Collaboration (George Benson & Earl Klugh album)

Collaboration is a smooth jazz studio album by George Benson and Earl Klugh released in 1987.^[2][3][4] The album was certified gold in the United States in February 1988.

Collaboration
Studio album by George Benson & Earl Klugh
Released	1987
Studio	Power Station (New York) Bill Schnee (Hollywood) Amigo (Hollywood) Sunset Sound (Hollywood) Capitol (Hollywood) United Sound (Detroit) Lion Share (Los Angeles) RPM (New York) Ocean Way (Los Angeles) Broadway Productions (Englewood, New Jersey) Circle Seven (Palisades, California)
Genre	Smooth jazz, crossover jazz
Length	49:32
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Tommy LiPuma
George Benson & Earl Klugh chronology
While the City Sleeps... (1986) Collaboration (1987) Twice the Love (1988)
Singles from Collaboration
"Since You're Gone" Released: 1987 "Dreamin'" Released: 1987

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mt. Airy Road"	Marcus Miller	7:51
2.	"Mimosa"	George Benson	6:50
3.	"Brazilian Stomp"	Earl Klugh	5:33
4.	"Dreamin'"	Marcus Miller	5:49
5.	"Since You're Gone"	Earl Klugh	5:46
6.	"Collaboration"	Harvey Mason, Randy Goodrum	6:16
7.	"Jamaica"	Randy Goodrum	5:40
8.	"Romeo & Juliet (Love theme from Romeo & Juliet)" (not on LP)	Nino Rota	5:47

Personnel

• George Benson – electric guitar
• Earl Klugh – classical guitar
• Paul Jackson Jr. – rhythm guitar
• Greg Phillinganes – keyboards, synthesizers, synthesizer arrangements (2, 3, 5, 6, 7)
• Rhett Lawrence – keyboard programming
• Jason Miles – synthesizer programming (1, 4)
• Larry Williams – synthesizer programming (2, 3, 5, 6, 7), horn arrangements (2)
• James Newton Howard – synthesizers (5, 7, 8), synthesizer programming (5), synthesizer string arrangements (5, 7, 8)
• Marcus Miller – bass guitar (1–7), rhythm track arrangements (1, 6), synthesizer arrangements (1)
• Chuck Domanico – upright bass (8)
• Harvey Mason – drums (1–7)
• Jimmy Bralower – LinnDrum programming (7)
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (8)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Marty Paich – string arrangements (1)
• Randy Goodrum – rhythm track and synthesizer arrangements (7)

Production

• Producer – Tommy LiPuma
• Production Coordinator – Rosemary Diminno
• Recorded and Mixed by Bill Schnee
• Additional Recording – Carl Beatty, Eric Calvi, Randy Goodrum, Dave Palmer, Ross Pallone, Al Schmitt and Steven Strassman.
• Assistant Engineers – Mark Cretella, Mike Crowiak, Peter Doell, Dan Garcia, Mike Iacopelli, Michael Mason, Dave O'Donnell, Ray Pyle, Joe Schiff, Stephen Shelton and Bart Stevens.
• Mix Assistants – Dan Garcia and Bart Stevens
• Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).
• Art Direction and Design – Laura LiPuma
• Photography – Stuart Watson
• Management – Ken Fritz, Dennis Turner and Bruce Hervey.

Charts

Chart (1987)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5]	87
US Billboard 200[6]	59
US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums[6]	1
US R&B Albums[6]	28

References

1. Ginell, Richard S. "Collaboration". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
2. "Mentor George Bensons Teams Up On LP, Tour With Protege Earl Klugh". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company. 28 December 1987. p. 61. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
3. Joyce, Mike (28 August 1987). "Benson & Klugh Collaboration is Ho-Hummable". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. p. 18.
4. Wissink, Stephen (26 July 1987). "Benson, Klugh United Again". Sun Sentinel. Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 169. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
6. Collaboration at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2010.