Body Talk (George Benson album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Body Talk
| type = studio
| artist = George Benson
| cover = Body Talk Benson.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 23, 1973
| recorded = July 17–18, 1973
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length = 48:33
| label = CTI
| producer = Creed Taylor
| prev_title = White Rabbit
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = Bad Benson
| next_year = 1974
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev2 = AllMusic
|rev1 = All About Jazz
{{cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=39881 |title=George Benson: Body Talk |author=Dan Bilawsky |date=6 July 2011 |publisher=All About Jazz |access-date=7 August 2011}}
|rev4 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| page = 23
}}
|rev3 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings
|rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite book|last = Cook|first = Richard|author-link = Richard Cook (journalist)|author2 = Brian Morton|author2-link = Brian Morton (Scottish writer)|title = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings|edition = 9th|series = The Penguin Guide to Jazz|year = 2008|publisher = Penguin|location = London|isbn = 978-0-14-103401-0 | page = 114}}
}}
Body Talk is a 1973 studio album by American guitarist George Benson, released on CTI Records.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r30388|label=Body Talk}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = George Benson except where noted
| title1 = Dance
| writer1 = George Benson, Pee Wee Ellis
| length1 = 8:22
| title2 = When Love Has Grown
| writer2 = Donny Hathaway, Gene McDaniels
| length2 = 5:03
| title3 = Plum
| length3 = 5:11
| title4 = Body Talk
| length4 = 8:21
| title5 = Top of the World
| length5 = 9:11
| title6 = Body Talk
| note6 = Alternate Take - Bonus track on CD reissue 1989
| length6 = 9:21
}}
- Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on July 17 (Tracks 4–6) and 18 (Tracks 1–3), 1973.{{cite web |url=http://www.dougpayne.com/ctid7374.htm#bodytalk |title=Body Talk }} at Doug Payne's CTI Records discography
Later releases
This album was reissued on the Super Audio CD format in September 2018 by UK label Dutton Vocalion, remastered in both stereo and surround sound from the original analogue tapes by Michael J.Dutton. The surround sound portion of the disc features the quadraphonic mixes of the album, made available for the first time in over 40 years.
Personnel
- George Benson – lead guitar
- Earl Klugh – rhythm guitar
- Harold Mabern – electric piano
- Ron Carter – acoustic bass
- Gary King – electric bass
- Jack DeJohnette – drums
- Mobutu – percussion, congas
- Frank Foster – tenor saxophone
- Gerald Chamberlain – trombone
- Dick Griffin – trombone
- Jon Faddis – trumpet, flugelhorn
- John Gatchell – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Waymon Reed – trumpet, flugelhorn
- Pee Wee Ellis – arrangements and conductor
Production
- Producer – Creed Taylor
- Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
- Album Design – Bob Ciano
- Cover Photography – Pete Turner
- Liner Photography – Steve Salmieri