Urban Daydreams

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

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.

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

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 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, 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
  • Mixed and Mastered at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California).

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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