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.
Personnel
- George Benson – vocals, guitar, guitar solo
- Bruno Cardozo – Hammond B3 organ, keyboards
- William Magalhães – Fender Rhodes
- Greg Phillinganes – keyboards, acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes
- Rod Temperton – keyboards, arrangements
- David Paich – keyboards, string and horn arrangements
- Steve Porcaro – synthesizers
- Bobby Sparks – Hammond B3 organ, keyboards
- David Garfield – keyboards, backing vocals
- Robbie Benson – keyboards
- Toninho Horta – acoustic guitar
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
- John "Jubu" Smith – guitar
- Steve Lukather – guitar
- Norman Brown – guitar, vocals
- Wah Wah Watson – guitar
- Lee Ritenour – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Marcelo Lima – acoustic guitar
- Marcus Miller – bass, keyboards, marimba, string arrangements, horn arrangements, drum loop programming, arrangements, percussion, vocals, percussion programming, vibraphone
- Arthur Maia – fretless bass
- John Robinson – drums
- Maguinho Alcântara – drums
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Butterscotch – human beatbox
- Noël Lee – wind chimes
- Victor Vanacore – string arrangements, horn arrangements
- Jerry Hey – horn arrangements
- Tom Scott – saxophones, horn arrangements
- Gerald Albright – saxophones
- Charles Loper – trombone
- Chuck Findley – trumpet
- Gary Grant – trumpet
- 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
- Patti Austin – backing vocals, vocals
- Carolyn Perry – backing vocals
- Lori Perry – backing vocals
- Sharon Perry – backing vocals
- Lalah Hathaway – vocals
- Smokey Robinson – backing vocals
- J. J. Blair – backing vocals
- Leslie Smith – backing vocals
Production
- Executive Producers – John Burk and Noël Lee
- Producers – 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
- Engineers – J. J. Blair, Guilherme Canaes, Jeff Harris, Taka Honda, Don Murray, Stefan Nordin, Seth Presant, John Wroble and Noel Zancanella.
- Assistant Engineers – Steve Cohen, Martin Cooke, Tom Syrowski and Aaron Walk.
- Mixed by Don Murray at G Studio Digital.
- Mastered by Doug Sax and Sangwook "Sunny" Nam at The Mastering Lab.
- Art Direction and Design – Greg Allen and Larissa Collins
- Photography – Greg Allen