Tenderly (George Benson album)

Tenderly
Studio album by
George Benson
Released1989 (1989)
Genre
Length38:31
LabelWarner Bros
ProducerTommy LiPuma
George Benson chronology
Twice the Love
(1988) 		Tenderly
(1989) 		Big Boss Band
(1990)
Singles from Tenderly
  1. "Here, There & Everywhere"
    Released: 1993

Tenderly is a 1989 studio album by George Benson, produced by long time collaborator Tommy LiPuma.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Don't Know What Love Is"Don Raye, Gene de Paul4:39
2."Stella by Starlight"Ned Washington, Victor Young5:13
3."Stardust"Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish6:02
4."At the Mambo Inn"Frederick Lincoln-Guirty, Bobby Woodlen, Grace Sampson, Mario Bauzá4:53
5."Here, There and Everywhere"John Lennon, Paul McCartney5:04
6."This Is All I Ask"Gordon Jenkins5:35
7."Tenderly"Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross3:05
8."I Could Write a Book"Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart4:00

Personnel

Musicians[3]

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) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 140
US Jazz Albums[5] 1

References

  1. ^ a b "Tenderly - George Benson | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ as on album cover
  4. ^ "George Benson Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  5. ^ Benson, George. Billboard Albums at AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
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