Benson & Farrell - Flute Song
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- čas přidán 29. 05. 2009
- George Benson on guitar and Joe Farrell on saxophone and flute deliver a classic CTI album which was released in 1976, the other players are Don Grolnick, Sonny Bravo, Will Lee, Gary King, Andy Newmark, Eric Gale, Steve Khan, Nicky Marrero, Jose Madera, Michael Collaza, Eddie Daniels and Dave Tofani.
- Hudba
One of my FAVORITE jazz albums of all time
May my mother RIP!!!! She introduced me to this back in High School back in 76.I have her great music collection 😢
It's all great every track of the album
Creed Taylor put together a great Jazz Label back in the late '60's & '70's. CTI was apart of A&M Records until he broke away and formed his own label. Originally, his Guitar Maestro was Wes Montgomery, and after Wes passed George moved into that slot....but equally as talented was the late Eric Gale. This is CLASSIC CTI!
My only desire is some company with superb remastering tools can get hold of the Masters and really give each recording the kind of remastering care that's needed.
A signature cut from a signature LP on Creed Taylor's label (after he sort of created this type of product while producing for A&M a few years earlier)...
I believe that this one-two punch from two CTI stalwarts would be Benson's last for the label before he went to Warner Bros. and had his breakthrough Pop success with his next LP.
(Remember "This Masquerade?")
CTI artists of the early '70's (along with the Crusaders, at the same time, on another label) actually created what would become (watered down and neutered) that most odious of radio-formats, "Smooth Jazz..."
...but this stuff, on CTI at the time, still had TESTICULAR FORTITUDE.
The first time I saw the jacket for this LP, I laughed out loud, as it was made to parody a package of a very popular brand of cigs at the time, and if you remember them...
...you are really old.😁
I recently bought this album from a store down the street from me for 99 cents. The whole album, including this tune, is amazing
The store owner obviously has no idea what he's doing, and quite honestly, i hope that nothing about that changes :D
ahah!
Yes wore out 2 of these albums lol Finally bought the CD and wore that out! Someone actually thought this album was lame ha ha h aha ha
I love this album. Thank you for posting this music. Still own this album on vinyl and have played it hundreds of times. Cannot get enough! Benson at his best. On C.T.I. An amazing label for the greatest jazz musicians of our time.
clean and cool make ya feel good
One of the great collaborative efforts. Two masters. Timeless music.
Benson is a beast!
Love it!!! This piece gives me goosebumps!!!! Wonderful improvising!!!!!
Agreed!! Every cut is nice!!!
Great song. It's rare to hear Eric Gale backing up George Benson. Probably the first and last time they were ever on an album together.
uno de los mejores discos sin ninguna duda que maravilla.
CTI gotoff to great start with musicians like Farrell, Benson, Frddie Hubbardwas a major score for Creed Taylor. Red Clay was, and continues to be, a mega-hit for a Jazz album. It is, in my opinion, in the all-time 10 best with Kind of Blue (M.Davis).
suena hermoso y suave me siento en los 70's
long time no hear great ! !
Dois feras juntos só podia dar em música de qualidade...
I can hear a lot of Hubert Laws (Chicago Theme) in Joe's excellent performance.
Can't you? Wasn't it Farrell and then Laws to CTI?
Both were classically trained; weren't they?
They were contemporaries - chronologically and musically.
Great performance.
Yes but Joe was also a master Reed player. He played all saxes unlike Hubert who was a flautist. Joe also had a very advanced harmonic capabilty. No matter they are were both masters
Benson é sinistro!!
Yesssss!!!!!!!
Un jazz delicioso
yes yes
CTI was where many artists signed after they left Blue Note and before they signed with Columbia (or WB, as in George Benson's case) My first jazz LP's were on Columbia, and I liked the CTI stuff because it had more improvisation, and then I finally went back and found out about the Blue Note stuff.. now the CTI stuff seems like watered down "smooth" jazz... it may be Greed Taylor over produced commercial music, but you can still hear the incredible musicianship but it's hard to call it jazz
2018
dayum this video is old af
I have an Art Farmer version (also on CTI) that's better, with the composer arranging - it's faster and more intricate, but I like this version, too! Benson is tearin' it up & anything with Farrell on it makes me happy :)
PLAYING OFF EACH OTHERS LICKS! Al Schmitt rules!
The Lick 3:23
I love George Benson and Joe Farrell...but I'm not crazy about this track. In typical "Greed Taylor" fashion, it's slick, commercial-sounding, over-produced, and there isn't enough blowing. I usually stay away from CTI stuff because it's a downer when great players seem to be wearing straight-jackets!
and what instrument do you play? Can you play this way. I don't mind critics only it they can do better
@@IllustratorDrCal I stand by my original comment. Neither one of them is well-represented in this context.
@@Modes9 I first heard this tune in the mid 70's. I would like you to tell me what you mean by overproduced? I am a musician and I am always curious of opinions that have gravity to them there is always room to learn.
It's an acquired taste for sure.....and a little over produced maybe but killer none the less...
what do you mean by over produced? that the sound engineer who worked on this recording made it sound too clean?