Guitar Man (George Benson album)

Guitar Man
Studio album by George Benson
Released	October 4, 2011
Genre	Jazz
Length	42:56
Label	Concord
Producer	John Burk
George Benson chronology
Songs and Stories (2009) Guitar Man (2011) Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole (2013)
Singles from Guitar Man
"The Lady in My Life" Released: September 26, 2011 "Tequila" Released: 2012 "Fingerlero" Released: 2012

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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]

Track listing

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

Best Buy bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Official site purchase bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Maria"	Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim	2:13
14.	"Somewhere"	Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim	1:54

Qobuz / iTunes bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"People"	Bob Merrill, Jule Styne	1:47

Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Sophisticated Lady"	Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish	1:36

Personnel

• 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

• 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

1. Jurek, Thom. George Benson: Guitar Man > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
2. "George Benson interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' May 2012". Archived from the original on 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2012-06-29.