Songs and Stories

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.

Songs and Stories
Studio album by George Benson
Released	August 25, 2009
Studio	Henson (Hollywood) Capitol (Hollywood) The Village (Los Angeles) ATS (Los Angeles) Fox Force Five (Los Angeles) Hannibal (Santa Monica, California) Porcupine (Chandler, Arizona) Mega (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Genre	Jazz
Length	62:02
Label	Concord
Producer	John Burk, Marcus Miller
George Benson chronology
Givin' It Up (2006) Songs and Stories (2009) Guitar Man (2011)
Singles from Songs and Stories
"Family Reunion" Released: 2009 "Living in High Definition" Released: 2009 "Show Me the Love" Released: 2010

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight"	James Taylor	3:48
2.	"Family Reunion"	Catero Colbert, Rod Temperton	4:18
3.	"Show Me the Love"	Steve Lukather, Marcus Miller, David Paich	4:16
4.	"A Telephone Call Away"	Bill Withers	5:54
5.	"Someday We'll All Be Free"	Donny Hathaway, Edward Howard	6:19
6.	"Nuthin' But a Party"	Robert Harris, Christopher Lomax, Marlon McClain, Larry Troutman, Roger Troutman	5:28
7.	"Come in from the Cold"	Marc Broussard, Radney Foster, Justin Tocket	4:31
8.	"Exotica"	Marcus Miller	5:28
9.	"Rainy Night in Georgia"	Tony Joe White	4:50
10.	"One Like You"	David Garfield, William "Smokey" Robinson	4:41
11.	"Living in High Definition"	Lamont Dozier	7:14
12.	"Sailing"	Christopher Cross	5:15

DVD-Audio / Japanese SHM-CD bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"It Ain't Over"	Norman Brown	4:06

Personnel

• George Benson – vocals (1–12), guitar (1, 3–13), guitar solo (2)
• Toninho Horta – acoustic guitar (1, 12)
• Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar (2, 3)
• John "Jubu" Smith – guitar (2–5, 7–11)
• Steve Lukather – guitar (3)
• Norman Brown – guitar (6), vocals (6)
• Wah Wah Watson – guitar (8, 11)
• Lee Ritenour – acoustic guitar (10), electric guitar (10)
• Marcelo Lima – acoustic guitar (12)
• Bruno Cardozo – Hammond B3 organ (1), keyboards (12)
• William Magalhães – Fender Rhodes (1, 12)
• Greg Phillinganes – keyboards (2, 4, 5, 8), acoustic piano (3, 11), Fender Rhodes (6, 7, 9)
• Rod Temperton – keyboards (2), arrangements (2)
• David Paich – keyboards (3), string and horn arrangements (3)
• Steve Porcaro – synthesizers (3)
• Bobby Sparks – Hammond B3 organ (4, 6, 7, 9, 13), keyboards (6)
• David Garfield – keyboards (10), backing vocals (10)
• Robbie Benson – keyboards (13)
• Marcus Miller – bass (1–11, 13), keyboards (2, 13), marimba (2), string arrangements (2, 10, 11), horn arrangements (4, 11), drum loop programming (6), arrangements (6, 7), percussion (7), vocals (7), percussion programming (10, 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)
• Victor Vanacore – string arrangements (1, 4, 5, 9), horn arrangements (4)
• Jerry Hey – horn arrangements (3)
• Tom Scott – saxophone (3, 4, 7, 11), horn arrangements (7)
• Gerald Albright – saxophone (4)
• Charles Loper – trombone (3, 4, 7, 11)
• Chuck Findley – trumpet (3, 4, 7, 11)
• Gary Grant – trumpet (3, 4, 7, 11)
• John Hayhurst – viola (1–5, 9, 11)
• Michael Molnau – viola (1–5, 9, 11)
• Robin Ross – viola (1–5, 9, 11)
• Evan Wilson – viola (1–5, 9, 11)
• Sai Ly Acosta – violin (1–5, 9, 11)
• Susan Chatman – violin (1–5, 9, 11)
• Ronald Clark – violin (1–5, 9, 11)
• Joel Derouin – violin (1–5, 9, 11)
• Charles Everett – violin (1–5, 9, 11)
• Gerry Hilera – violin (1–5, 9, 11)
• Victoria Lanier – violin (1–5, 9, 11)
• Dennis Molchan – violin (1–5, 9, 11)
• Xiao Niu He – violin (1–5, 9, 11)
• Todor Pelev – violin (1–5, 9, 11)
• Kathleen Robertson – violin (1–5, 9, 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)

Production

• Producer – Marcus Miller and John Burk
• Associate Producers on Track 1 – Toninho Horta, Michael O'Neill and Forest Sprague.
• Co-Producers on Track 3 – Steve Lukather and David Paich
• Executive Producers – John Burk and Noël Lee
• Engineers – Don Murray, J. J. Blair, Guilherme Canaes, Jeff Harris, Taka Honda, Stefan Nordin, Seth Presant, John Wroble and Noel Zancanella.
• Assistant Engineers – Steve Cohen, Martin Cooke, Tom Syrowski and Aaron Walk.
• Recorded at Henson Recording Studios and Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA); The Village Recorder, ATS Studios and Fox Force Five Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Hannibal Studio (Santa Monica, CA); Porcupine Studio (Chandler, AZ); Mega Studios (Sao Paulo, Brazil).
• Mixed by Don Murray at G Studio Digital (Studio City, CA).
• Mastered by Doug Sax and Sangwook "Sunny" Nam at The Mastering Lab (Ojai, CA).
• Art Direction and Design – Greg Allen and Larissa Collins
• Photography – Greg Allen

External links

• Allmusic [1]
• Discogs [2]