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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 Billboards Contemporary Jazz chart.

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Benoit; except where indicated

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

"Wild Kids" was written as the theme for the This is America, Charlie Brown episode "The Great Inventors".

Personnel

  • David Benoit – acoustic piano, keyboards (1–3), arrangements (1, 3, 6–8), orchestra conductor (3, 8), synthesizer programming (5, 6, 8)
  • Don Grusin – synthesizer programming (1–3, 5–8), arrangements (1, 6, 7), drum programming (3, 6, 8), keyboards (4, 7)
  • Oscar Castro-Neves – acoustic guitar (6)
  • Jimmy Johnson – bass (1–3, 5, 7–9)
  • Abraham Laboriel – bass (4)
  • Carlos Vega – drums (1–3, 5, 7–9)
  • Alex Acuña – drums (4)
  • Eric Marienthal – alto saxophone (1, 5), soprano saxophone (6, 7)
  • Gary Herbig – alto saxophone (8), clarinet (8)
  • Judd Miller – electronic valve instrument (1–3, 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

  • Dave Grusin – executive producer
  • Larry Rosen – executive producer
  • David Benoit – producer
  • Don Grusin – producer
  • Don Murray – engineer, mixing
  • Leslie Ann Jones – additional engineer
  • Greg Barrett – assistant engineer
  • Peter Doell – assistant engineer
  • Sam Gladstein – assistant engineer
  • David Glover – assistant engineer
  • David Knight – assistant engineer
  • Charlie Paakkari – assistant engineer
  • Brian Sauter – assistant engineer
  • Squeak Stone – assistant engineer
  • Wally Traugott – mastering
  • Tim Olsen – music coordinator
  • Suzanne Sherman – GRP production coordinator
  • Andy Baltimore – GRP 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 photo illustration
  • Chris Cuffaro – black and white photography, back cover photo of David Benoit
  • Ted Cohen – management
  • Digital editing at CMS Digital (Pasadena, California)
  • Digitally mixed and mastered at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California).

Charts

References

External links