Benjamin Wright
The Operator
Execution, delivery and performance, gets the hard thing done.
Benjamin Wright reads as The Operator, a craftsman whose authority rests on relentless execution and an almost physical certainty in his output. He rewrote entire orchestral books for the Temptations, assembled forty string players on instinct, and delivered hits across decades without a miss.
“Everything I touched was hitting the top of the charts. I grew and the relationship that was established with Q was a call from him every day until he died.”
On his working relationship with Quincy JonesundatedNo usable source link is held for this line.
“Quincy didn't write one note after I came on the scene. He didn't write one note. It's like Benjamin, hey Benjamin, hey Benjamin. That was it.”
Describing Quincy Jones deferring to himundatedNo usable source link is held for this line.
“I went to work, and about three days later I was finished because I was broke. I called all the musicians in the world — big strings, big horns, all the superstars.”
On arranging Boogie Wonderland under pressureundatedNo usable source link is held for this line.
R&B Money: “Dr. Benjamin Wright”
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