Goodies (George Benson album)

Goodies
Studio album by George Benson
Released	1968
Recorded	November 18 && 19, 1968 A&R Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Label	Verve V6 8771
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Willie Bobo chronology
Shape of Things to Come (1968) Goodies (1968) Tell It Like It Is (1969)

Goodies is an album by jazz guitarist George Benson recorded in 1968 and released on the Verve label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

AllMusic awarded the album 2 stars stating "Verve needed one more album from Benson after he signed with A&M/CTI, and ended up with a strange grab-bag in which Benson plays superbly throughout, whatever the odd goulash of sounds in back of him".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by George Benson except as indicated

1. "I Remember Wes" - 3:50
2. "Carnival Joys" - 3:50
3. "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Jerry Wexler) - 4:40
4. "That Lucky Old Sun" (Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie) - 3:37
5. "Julie" - 3:10
6. "Windmills of Your Mind" (Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman - 5:00
7. "Doobie, Doobie Blues" - 5:10
8. "Song for My Father" (Horace Silver) - 4:45
9. "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield) - 4:10

Personnel

• George Benson - guitar, vocals
• Clark Terry - trumpet
• Garnett Brown - trombone
• Arthur Clarke, George Marge - tenor saxophone, flute
• Bobby Lucas - harmonica
• Paul Griffin - piano, celeste
• Bob Cranshaw, Chuck Rainey - electric bass
• Jimmy Johnson, Jr., Leo Morris - drums
• Jack Jennings - congas, vibraphone
• The Sweet Inspirations - vocals
• The Winston Collymore Strings arranged and conducted by Horace Ott (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 7),

References