''Full Circle'' is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 2006, and recorded for the Peak label. The album reached #7 on ''

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s contemporary Jazz chart.

Track listing

All tracks written by David Benoit; except as noted. #"Cafe Rio" - 4:20 #"First Day of School" - 4:08 #"

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) - 3:57 #"Beat Street" (David Benoit,

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) - 4:15 #"Six P.M. "- 4:40 #"Chasing the Tides" - 4:53 #"Neat With a Twist" (David Benoit, Jeff Lorber) - 5:16 #"Katrina's Little Bear" - 3:47 #"Yusuke the Ghost" - 3:36 #"Monster in the Attic" - 4:35

Personnel

* David Benoit – acoustic piano, arrangements, keyboards (2, 6, 8–10),

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(10) *

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(4, 7), synthesizers (4, 7), drum programming (4, 7), arrangements (4, 7) *

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– acoustic guitar (1, 5) * Paul Brown – acoustic guitar (2), arrangements (2, 3, 6), guitar solo (3) * Pat Kelley – guitars (2, 6), acoustic guitar (8) * Dwight Sills – guitars (4, 7) *

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– electric guitar (10) *

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– bass (1, 10) * Roberto Vally – bass (2, 3, 6) * Alex Al – bass (4, 7) *

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– acoustic bass (5, 9), bass (8) * John Robinson – drums (1–3, 5, 6, 8–10) * Michael White – drums (4, 7) *

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– percussion (1, 5) *

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– percussion (1–3, 5, 6, 8–10) *

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– saxophones (3),

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– saxophones (4, 7) * Andy Suzuki – tenor saxophone (5) *

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– flute (5) *

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– saxophone (6) * Bill Reichenbach, Jr. – trombone (3) *

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– trumpet (3), horn arrangements (3) * Ron King – trumpet (4, 7) *

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– trumpet (5) * Tim Landauer – cello (8)

Production

* David Benoit – executive album producer * Ron Moss – executive album producer, management * Andi Howard – executive producer * Mark Wexler – executive producer * Jeffrey Weber – producer (1, 5, 8–10) * Paul Brown – producer (2, 3, 6), mixing (2–4, 6) * Jeff Lorber – producer (4, 7), engineer (4, 7), recording (4, 7) * Clark Germain – recording (1–3, 5, 6, 8–10), mixing (1, 5, 8–10), piano recording (4, 7) * Dragan "DC" Capor – recording (2, 3, 6), mixing (2–4, 6) * Dwight Sills – engineer (4, 7), recording (4, 7) * Michael White – engineer (4, 7), recording (4, 7) * Chris Bellman – mastering at

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(Hollywood, California) * Anna Stromberg – music preparation * William Stromberg – music preparation * Eric Stonebrook – music preparation * Janis Stonebrook – music preparation * Michael Clark – score supervision * Valerie Ince – A&R coordinator * Yvonne Wish – production coordinator * Abbey Anna – art direction * Andrew Pham – art direction, package design * Sonny Mediana – group photography * Carl Studna – solo photography

Charts

References

External links

David Benoit/Full Circle at DiscogsDavid Benoit/Full Circle at AllMusicDavid Benoit's Official Site
{{Authority control 2006 albums David Benoit (musician) albums Peak Records albums