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 "Sailing Through the City" (Don Grusin) - 5:12 "Cloud Break" - 4:24 "Urban Daydreams" - 5:48 "When the Winter's Gone" (David Benoit, David Pack, Jennifer Warnes) - 4:11 "Snow Dancing" - 5:51 "Safari" (David Benoit, Don Grusin) - 5:11 "Wild Kids" (David Benoit, Don Grusin) - 4:22 "Looking Back" - 2:09 "Seattle Morning" - 4:06 "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 Chart (1989) Peakposition Billboard Jazz Albums 3
References
External links David Benoit-Urban Daydreams at Discogs David Benoit-Urban Daydreams at AllMusic