Collaboration (George Benson & Earl Klugh album)

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

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.