George Benson – White Rabbit (VG/VG) – LP, AU 1977

White Rabbit is an LP by George Benson from 1977 released on the CTI Records label.

About this album

White Rabbit is a strong example of George Benson’s early-1970s crossover flair, where soul-jazz ease meets Latin jazz colour and fusion muscle. Issued in 1972, the album highlights Benson’s fluid guitar tone and melodic imagination as he reworks material such as the title track, California Dreaming and Theme From Summer Of ’42 into something lighter, sharper and more personal. Rather than treating jazz as a closed tradition, Benson opens it up to pop songcraft and rhythmic variety, helped by arrangements that keep the music accessible without losing bite. It stands as one of the records that helped broaden his audience before his later pop success.