George Benson

Jazz meets rock era production on this winning 1969 Beatles suite. Benson proved that he could tackle everything from soul and avant funk to bop with this delightful release. Don Sebesky's orchestrations are tailored for an amazing group of jazz legends, but Benson's straight soul take on "Oh! Darling" may be the album's highlight.

Abbey Road has spawned a couple of recent albums that are more symptomatic than
revealing. Symptomatic of exactly what is a good question -- both albums, from their covers
on down, have a certain predictability about them. Not to mention an unmistakable reek of
the "gimmick" approach. The Benson is the least interesting -- A&M are grooming this man to
be their next Wes Montgomery dinner-jazz guitarist. The choice of songs is exce... More >