Urban Daydreams

Urban Daydreams
Studio album by
David Benoit
ReleasedApril 17, 1989[1]
Recorded1989
Studio
  • Sunset Sound (Hollywood)
  • Capitol (Hollywood)
  • Image Recording (Hollywood)
  • Aire L. A. (Glendale, California)
GenreJazz
Length46:40
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

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

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[2] 3

References

  1. ^ Heim, Chris (April 21, 1989). "Kingdom Come, Cookie Crew Carry on with Metal, Rap". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  2. ^ "David Benoit US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.