Guitar Man (George Benson album)

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

• 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

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