Track Listing

1. Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
2. Family Reunion
3. Show Me The Love
4. A Telephone Call Away
5. Someday We'll All Be Free
6. Nuthin' But A Party
7. Come In From The Cold
8. Exotica
9. Rainy Night In Georgia
10. One Like You
11. Living In High Definition
12. Sailing

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #73224 in Music
• Released on: 2009-08-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Album Description
George Benson is truly a legend; a guitarist of unparalleled chops and a vocalist with great emotional range and sophistication, and his latest release finds him at his very best! Songs and Stories is a collection of tunes penned by some of the most prolific and enduring songwriters of the last half-century such as James Taylor, Smokey Robinson, Lamont Dozier, Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, and several others. The album also includes guest performances by David Paich, Gerald Albright, Lalah Hathaway, Lee Ritenour, Norman Brown, Patti Austin, Steve Lukather, Tom Scott and many more.

From the Label
Monster Music presents to you the amazingly crisps and dynamic HDS High Definition Surround Sound SuperDisc Songs and Stories, George’s second SuperDisc, following up the multi-GRAMMY® winning Givin’ It Up, with Al Jarreau.

“We decided to go to some of the world’s greatest songwriters and ask them to write something new for George,” says album producer, John Burk. “The special guests on this album are the songwriters.”

With this concept in mind, an all star line up of songwriters lent their huge musical talents to the album. Legends like Smokey Robinson, Bill Withers, and Rod Temperton, just to name a few, wrote new songs with the purpose of putting them into the very capable hands of George Benson.

But’s that’s not to say that you won’t hear musical genius playing with George on Songs and Stories. Some of the most coveted musicians in the music industryjoined George to lay down the tracks live. Artists like Paul Jackson, Jr., Lee Ritenour, Tom Scott, Wah Wah Watson, Toninho Horta and Ray Parker, Jr on guitars. Rod Temperton and David Paich on keyboards. Gerald Albright and Tom Scott on sax. Steve Porcaro on synthesizer. And Patti Austin on background vocals.

“We had what we call in the music industry the A team. I call them an A plus,” explains George. “We did it the right way. We went in live, and that’s where you get the vibe. We got in the studio and started bouncing off each other and saw what the potential was and the magic started happening right away.”

SuperDisc: An Unparalleled Listening Experience
Thanks to the Monster Music’s proprietary HDS surround sound mix on this disc, you’re going to be able to enjoy this amazing musical collaboration in ways you never could with an ordinary CD.

“I believe we've delivered to you a phenomenal music product. With HDS surround, you can place yourself right in the middle of the action. It's like the music is floating,” explains Head Monster Noel Lee, who personally worked on the mix, and is a long time friend of George’s. “You can hear the music like you’ve never experienced it before.”

The combination of masterful songwriting, unmatched musicianship and cutting edge surround sound technology makes Songs and Stories an experience you’re sure to enjoy over and over again.

About George Benson
Even before the recording of his first album, at just 21 years old, George Benson has relished the role of using his now legendary musical gifts to entertaining his audience.