Guitar Man is a studio album by George Benson. The album was released by Concord Jazz on October 4, 2011. Largely instrumental, it finds Benson revisiting his 1960s/early 1970s guitar playing roots with a twelve-song collection of covers of both jazz and pop standards overseen by producer John Burk.[2]
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| Released | October 4, 2011 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 42:56 | |||
| Label | Concord | |||
| Producer | John Burk | |||
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| Source | Rating |
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Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tenderly" | Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross | 2:01 |
| 2. | "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 5:10 |
| 3. | "My Cherie Amour" | Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder | 4:08 |
| 4. | "Naima" | John Coltrane | 3:41 |
| 5. | "Tequila" | Daniel Flores | 4:30 |
| 6. | "Don't Know Why" | Jesse Harris | 2:45 |
| 7. | "The Lady in My Life" | Rod Temperton | 4:30 |
| 8. | "My One and Only Love" | Robert Mellin, Guy Wood | 3:24 |
| 9. | "Paper Moon" | Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg, Billy Rose | 2:44 |
| 10. | "Danny Boy" | Frederic Weatherly | 3:26 |
| 11. | "Since I Fell for You" | Buddy Johnson | 2:58 |
| 12. | "Fingerlero" | Ronnie Foster | 3:39 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 13. | "Sophisticated Lady" | Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish | 1:36 |
| 14. | "Maria" | Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim | 2:13 |
| 15. | "Send in the Clowns" | Stephen Sondheim | 1:28 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 13. | "Maria" | Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim | 2:13 |
| 14. | "Somewhere" | Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim | 1:54 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 13. | "People" | Bob Merrill, Jule Styne | 1:47 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 13. | "Sophisticated Lady" | Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish | 1:36 |
Personnel
edit- George Benson – guitar (1–12), arrangements (2–6, 8, 9), vocals (3, 8, 11, 12)
- Ray Fuller – rhythm guitar (2)
- Paul Jackson Jr. – rhythm guitar (2)
- David Garfield – acoustic piano (2, 4, 11), keyboards (2–8, 12), arrangements (2, 4, 8, 11, 12), rhythm arrangements (7)
- Joe Sample – acoustic piano (5, 8, 9, 12)
- Chris Walden – keyboards (7), arrangements (7)
- Freddie Washington – bass (2)
- Ben Williams – bass (3–5, 7–9, 12)
- Oscar Seaton Jr. – drums (2)
- Harvey Mason – drums (3–5, 7–9, 12)
- Lenny Castro – percussion (3, 5, 6, 12)
- Dan Higgins – flute (2), alto flute (2), clarinet (2)
- Charlie Bisharat – viola (2, 7), violin (2, 7)
- Oscar Castro-Neves – orchestration (2)
Production
edit- Producer – John Beck
- Executive Producers – John Beck and Noel Lee
- Recording Engineers – Mauricio Cajueiro, Geoff Gillette, Seth Presant, Al Schmitt and Yutaka Yokokura.
- Additional Recording – Aran Lavi
- Assistant Engineers – Aaron Mattes and Aaron Walk
- Recorded at The Village Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Entourage Studios (North Hollywood, CA); Visual Rhythm Studios (Alhambra, CA); Porcupine Studios (London, UK); DB Studios (Tel Aviv, Israel).
- Mixed by Seth Presant at The Village Studios (Los Angeles, California).
- Mastered by Paul Blakemore at CMG Mastering (Cleveland, Ohio).
- Art Direction – Larissa Collins
- Design – Greg Allen
- Photography – Marco Glaviano
References
edit- ^ Jurek, Thom. George Benson: Guitar Man > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
- ^ "George Benson interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' May 2012". Archived from the original on 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2012-06-29.