Guitar Man | ||||
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Released | October 4, 2011 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 42:56 | |||
Label | Concord | |||
Producer | John Burk | |||
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Singles from Guitar Man | ||||
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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]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 |
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 |
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