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.
Contents
Personnel
Credits taken from Japan release.
Musicians
George Benson – guitar, vocals (3, 8, 11–13)
David Garfield – acoustic piano (2, 4, 11), keyboards (2–8, 12, 13)
Joe Sample – acoustic piano (5, 8, 9, 12)
Chris Walden – keyboards (7)
Ray Fuller – rhythm guitar (2)
Paul Jackson Jr. – rhythm guitar (2)
Freddie Washington – bass (2)
Ben Williams – bass (3–5, 7–9, 12, 13)
Oscar Seaton Jr. – drums (2)
Harvey Mason – drums (3–5, 7–9, 12, 13)
Lenny Castro – percussion (3, 5, 6, 12)
Dan Higgins – alto flute (2), clarinet (2), flute (2)
Charlie Bisharat – viola (2, 7), violin (2, 7)
Music arrangements
George Benson – arrangements (2–6, 8, 9)
David Garfield – arrangements (2, 4, 8, 11–13), rhythm arrangements (7)
Oscar Castro-Neves – orchestral arrangements (2)
Chris Walden – string arrangements (7)
Production
Noel Lee – executive producer
John Beck – executive producer, producer
David Garfield – co-producer (2, 4, 6, 8, 11)
Larissa Collins – art direction
Greg Allen – art direction, package design
Marco Glaviano – photography
Stephanie Gonzalez – artist representative for Apropos Management and Marketing
Technical credits
Paul Blakemore – mastering at CMG Mastering (Cleveland, Ohio)
Seth Presant – mixing, recording (1, 3–13)
Al Schmitt – recording (1, 3–13)
Mauricio Cajueiro – recording (2)
Geoff Gillette – recording (2)
Yutaka Yokokura – recording (2)
Aaron Walk – assistant engineer
Aran Lavi – additional recording
Aaron Mattes – assistant additional engineer
Sye Avshalom – second assistant engineer