''Guitar Man'' is a studio album by

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 Jazz Concord Jazz is a record company and label founded in 1973 by Carl Jefferson, the former owner of Jefferson Motors Lincoln Mercury dealership in Concord, California. The label was named after the city in the East San Francisco Bay area, and the j ...

on October 4, 2011. Largely

instrumental An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instru ...

, 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.George Benson interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' May 2012
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Track listing

Personnel

– 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 Joseph Leslie Sample (February 1, 1939 – September 12, 2014) was an American keyboardist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Jazz Crusaders in 1960, the band which shortened its name to "The Crusaders" in 1971. He remained ...

– acoustic piano (5, 8, 9, 12) *

Chris Walden Chris Walden (born October 10, 1966 in Hamburg, West Germany) is a German composer, arranger, and conductor living in the U.S. He leads the Chris Walden Big Band, and was nominated seven times for a Grammy Award. He has written big band and or ...

– keyboards (7), arrangements (7) * Freddie Washington – bass (2) * Ben Williams – bass (3-5, 7-9, 12) * Oscar Seaton Jr. – drums (2) *

Harvey Mason Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947) is an American jazz drummer, record producer, and member of the band Fourplay. Mason, who attended Berklee in the 1960s, received an Honorary Doctorate at Berklee's 2015 Commencement Ceremony for ...

– drums (3-5, 7-9, 12) *

Lenny Castro Lenny or Lennie may refer to: People and fictional characters * Lenny (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Lennie (surname), a list of people * Lenny (singer) (born 1993), Czech songwriter Arts and entertainment Music * ''L ...

– percussion (3, 5, 6, 12) *

Dan Higgins Dan Higgins (born January 28, 1957 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American saxophone and woodwind player. He has worked with such artists as John Williams, Seth MacFarlane, Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder, Neil Diamond, Al Jarreau, Maroon 5, Kenny Loggin ...

– flute (2), alto flute (2), clarinet (2) *

Charlie Bisharat Charlie Bisharat is an American violinist known as a member of Shadowfax and for his work in film and with other New Age Jazz artists. He was born in Inglewood, CA in 1963 to parents who immigrated to the United States from Palestine in the 1950 ...

– viola (2, 7), violin (2, 7) *

Oscar Castro-Neves Oscar Castro-Neves (May 15, 1940 - September 27, 2013), was a Brazilian guitarist, arranger, and composer who is considered a founding figure in bossa nova. Biography He was born in Rio de Janeiro as one of triplets and formed a band with his br ...

– orchestration (2)

Production

* Producer – John Beck * Executive Producers – John Beck and Noel Lee * Recording Engineers – Mauricio Cajueiro, Geoff Gillette, Seth Presant,

Al Schmitt Albert Harry Schmitt (April 17, 1930 – April 26, 2021) was an American recording engineer and record producer. He won twenty Grammy Awards for his work with Henry Mancini, Steely Dan, George Benson, Toto, Natalie Cole, Quincy Jones, and other ...

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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