28/02/2020

George Benson "Absolute Benson" (2000) -Smooth Jazz-



Label : GRP Records / Verve Records


États-Unis 01 - The Ghetto (Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson, Alfred Eaton & Toss Shaw)
02 - El Barrio (George Benson, Kenny Gonzalez & Louie Vega)
03 - Jazzenco (Marc Antoine)
04 - Deeper Than You Think (Joe Sample)
05 - One On One (Joe Sample)
06 - Hipping The Hop (Joe Sample)
07 - Lately (Stevie Wonder)
08 - Come Back Baby (Ray Charles)
09 - Medicine Man (George Benson & Joe Sample)


Produced by Tommy LiPuma
"The Ghetto" & "El Barrio" Produced by Tommy LiPuma, Louie Vega & Kenny Gonzalez
Tracks 03-10 Recorded May 1999 by Al Schmitt at Clinton Recording (Studio A), New York
Additional Recording by Al Schmitt & Elliot Scheiner at Clinton Recording & The Power Station, New York
Overdubs Recorded by Al Schmitt, Elliot Scheiner, Tommy Tucker & Bill Schnee
Assistant Engineers : Mark Fraunfelder, Alan Moon & Aya Takemura
Strings on "Lately" Recorded by James Farber at Sound on Sound, New York
Strings on "Lately" Arranged by Arif Mardin
All Synthesizer Overdubs Recorded at Master Mix Studios, Minneapolis, MN
Synthesizers Arranged by Ricky Peterson & Joe Sample
Tracks 01 & 02 Recorded by Jon Fausty & Steve Barkan at Platinum Audio, New York
Mixed by Steve Barkan at Platinum Audio, New York
Assistant Engineer : Kayo Teramoto
Mixed December 1999 by Bill Schnee, at Schnee Studios, North Hollywood
Assistant Engineer : Koji Egawa
Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab, New York

George Benson : Guitar, Vocals (Tracks 01, 02 & 08)
Joe Sample : Piano (Tracks 03-09), Wurlitzer, B-3 Organ, Synthesizers (Tracks 01 & 02)
Ricky Peterson : Hammond B-3 Organ, Synthesizer (Track 08)
Carlos Henriquez : Bass (Tracks 01 & 02)
Christian McBride : Bass (Tracks 03-09)
Vidal Davis : Drums (Tracks 01 & 02)
Steve Gadd : Drums (Tracks 03-05, 07 & 08)
Cindy Blackman : Drums (Tracks 06 & 09)
Luis Conte : Congas, Timbales, Percussion (Tracks 03-06 & 09)
Luisito Quintero : Percussion (Tracks 01 & 02)
Claudia Acuna, Lisa Fischer, India : Background vocals (Tracks 01 & 02)
Roy Ayers, Richard Shade : Background vocals (Track 01)