Tenderly (George Benson album)

Tenderly is a 1989 studio album by George Benson, produced by long time collaborator Tommy LiPuma.

Reception

In a review for AllMusic, Richard S. Ginell wrote that Benson has gotten the message by "giving up the fruitless search for decent contemporary material, he switched gears and recorded an album of old standards with top-grade jazz musicians".

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

Source:

• George Benson – guitar (1–5, 7, 8), vocals (1, 3–6, 8)
• McCoy Tyner – acoustic piano (1–6, 8)
• Ron Carter – double bass (1–6, 8)
• Louis Hayes – drums (1, 6)
• Herlin Riley – drums (2–5)
• Al Foster – drums (8)
• Lenny Castro – percussion (4, 5)
• Marty Paich – horn and string arrangements

Production

• Tommy LiPuma – producer
• Elliot Scheiner – recording
• Bill Schnee – mixing, additional recording
• Steve Rinkoff – additional recording
• Al Schmitt – additional recording
• Peter Darmi – assistant engineer
• Troy Halderson – assistant engineer
• Roy Hendrickson – assistant engineer
• Joe Pirrera – assistant engineer
• Jim Shefler – assistant engineer
• Bart Stevens – assistant engineer
• Russ DeFilippis – technical assistant
• Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
• Lu Snead – project administrator
• Rosemarie Kraitz – production assistant
• Angel Rangelov – production assistant
• Pamela Byers – album package coordinator
• Ph. D – art direction, design
• Harris Savides – photography
• Ken Fritz Management – direction

Charts

References