"No, you're not in Creed Taylor country yet, but you might as well be, for many of the ingredients that would garnish Benson's albums with Taylor are already present in this often enjoyable prototype. The immediate goal was to groom Benson as the next Wes Montgomery (who was about to leave Verve) -- and so he covers hit tunes of the day ("Sunny," "Along Comes Mary," "Groovin'"), playing either with a big band plus voices or a neat quintet anchored by Herbie Hancock, and the sound is contoured to give his guitar a warm mellow ambience. But the eclectic Benson is his own man, as his infectious repeated-interval rhythm trademark tells us on his self-composed title track, and despite Tom McIntosh's mostly lame arrangements, George's work is always tasty and irresistibly melodic." (Richard S. Ginell, Allmusic; 4 uit 5 sterren)
Nederlands
| Titel | Giblet Gravy |
| Auteur | George Benson |
| Secundaire auteur | Herbie (geb. 1940) Hancock ; Ron Carter ; Johnny Pacheco ; Billy Cobham ; Pepper Adams ; Eric Gale |
| Type materiaal | CD |
| Uitgave | Verve, 1968 |
| Overige gegevens | 1 disc |
| Annotatie | Tracks: (1) George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Johnny Pacheco, Billy Cobham, Pepper Adams, Eric Gale - Along Comes Mary (original by The Association); (2) George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Johnny Pacheco, Billy Cobham, Pepper Adams, Eric Gale - Sunny (original by Bobby Hebb); (3) George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Johnny Pacheco, Billy Cobham, Pepper Adams, Eric Gale - What's New? (Bob Haggart / Johnny Burke); (4) George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Johnny Pacheco, Billy Cobham, Pepper Adams, Eric Gale - Giblet Gravy; (5) George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Johnny Pacheco, Billy Cobham, Pepper Adams, Eric Gale - Walk On By (Burt Bacharach / Hal David); (6) George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Johnny Pacheco, Billy Cobham, Pepper Adams, Eric Gale - Thunder Walk (Harold Ousley); (7) George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Johnny Pacheco, Billy Cobham, Pepper Adams, Eric Gale - Sack Of Woe (Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley); (8) George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Johnny Pacheco, Billy Cobham, Pepper Adams, Eric Gale - Groovin' (original by The Rascals); (9) George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Johnny Pacheco, Billy Cobham, Pepper Adams, Eric Gale - Low Down And Dirty; (10) George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Johnny Pacheco, Billy Cobham, Pepper Adams, Eric Gale - Billie's Bounce (original by Charlie Parker); (11) George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Johnny Pacheco, Billy Cobham, Pepper Adams, Eric Gale - What's New? (Alternative Take); (12) George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Johnny Pacheco, Billy Cobham, Pepper Adams, Eric Gale - What's New? (Alternative Take). |
| Taal | Nederlands |
| Onderwerp algemeen | Gitaar Instrumentaal |
