Songs and Stories
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ReleasedAugust 25, 2009
Studio
- Henson Recording Studios (Hollywood)
- Capitol Studios (Hollywood)
- The Village Recorder (Los Angeles)
- ATS (Los Angeles)
- Fox Force Five (Los Angeles)
- Hannibal (Santa Monica, California)
- Porcupine (Chandler, Arizona)
- Mega (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Length62:02
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| Released | August 25, 2009 | |||
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| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 62:02 | |||
| Label | Concord | |||
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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.[1]
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 13. | "It Ain't Over" | Norman Brown | 4:06 |
Personnel
- George Benson – vocals (1–12), guitar (1, 3–13), guitar solo (2)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 – saxophones (3, 4, 7, 11), horn arrangements (7)
- Gerald Albright – saxophones (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)