Tenderly is a 1989 studio album by George Benson, produced by long time collaborator Tommy LiPuma.
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| Released | 1989 | |||
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| Length | 38:31 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros | |||
| Producer | Tommy LiPuma | |||
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| Singles from Tenderly | ||||
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Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [2] |
In a review for AllMusic, Richard S. Ginell wrote that Benson has gotten the message by "giving up the fruitless search for decent contemporary material, he switched gears and recorded an album of old standards with top-grade jazz musicians".[1]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "You Don't Know What Love Is" | Don Raye, Gene de Paul | 4:39 |
| 2. | "Stella by Starlight" | Ned Washington, Victor Young | 5:13 |
| 3. | "Stardust" | Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish | 6:02 |
| 4. | "At the Mambo Inn" | Frederick Lincoln-Guirty, Bobby Woodlen, Grace Sampson, Mario Bauzá | 4:53 |
| 5. | "Here, There and Everywhere" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 5:04 |
| 6. | "This Is All I Ask" | Gordon Jenkins | 5:35 |
| 7. | "Tenderly" | Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross | 3:05 |
| 8. | "I Could Write a Book" | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | 4:00 |
Personnel
editMusicians
editSource:[3]
- George Benson – guitar (1–5, 7, 8), vocals (1, 3–6, 8)
- McCoy Tyner – acoustic piano (1–6, 8)
- Ron Carter – double bass (1–6, 8)
- Louis Hayes – drums (1, 6)
- Herlin Riley – drums (2–5)
- Al Foster – drums (8)
- Lenny Castro – percussion (4, 5)
- Marty Paich – horn and string arrangements
Production
edit- Tommy LiPuma – producer
- Elliot Scheiner – recording
- Bill Schnee – mixing, additional recording
- Steve Rinkoff – additional recording
- Al Schmitt – additional recording
- Peter Darmi – assistant engineer
- Troy Halderson – assistant engineer
- Roy Hendrickson – assistant engineer
- Joe Pirrera – assistant engineer
- Jim Shefler – assistant engineer
- Bart Stevens – assistant engineer
- Russ DeFilippis – technical assistant
- Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
- Lu Snead – project administrator
- Rosemarie Kraitz – production assistant
- Angel Rangelov – production assistant
- Pamela Byers – album package coordinator
- Ph. D – art direction, design
- Harris Savides – photography
- Ken Fritz Management – direction
Charts
edit| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[4] | 140 |
| US Jazz Albums[5] | 1 |
References
edit- 1 2 "Tenderly - George Benson | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- ↑ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.
- ↑ as on album cover
- ↑ "George Benson Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- ↑ Benson, George. Billboard Albums at AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-04-14.