Two excellent CTI albums on one CD, ‘Good King Bad’ was released just after George Benson’s classic ‘Breezin’ and shows the guitarist in the fine CTI setting. ‘Good King Bad’ is much like Hubert Laws’ ‘Chicago Theme” with its Disco overtones. There is some sublime guitar especially on the wonderful ‘One Rock Don’t Make No Boulder’ and ‘Siberian Workout’. The collaboration of Benson and Farrell is a jazzier affair and includes some wicked CTI tunes like ‘Flute Song’, ‘Camel Hump’ and the Jazz standard ‘Old Devil Moon’, given a Latin flavour.
Track listings:
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01 Theme From Good King Bad by George Benson
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02 One Rock Don T Make No Boulder by George Benson
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03 Em by George Benson
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04 Cast Your Fate To The Wind by George Benson
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05 Siberian Workout by George Benson
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06 Shell Of A Man by George Benson
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07 Flute Song by George Benson
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08 Beyond The Ozone by George Benson
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09 Camel Hump by George Benson
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10 Rolling Home by George Benson
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11 Old Devil Moon by George Benson
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Great album this matches Benson together with multi reed player Joe Farrell, features some nice flute work from Joe