Guitar Man (George Benson album)

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Guitar Man
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 4, 2011
Genre Jazz
Length42:56
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
  1. "The Lady in My Life"
    Released: September 26, 2011
  2. "Tequila"
    Released: 2012
  3. "Fingerlero"
    Released: 2012
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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]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(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" Frederick Weatherly 3:26
11."Since I Fell for You" Buddy Johnson 2:58
12."Fingerlero" Ronnie Foster 3:39
Best Buy bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(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 Sondheim1:28
Official site purchase bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Maria"Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim2:13
14."Somewhere"Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim1:54
Qobuz / iTunes bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."People" Bob Merrill, Jule Styne 1:47
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Sophisticated Lady"Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish1:36

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