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Guitar Man (George Benson album)

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Guitar Man
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 4, 2011
GenreJazz
Length42:56
LabelConcord
ProducerJohn 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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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Best Buy bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Sophisticated Lady"Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish1:36
14."Maria"Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim2:13
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 Styne1:47
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Sophisticated Lady"Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish1:36

Personnel

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Production

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  • 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

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  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.