Urban Daydreams

Urban Daydreams is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 1989, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached #3 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart.

Urban Daydreams
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1989
RecordedAugust 24–30, 1989 - Sunset Sound Recorders, Capitol Studios and Image Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA); Aire L. A. Studios (Glendale, CA).
GenreJazz
Length45:56
LabelGRP Records
ProducerDon Grusin
David Benoit chronology
Every Step Of The Way
(1988)
Urban Daydreams
(1989)
Waiting For Spring
(1989)

Track listing

  1. "Sailing Through the City" (Don Grusin) - 5:12
  2. "Cloud Break" (David Benoit) - 4:24
  3. "Urban Daydreams" - (David Benoit) - 5:48
  4. "When the Winter's Gone" (David Benoit / David Pack / Jennifer Warnes) - 4:11
  5. "Snow Dancing" (David Benoit) - 5:51
  6. "Safari" (David Benoit / Don Grusin) - 5:11
  7. "Wild Kids" (David Benoit / Don Grusin) - 4:22
  8. "Looking Back" (David Benoit) - 2:09
  9. "Seattle Morning" (David Benoit) - 4:06
  10. "As If I Could Reach Rainbows" (David Benoit) - 3:51

Personnel

  • David Benoit – acoustic piano (1-10), keyboards (1, 2, 3), arrangements (1, 3, 6, 7, 8), orchestra conductor (3, 8), synthesizer programming (5, 6, 8)
  • Don Grusin – synthesizer programming (1, 2, 3, 5-8), arrangements (1, 6, 7), drum programming (3, 6, 8), keyboards (4, 7)
  • Oscar Castro-Neves – acoustic guitar (6)
  • Jimmy Johnson – bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9)
  • Abraham Laboriel – bass (4)
  • Carlos Vega – drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9)
  • Alex Acuna – drums (4)
  • Eric Marienthal – alto saxophone (1, 5), soprano saxophone (6, 7)
  • Gary Herbig – alto saxophone (8), clarinet (8)
  • Judd Miller – electronic valve instrument (1, 2, 3, 6, 8)
  • Bruce Dukov – concertmaster (3, 8)
  • Gina Kronstadt – orchestra contractor (3, 8)
  • The Warfield Avenue Symphony Orchestra (3, 8)
  • Jennifer Warnes – vocals (4)

Production

  • David Benoit – producer
  • Don Grusin – producer, executive producer
  • Larry Rosen – executive producer
  • Don Murray – engineer, mixing
  • Leslie Ann Jones – additional engineer
  • Wally Traugott – mastering
  • Suzanne Sherman – production coordinator
  • Andy Baltimore – creative director, graphic design, front and back cover photography
  • David Gibb – graphic design
  • Dave Kunze – graphic design
  • Dan Serrano – graphic design
  • Mitchell Hartman – front and back illustration
  • Chris Cuffaro – black and white photography

Charts

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Billboard Jazz Albums[1] 3

References

  1. "David Benoit US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
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