Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole has received very positive reception from music critics. Steve Leggett of Allmusic affirmed that "it all adds up to a sweet and very impressive album, full of warmth and heart, and it swings where it should."[ 2] USA Today [ 3]
Vinyl LP
Regular CD
Best Buy Edition CD (incl. 2 Bonus Tracks)
Japanese Edition CD (incl. Bonus Track)
QVC Edition (Regular CD + 6-track Bonus Disc)
HD Tracks (High Definition Music Downloads)
iTunes (incl. Bonus Track)
George Benson – vocals, guitarLil' Georgie Benson (age 8) – vocals (1), ukulele (1)
Tim May – guitar
Mike O'Neill – baritone guitar (15), banjo (15)Randy Waldman – acoustic piano, conductor, arrangements (2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15), string arrangements (4), backing vocals (10)Chuck Berghofer – bassGregg Field – drumsMichael Fisher – percussion
Sheila E. – percussion (3)Wynton Marsalis – trumpet (3)Till Brönner – trumpet (9)Nelson Riddle – original arrangements (2, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13), horn arrangements (4)Idina Menzel – vocals (5)Alvin Chea – backing vocals (9, 10, 14, 15)Janey Clewer – backing vocals (9, 10, 14, 15)
Don Shelton – backing vocals (9, 10)
Chris Papastephanou – backing vocals (10)
Judith Hill – vocals (11)Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra
Shelton Berg – dean of music
Terence Blanchard – artistic director
Scott Flavin – artistic coordinator
Stephen Guerra – managing director Brass and Woodwinds Cassandra Eisenreich – flute
Neil Carson and Kevin McKeown – alto saxophone
Derek Smith – baritone saxophone
Mark Small and Alex Weitz – tenor saxophone
Major Bailey, Chris Gagne, Kendall Moore and Stephen Szabadi – trombone
Chris Burbank, Ryan Chapman, Jared Hall and Gilbert Paz – trumpet
Jon Anderson – French horn Strings Steffen Zeichner – concertmaster and violin soloist
Rachel Hershey, Jeff Kipperman and Yen-Ling Lin – bass
Joy Adams, Sarah Gongaware, Cecilia Huerta, Andrew Kromholz and Chia-Li Yu – cello
Christina Hardister – harp
Marcela Fernandez, Lauren Miller, Robyn Savitzky and Kathryn Severing – viola
Victor Colmenares, Tomas Cotik, Adam Diderrich, Michelle Godbee, Patricia Jancova, Michelle Mlacker, Karin O'Keefe, Jonah Osawa, Rob Patrignani, Zack Piper, James Reynolds, Katrina Schaeffer, Arianne Urban, Abby Young and Steffen Zeichner – violin Producers – John Burk and Randy Waldman
Recording and Mix Engineers – Seth Presant and Al Schmitt
Assistant Engineers – Chad Jolly, Chris Owens and Shinnosuke Miyazawa.
Recorded at The Village Studios (Los Angeles, California).
Orchestra recorded by Dave Polar at The Hit Factory Criteria (Miami, Florida).
Trumpet on Track 3 recorded by Jeff Jones
Additional piano recording by Randy Waldman at Randini Studio (Studio City, California).
Mastered by Paul Blakemore at CMG Mastering (Cleveland, Ohio).
Music Preparation – Brian Benison and Junko Tamura
A&R Administration – Mary Hogan
Creative Director – Larissa Collins
Art Direction, Design and Photography – Greg Allan at Omnivore Creative.
Management – Stephanie Gonzalez at Apropos Management.
^ "George Benson Releases Heartfelt Homage to Nat King Cole Titled Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole June 4, 2013" . Jazzcorner.com. Retrieved 2013-04-27 .^ a b Leggett, Steve (June 3, 2013). "Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole - George Benson : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards" . Allmusic. Retrieved June 4, 2013 . ^ a b Jones, Steve (June 3, 2013). "Listen up: Rimes, Benson serve up four-star tunes" . USA Today . Retrieved June 4, 2013 .
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