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George Benson - Give Me the Night (1980 Japanese Warner Bros. Stereo LP)

Name: George Benson - Give Me the Night (1980 Japanese Warner Bros. Stereo LP)
Brand: Warner Bros.
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George Benson - Give Me the Night | Vinyl LP - 1980 Japanese Warner Bros. Stereo (P-10851W, Warner-Pioneer Corporation)

Quincy Jones had just finished producing Michael Jackson's Off the Wall when he turned to George Benson. He brought Rod Temperton with him. Temperton, the Heatwave keyboardist who had written "Rock with You" for Jackson, provided six of the ten tracks, including the title song. Jones assembled the same circle of session players he had been using across both projects: Louis Johnson on bass, John Robinson on drums, Greg Phillinganes on keyboards, Paulinho Da Costa on percussion, Lee Ritenour on guitar, Jerry Hey on trumpet.

"Give Me the Night" was recorded in a single day after Benson had been ready to leave the sessions. The guitar break that defines the track was something Benson played once during recording; Jones heard it and placed it throughout. It went to No. 1 on the Soul chart and No. 4 on the Hot 100. "Off Broadway" is an instrumental with Ritenour and Benson trading lines over Johnson's bass, and it won the Grammy for Best R&B Instrumental Performance.

"Moody's Mood" is a different animal from the rest of the album. It is Benson's vocal treatment of James Moody's 1949 improvisation over "I'm in the Mood for Love." Eddie Jefferson had first added vocalese lyrics to Moody's solo in 1952; King Pleasure had the hit version. Benson sings it here as a duet with Patti Austin and won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. "Dinorah, Dinorah" is Milton Nascimento's composition, arranged by Jones and Jerry Hey, and won the Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement. "Love Dance" is by the Brazilian songwriter Ivan Lins with Vitor Martins and Paul Williams.

Herbie Hancock plays Fender Rhodes and synthesizer across Side B. The rest of the band operates at the level Jones consistently demanded from his sessions.

This is the 1980 Japanese Warner Bros. pressing (P-10851W), manufactured by Warner-Pioneer Corporation.

Catalogue Number: P-10851W

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo

Country: Japan

Released: 1980

Tracklist

A1 Love X Love
A2 Off Broadway
A3 Moody's Mood
A4 Give Me The Night
B1 What's On Your Mind
B2 Dinorah, Dinorah
B3 Love Dance
B4 Star Of A Story (X)
B5 Midnight Love Affair
B6 Turn Out The Lamplight

Release notes

Label: Warner Bros. Records – P-10851W
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: Japan
Released: 1980
Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul
Style: Soul-Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, Disco

Credits:
Backing Vocals – Diva Gray (tracks: A1, A4, B4), Jim Gilstrap (tracks: A1, A4, B4), Jocelyn Allen (tracks: A1, A4, B4), Patti Austin (tracks: A1, A4, B2, B4, B6), Tom Bahler (tracks: A1, A4, B4, B6)
Bass – Abraham Laboriel (tracks: A1, A3 to B1, B3, B4), Louis Johnson (tracks: A1, A2, B2, B6)
Drums – Carlos Vega (tracks: B3, B5), John Robinson (2) (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B6)
Electric Piano – Herbie Hancock (tracks: A4, B4)
Guitar – George Benson (tracks: A1 to B1, B4 to B6), Lee Ritenour (tracks: A2, A4, B1, B4, B5)
Keyboards – Greg Phillinganes (tracks: A1 to A3, B6)
Keyboards [Fender Rhodes] – Herbie Hancock (tracks: B3, B4)
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B4, B6)
Saxophone, Flute – Kim Hutchcroft (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B2, B5), Larry Williams (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B2, B5)
Synthesizer – Greg Phillinganes (tracks: A2, A3), Herbie Hancock (tracks: B2 to B5), Michael Boddicker (tracks: A4, B1, B4), Richard Tee (tracks: B4 to B6)
Trumpet – Jerry Hey (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B2, B5)
Vocals – George Benson (tracks: A1, A3, A4, B3 to B6), Patti Austin (tracks: A3, B3)

Producer – Quincy Jones

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