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.
Track listing
Personnel Credits taken from Japan release.
Musicians George Benson – guitar, vocals (3, 8, 11–13) David Garfield – acoustic piano (2, 4, 11), keyboards (2–8, 12, 13) Joe Sample – acoustic piano (5, 8, 9, 12) Chris Walden – keyboards (7) Ray Fuller – rhythm guitar (2) Paul Jackson Jr. – rhythm guitar (2) Freddie Washington – bass (2) Ben Williams – bass (3–5, 7–9, 12, 13) Oscar Seaton Jr. – drums (2) Harvey Mason – drums (3–5, 7–9, 12, 13) Lenny Castro – percussion (3, 5, 6, 12) Dan Higgins – alto flute (2), clarinet (2), flute (2) Charlie Bisharat – viola (2, 7), violin (2, 7)
Music arrangements George Benson – arrangements (2–6, 8, 9) David Garfield – arrangements (2, 4, 8, 11–13), rhythm arrangements (7) Oscar Castro-Neves – orchestral arrangements (2) Chris Walden – string arrangements (7)
Production Noel Lee – executive producer John Beck – executive producer, producer David Garfield – co-producer (2, 4, 6, 8, 11) Larissa Collins – art direction Greg Allen – art direction, package design Marco Glaviano – photography Stephanie Gonzalez – artist representative for Apropos Management and Marketing
Technical credits Paul Blakemore – mastering at CMG Mastering (Cleveland, Ohio) Seth Presant – mixing, recording (1, 3–13) Al Schmitt – recording (1, 3–13) Mauricio Cajueiro – recording (2) Geoff Gillette – recording (2) Yutaka Yokokura – recording (2) Aaron Walk – assistant engineer Aran Lavi – additional recording Aaron Mattes – assistant additional engineer Sye Avshalom – second assistant engineer
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