Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Shadow Dancers
2. Ain't That Peculiar
3. Foggy Day, A
4. Ready 'N Able - (featuring Dr. Lonnie Smith)
5. What's New?
6. Chattanooga Choo Choo
7. White Rabbit
8. Summertime
9. Breezin'
10. This Masquerade
11. Shark Bite
12. Nature Boy
13. Greatest Love of All - (single version)
14. On Broadway - (single version)
15. We All Remember Wes
DISC 2:
1. Love Ballad - (single version)
2. Off Broadway
3. Moody's Mood
4. Give Me the Night - (single version)
5. Turn Your Love Around
6. Love All the Hurt Away
7. Mimosa
8. Being With You
9. 20/20
10. New Day
11. Kisses in the Moonlight - (single version)
12. MT. Airy Road
13. Let's Do It Again - (single version)
14. Tenderly
15. Ready Now That You Are
16. Long and Winding Road, The
17. C-Smooth
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Aretha Franklin, Count Basie & His Orchestra, Earl Klugh, Hubert Laws, Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith, Lonnie Smith | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: George Benson (vocals, guitar); Claus Ogerman (conductor); Airto Moreira (vocals, percussion); Patti Austin, Aretha Franklin (vocals); Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone); Ronnie Cuber (baritone saxophone); Marvin Stamm (trumpet, piccolo trumpet, flugelhorn); Hubert Laws (flute, woodwinds); Herbie Hancock (acoustic & electric pianos); Lonnie Smith, Jack McDuff (organ); Greg Phillinganes (keyboards, synthesizer); Earl Klugh (acoustic & classical guitars); Lee Ritenhour (guitar); Ron Carter, Marcus Miller (bass); Billy Cobham, Steve Gadd, Harvey Mason, Jeff Porcaro (drums); Ralph McDonald (triangle, percussion); Paulinho DaCosta (percussion); James Taylor (background vocals); The Count Basie Orchestra.
Producers include: Quincy Jones, John Hammond, Esmond Edwards, Creed Taylor, Tommy LiPuma.
Compilation producers: George Benson, Scott Galloway, David McLees.
Engineers include: Rudy Van Gelder, Val Valentin, Al Schmitt.
Recorded between 1964 and 1998. Includes liner notes by A. Scott Galloway.
Digitally remastered by Dan Hersch (DigiPrep).
Personnel: George Benson (vocals, guitar); Airto Moreira (vocals, percussion); Patti Austin (vocals, background vocals); Aretha Franklin (vocals); Frank Foster (guitar, tenor saxophone); Jay Graydon (guitar, synthesizer); Dave Lewis (guitar, bass synthesizer, drum programming); Cecil Womack (guitar, background vocals); Lee Ritenour , Andy Bloch, Howard "Buzz" Feiten (guitar); Earl Klugh (acoustic guitar, classical guitar); Jay Berliner (acoustic guitar); Sekou Bunch (electric guitar); Bernard Eichen, Charles Libove (violin); Dave Mankovitz (viola); George Ricci (cello); Jerry Hey (strings, trumpet); Jimmy Smith (strings, organ, synthesizer); George Marge, Hubert Laws, Romeo Penque (flute, woodwinds); Gary Herbig, Kim Hutchcroft, Larry Williams (flute, saxophone); George Young , Stan Webb (flute); Marvin Stamm (piccolo, trumpet, flugelhorn); Buddy Lucas (harmonica, saxophone); Jane Taylor, Phil Bodner (woodwinds); Eddie Daniels, David Glasser (alto saxophone); Red Holloway, Stanley Turrentine (tenor saxophone); Ronnie Cuber (baritone saxophone); Joe Shepley, John Frosk (trumpet, flugelhorn); Chuck Findley, Bob Ojeda (trumpet); James Buffington (French horn); Alan Raph (trombone, tuba); Wayne Andre (trombone, baritone horn); Bill Reichenbach Jr. (trombone); Jorge Dalto (piano, electric piano, Clavinet); Herbie Hancock, Jai Winding (piano, electric piano); Ronnie Foster (electric piano, keyboards, synthesizer); Robbie Buchanan (electric piano); Gloria Agostini (harpsichord); Dr. Lonnie Smith , Charles Covington (organ); Greg Phillinganes (keyboards, synthesizer); Clifford Carter, Wayne Lewis (keyboards, drum programming); Melvin Davis (keyboards); Ricky Peterson (synthesizer, vibraphone); Rich Aronson (synthesizer, programming); Randy Goodrum (synthesizer, drum programming, sequencer); Preston Glass (synthesizer, drum programming); Gene Page, Frank Martin, Michael Boddicker, Randy Waldman, David Foster (synthesizer); David Paich, Richard Tee (bass synthesizer); Rob Mounsey, Wells Christy (Synclavier); Jack Jennings, Phil Kraus (vibraphone); Leo Morris, John "J.R." Robinson , Marvin Chapell, Grady Tate, Marion Booker, Harvey Mason, Sr. , Lil John Roberts, Jeff Porcaro, Jimmy Lovelace, Michael White , Montego Joe, Andy Newmark, Ray Lucas, Steve Gadd , Billy Cobham, Carlos Vega (drums); Johnny Pacheco (congas); Dave Weckl, Greg "Gigi" Gonaway, Mike Baird (cymbals); Errol Bennett (finger cymbals, percussion); Ralph MacDonald (triangle, percussion); Paulinho Da Costa, Ray Armando, Johnny Griggs (percussion); Robert C. Benson, Rhett Lawrence (programming); Steve Kipner (drum programming, sequencer); Narada Michael Walden (drum programming); Claytoven Richardson, Diva Gray, Carmen Twilley, Genobia Jeter, Mark Stevens, Venette Gloud, Jocelyn Allen, James Taylor , Jim Gilstrap, Linda Womack, Marcy Levy, Audrey Wheeler, Tom Bahler, Bill Champlin, Vaneese Thomas (background ...
Editorial Reviews
...He's on eof the era's great guitarists and a singer of no small gift, as this reminds us... - Rating: A-
Entertainment Weekly (12/01/2000)
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