Bad Benson

Track listing

1. "Take Five" - 7:08
2. "Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams" - 2:56
3. "My Latin Brother" - 6:50
4. "No Sooner Said Than Done" - 5:59
5. "Full Compass" - 5:40
6. "The Changing World" - 4:53
7. "Take the 'A' Train" - 4:13 Bonus track on CD reissue
8. "Serbian Blue" - 13:03 Bonus track on CD reissue
9. "From Now On" - 2:20 Bonus track on CD reissue

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on April 22, May 29, May 30 and June 20, 1974.

Personnel

• George Benson – guitar
• Phil Upchurch – guitar, percussion, electric bass
• Kenny Barron – piano
• Ron Carter – bass
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Garnett Brown, Warren Covington, Wayne Andre – trombone
• Paul Faulise – bass trombone
• Alan Rubin, Joe Shepley, John Frosk – trumpet
• Phil Bodner – English horn, clarinet, alto flute
• George Marge – English horn, flute, piccolo flute
• Ray Beckenstein – flute
• Albert Regni – flute, clarinet
• Brooks Tillotson, Jim Buffington – French horn
• Margaret Ross – harp
• Alan Shulman, Charles McCracken, Frank Levy, Jesse Levy, Paul Tobias, Seymour Barab – cello
• Don Sebesky – arrangements and conductor

Production

• Creed Taylor – producer
• Rudy Van Gelder – engineer, mastering
• Bob Ciano – album's design
• Ben Rose – cover photography
• Pete Turner – liner photography