'' Songs and Stories '' is a

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

George Benson George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s, pla ...

. The album was released by

Concord Concord may refer to: Meaning "agreement" * Pact or treaty, frequently between nations (indicating a condition of harmony) * Harmony, in music * Agreement (linguistics), a change in the form of a word depending on grammatical features of other ...

on August 25, 2009. The album was produced by John Burk and Marcus Miller and featured a host of guest musicians.

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals (1-12), guitar (1, 3-13), guitar solo (2) *

Toninho Horta Antônio Maurício Horta de Melo (born December 2, 1948) is a Brazilian jazz guitarist and vocalist. In addition to composing and performing his own work, Horta has worked for many years as arranger or sideman for Brazilian artists such as El ...

– acoustic guitar (1, 12) * Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (2, 3) * John "Jubu" Smith – guitar (2-5, 7-11) *

Steve Lukather Steven Lee Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer, best known as the sole continuous founding member of the rock band Toto. His reputation as a skilled guitarist led to a stea ...

– guitar (3) * Norman Brown – guitar (6), vocals (6) *

Wah Wah Watson Melvin M. Ragin (December 8, 1950 – October 24, 2018), known professionally as "Wah Wah Watson", was an American guitarist who was a member of The Funk Brothers, the studio band for Motown Records. Career A native of Richmond, Virginia, Melvi ...

– guitar (8, 11) *

Lee Ritenour Lee Mack Ritenour ( ; born January 11, 1952) is an American jazz guitarist who has been active since the late 1960s. Biography Ritenour was born on January 11, 1952, in Los Angeles, California, United States. At the age of eight he started play ...

– acoustic guitar (10), electric guitar (10) * Marcelo Lima – acoustic guitar (12) * Bruno Cardozo –

Hammond B3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs ...

(1), keyboards (12) * William Magalhães –

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...

(1, 12) *

Greg Phillinganes Gregory Arthur Phillinganes (born May 12, 1956) is an American keyboardist, singer-songwriter, and musical director based in Los Angeles, California. A prolific session musician, Phillinganes has contributed the role of keyboards to numerous alb ...

– keyboards (2, 4, 5, 8), acoustic piano (3, 11), Fender Rhodes (6, 7, 9) *

Rod Temperton Rodney Lynn Temperton (9 October 1949 – 25 September 2016) was an English songwriter, producer and musician. Temperton was the keyboardist and main songwriter for the 1970s pop music, disco and funk band Heatwave, writing songs including "St ...

– keyboards (2), arrangements (2) *

David Paich David Frank Paich (born June 25, 1954) is an American musician, best known as the co-founder, principal songwriter, keyboardist and singer of the rock band Toto since 1977. He wrote or co-wrote much of Toto's original material, including the ba ...

– keyboards (3), string and horn arrangements (3) *

Steve Porcaro Steven Maxwell Porcaro (born September 2, 1957) is an American keyboardist, songwriter, and film composer, known as one of the founding members of the rock band Toto and the last surviving Porcaro brother (after the deaths of Jeff in 1992 and M ...

– synthesizers (3) * Bobby Sparks – Hammond B3 organ (4, 6, 7, 9, 13), keyboards (6) * David Garfield – keyboards (10), backing vocals (10) * Robbie Benson – keyboards (13) *

Marcus Miller William Henry Marcus Miller Jr. (born June 14, 1959) is an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for his work as a bassist. He has worked with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer Luther Vandros ...

– bass (1-11, 13), keyboards (2, 13),

marimba The marimba () is a musical instrument in the percussion family that consists of wooden bars that are struck by mallets. Below each bar is a resonator pipe that amplifies particular harmonics of its sound. Compared to the xylophone, the timbre ...

(2), string arrangements (2, 10, 11), horn arrangements (4, 11), drum loop programming (6), arrangements (6, 7), percussion (7), vocals (7), percussion programming (10, 13),

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist,' ...

(11) *

Arthur Maia Arthur Maia (9 April 1962 – 15 December 2018) was a Brazilian composer and musician. Maia played with musicians such as Djavan, Gilberto Gil, Marisa Monte, Lulu Santos and Ney Matogrosso. His compositions usually present a fusion of jazz, funk ...

– fretless bass (12) * John Robinson – drums (2-11, 13) * Maguinho Alcântara – drums (12) * Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10) * Butterscotch – human beatbox (1) * Noël Lee – wind chimes (12) * Victor Vanacore – string arrangements (1, 4, 5, 9), horn arrangements (4) *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's '' Thriller'', ''Rock with You'', ...

– horn arrangements (3) * Tom Scott – saxophone (3, 4, 7, 11), horn arrangements (7) *

Gerald Albright Gerald Albright is an American jazz saxophonist. He earned Grammys for 24/7 in 2012 and Slam Dunk in 2014 and has been nominated for New Beginnings in 2008 and for Sax for Stax in 2009. Biography Born in Los Angeles, Albright grew up in its ...

– saxophone (4) * Charles Loper – trombone (3, 4, 7, 11) *

Chuck Findley Charles B. Findley (born December 13, 1947 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is an American trumpet player known for his diverse work as a session musician. He also plays other brass instruments such as flugelhorn and trombone. His technical abilities ...

– trumpet (3, 4, 7, 11) * Gary Grant – trumpet (3, 4, 7, 11) * John Hayhurst – viola (1-5, 9, 11) * Michael Molnau – viola (1-5, 9, 11) * Robin Ross – viola (1-5, 9, 11) * Evan Wilson – viola (1-5, 9, 11) * Sai Ly Acosta – violin (1-5, 9, 11) * Susan Chatman – violin (1-5, 9, 11) * Ronald Clark – violin (1-5, 9, 11) * Joel Derouin – violin (1-5, 9, 11) * Charles Everett – violin (1-5, 9, 11) * Gerry Hilera – violin (1-5, 9, 11) * Victoria Lanier – violin (1-5, 9, 11) * Dennis Molchan – violin (1-5, 9, 11) * Xiao Niu He – violin (1-5, 9, 11) * Todor Pelev – violin (1-5, 9, 11) * Kathleen Robertson – violin (1-5, 9, 11) *

Patti Austin Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter. Music career Austin was born in Harlem, New York, to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist. She was raised in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Quincy ...

– backing vocals (2, 4), vocals (8) * Carolyn Perry – backing vocals (2, 4) * Lori Perry – backing vocals (2, 4) * Sharon Perry – backing vocals (2, 4) *

Lalah Hathaway Eulaulah Donyll "Lalah" Hathaway (born December 16, 1968) is an American singer. In 1990 Hathaway released her first album titled ''Lalah Hathaway''. After releasing another album, titled '' A Moment'' (1994), it debuted at number 34 on the To ...

– vocals (4) *

Smokey Robinson William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive director. He was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief ...

– backing vocals (10) * J. J. Blair – backing vocals (10) * Leslie Smith – backing vocals (10)

Production

* Producer – Marcus Miller and John Burk * Associate Producers on Track 1 – Toninho Horta, Michael O'Neill and Forest Sprague. * Co-Producers on Track 3 – Steve Lukather and David Paich * Executive Producers – John Burk and Noël Lee * Engineers – Don Murray, J. J. Blair, Guilherme Canaes, Jeff Harris, Taka Honda, Stefan Nordin, Seth Presant, John Wroble and Noel Zancanella. * Assistant Engineers – Steve Cohen, Martin Cooke, Tom Syrowski and Aaron Walk. * Recorded at

Henson Recording Studios The Jim Henson Company Lot, formerly A&M Studios, is a studio property located just south of the southeast corner of North La Brea Avenue and Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Originally established by film star Charlie Chaplin, the property serv ...

and

Capitol Studios Capitol Studios are recording studios located at the landmark Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, California. The studios, which opened in 1956, were initially the primary recording studios for the American record label Capitol Records. While t ...

(Hollywood, CA);

The Village Recorder The Village (also known as Village Recorders, or the Village Recorder) is a recording studio located at 1616 Butler Avenue in West Los Angeles, California. History The building was built by the Freemasons in 1922 and was originally a Masonic ...

, ATS Studios and Fox Force Five Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Hannibal Studio (Santa Monica, CA); Porcupine Studio (Chandler, AZ); Mega Studios (Sao Paulo, Brazil). * Mixed by Don Murray at G Studio Digital (Studio City, CA). * Mastered by

Doug Sax Doug Lionel Sax (April 26, 1936 – April 2, 2015) was an American mastering engineer from Los Angeles, California. He mastered three of The Doors' albums, including their 1967 debut; six of Pink Floyd's albums, including ''The Wall''; Ray Charles ...

and Sangwook "Sunny" Nam at The Mastering Lab (Ojai, CA). * Art Direction and Design – Greg Allen and Larissa Collins * Photography – Greg Allen

References

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