Guitar Man

Studio album by

Released

October 4, 2011

Genre

Jazz

Length

42:56

Label

Concord

Producer

John Burk

George Benson chronology

Songs and Stories
(2009)

Guitar Man
(2011)

Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole
(2013)

Singles from Guitar Man

"The Lady in My Life"
Released: September 26, 2011
"Tequila"
Released: 2012
"Fingerlero"
Released: 2012

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tenderly"	Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross	2:01
2.	"I Want to Hold Your Hand"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	5:10
3.	"My Cherie Amour"	Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder	4:08
4.	"Naima"	John Coltrane	3:41
5.	"Tequila"	Daniel Flores	4:30
6.	"Don't Know Why"	Jesse Harris	2:45
7.	"The Lady in My Life"	Rod Temperton	4:30
8.	"My One and Only Love"	Robert Mellin, Guy Wood	3:24
9.	"Paper Moon"	Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg, Billy Rose	2:44
10.	"Danny Boy"	Frederick Weatherly	3:26
11.	"Since I Fell for You"	Buddy Johnson	2:58
12.	"Fingerlero"	Ronnie Foster	3:39

Best Buy bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Sophisticated Lady"	Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish	1:36
14.	"Maria"	Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim	2:13
15.	"Send in the Clowns"	Stephen Sondheim	1:28

Official site purchase bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Maria"	Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim	2:13
14.	"Somewhere"	Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim	1:54

Qobuz / iTunes bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"People"	Bob Merrill, Jule Styne	1:47

Japanese bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Sophisticated Lady"	Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish	1:36

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

References

^ Jurek, Thom. George Benson: Guitar Man > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
^ George Benson interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' May 2012

v t e George Benson
Discography
Studio albums	The New Boss Guitar of George Benson It's Uptown The George Benson Cookbook Giblet Gravy Shape of Things to Come Goodies Tell It Like It Is The Other Side of Abbey Road Beyond the Blue Horizon White Rabbit Body Talk Bad Benson Good King Bad Benson & Farrell Breezin' In Flight Livin' Inside Your Love Give Me the Night In Your Eyes Pacific Fire I Got a Woman and Some Blues 20/20 While the City Sleeps... Collaboration Twice the Love Big Boss Band That's Right Standing Together Absolute Benson Irreplaceable Givin' It Up Songs and Stories Guitar Man Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole Walking to New Orleans
Live albums	In Concert-Carnegie Hall Weekend in L.A.
Compilations	Space The George Benson Collection The Greatest Hits of All The Very Best of George Benson: The Greatest Hits of All The Essential George Benson
Singles	"This Masquerade" (1976) "Breezin'" (1976) "The Greatest Love of All" (1977) "On Broadway" (1978) "Love Ballad" (1979) "Give Me the Night" (1980) "Love X Love" (1980) "What's on Your Mind" (1980) "Never Give Up on a Good Thing" (1981) "Turn Your Love Around" (1981) "Inside Love (So Personal)" (1983) "Lady Love Me (One More Time)" (1983) "Feel Like Makin' Love" (1983) "In Your Eyes" (1983) "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" (1985) "Shiver" (1986) "Teaser" (1986) "Let's Do It Again" (1988)