Tenderly is a 1989 studio album by George Benson, produced by long time collaborator Tommy LiPuma.
Reception
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".
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians Source:as on album cover George Benson – guitar (1–5, 7, 8), vocals (1, 3–6, 8) McCoy Tyner – acoustic piano (1–6, 8) Ron Carter – upright 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 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 Chart (1989) Peakposition US Billboard 200140 US Jazz Albums1
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