Songs and Stories is a studio album by George Benson. The album was released by Concord on August 25, 2009. The album was produced by John Burk and Marcus Miller and featured a host of guest musicians.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians George Benson – vocals (1–12), guitar (1, 3–13), guitar solo (2) Bruno Cardozo – Hammond B3 organ (1), keyboards (12) William Magalhães – Rhodes electric piano (1, 12) Greg Phillinganes – keyboards (2, 4, 5, 8), acoustic piano (3, 11), Rhodes electric piano (6, 7, 9) Rod Temperton – keyboards (2), programming (2) David Paich – keyboards (3), programming (3) Steve Porcaro – synthesizers (3) Bobby Sparks – Hammond B3 organ (4, 6, 7, 9, 13), keyboards (6) David Garfield – acoustic piano (10), keyboards (10), organ (10), backing vocals (10) Robbie Benson – keyboards (13) Toninho Horta – acoustic guitar (1, 12) Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (2, 3) John "Jubu" Smith – guitars (2–5, 7–11) Steve Lukather – guitar (3) Ray Parker Jr. – guitars (3) Norman Brown – guitar (6), vocals (6) Wah Wah Watson – guitars (8, 11) Lee Ritenour – acoustic guitar (10), electric guitar (10) Marcelo Lima – acoustic guitar (12) Marcus Miller – bass (1–11, 13), Rhodes electric piano (2), keyboards (2, 13), marimba (2), horn programming (4), drum loop programming (6), percussion (7), vocals (7), percussion programming (10), programming (11, 13), vibraphone (11) Arthur Maia – 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) Tom Scott – saxophones (3, 4, 7, 11), saxophone solos (7) Gerald Albright – saxophone solos (4) Charles Loper – trombone (3, 4, 7, 11) Chuck Findley – trumpet (3, 4, 7, 11) Gary Grant – trumpet (3, 4, 7, 11) Patti Austin – 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 – vocals (4) Smokey Robinson – backing vocals (10) J.J. Blair – backing vocals (10) Leslie Smith – backing vocals (10)
Music arrangements Victor Vanacore – string arrangements and conductor (1, 4, 5, 9), horn arrangements (4) Marcus Miller – string arrangements and conductor (2, 10, 11), arrangements (4–6, 8, 13), horn arrangements (11) Rod Temperton – arrangements (2) Jerry Hey – horn arrangements (3) David Paich – string arrangements and conductor (3), horn arrangements (3) Tom Scott – horn arrangements (7) J.J. Blair – BGV arrangements (10) David Garfield – BGV arrangements (10) Smokey Robinson – BGV arrangements (10) Leslie Smith – BGV arrangements (10)
Strings (Tracks 1–5, 9, 11) Mike Vacarro – contractor Robert Peterson – concertmaster Karl Egan – music preparation Joe McGuire – music preparation John Acosta – cello Maurice Grants – cello Steve Richards – cello Rudy Stein – cello John Hayhurst – viola Michael Molnau – viola Robin Ross – viola Evan Wilson – viola Sai Ly Acosta – violin Susan Chatman – violin Ronald Clark – violin Joel Derouin – violin Charles Everett – violin Gerry Hilera – violin Victoria Lanier – violin Dennis Molchan – violin Xiao Niu He – violin Todor Pelev – violin Kathleen Robertson – violin
Production Noël Lee – executive producer John Burk – executive producer, producer Marcus Miller – producer Toninho Horta – associate producer (1, 12) Michael O'Neill – associate producer (1, 12) Forest Sprague – associate producer (1, 12) Steve Lukather – co-producer (3) David Paich – co-producer (3) David Garfield – production assistance (10) Mary Hogan – A&R administration Gerald McCauley – A&R production consultant Michele Aristy – assistant to Marcus Miller Larissa Collins – art direction Greg Allen – art direction, package design, photography Stephanie Gonzalez – artist representative for Apropos Management and Marketing
Technical credits Doug Sax – mastering Sangwook "Sunny" Nam – mastering The Mastering Lab (Ojai, California) – mastering location Don Murray – recording, mixing J.J. Blair – recording Guilherme Canaes – recording Jeff Harris – recording Taka Honda – recording Stefan Nordin – recording Seth Presant – recording John Wroble – recording Noel Zancanella – recording Steve Cohen – assistant engineer Martin Cooke – assistant engineer Tom Syrowski – assistant engineer Aaron Walk – assistant engineer
References
External links Allmusic Discogs