Collaboration (George Benson & Earl Klugh album)

Collaboration
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
Singles from Collaboration
	"Since You're Gone"; Released: 1987; "Dreamin'"; Released: 1987;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

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.

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

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)

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.

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

^ Ginell, Richard S. "Collaboration". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
^ "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.
^ Joyce, Mike (28 August 1987). "Benson & Klugh Collaboration is Ho-Hummable". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. p. 18.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Collaboration at AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2010.

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