6)
 * Bob Ciano – album's design
 * Ben Rose – cover photography
 * Pete Turner – liner photography