Guitar Man (George Benson album)
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.Personnel
- George Benson – guitar, arrangements, vocals
- Ray Fuller – rhythm guitar
- Paul Jackson Jr. – rhythm guitar
- David Garfield – acoustic piano, keyboards, arrangements, rhythm arrangements
- Joe Sample – acoustic piano
- Chris Walden – keyboards, arrangements
- Freddie Washington – bass
- Ben Williams – bass
- Oscar Seaton Jr. – drums
- Harvey Mason – drums
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Dan Higgins – flute, alto flute, clarinet
- Charlie Bisharat – viola, violin
- Oscar Castro-Neves – orchestration
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 ; Entourage Studios ; Visual Rhythm Studios ; Porcupine Studios ; DB Studios.
- Mixed by Seth Presant at The Village Studios.
- Mastered by Paul Blakemore at CMG Mastering.
- Art Direction – Larissa Collins
- Design – Greg Allen
- Photography – Marco Glaviano
