''Inner Motion'' is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 1990, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached #3 on ''

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s Jazz chart category.

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Benoit; except where indicated #"M.W.A. (Musicians With Attitude)" ( David Benoit, Marcel East,

Nathan East Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass player and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts deg ...

) - 4:38 #"Coconut Roads" - 3:45 #"Every Corner of The World" (David Benoit, David Pack) - 5:24 #"6-String Poet" - 5:14 #"Houston" - 4:54 #"Along Love's Highway" - 3:44 #"Deep Light" - 4:21 #"El Camino Real" (Eddie Arkin, David Benoit) - 4:42 #"South East Quarter" - 4:56 #"A Last Request" - 2:40

Personnel

* David Benoit – arrangements and conductor, acoustic piano (1, 2, 5, 8), synth brass (1), synth strings (1), electric piano (2, 3, 4, 6-10),

Hammond B3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs ...

(6) * Marcel East – synthesizer programming (1), drum machine (1) * Pat Kelley – acoustic guitar (2, 8), electric guitar (2, 8) * Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar (3, 6) *

Grant Geissman Grant Geissman (born April 13, 1953) is an American jazz guitarist and Emmy-nominated composer. He has recorded extensively for several labels since 1976 and played guitar on the theme for ''Monk'' and other TV series. Career Geissman was born ...

– acoustic guitar (4, 5, 7, 10), 12-string guitar (5), Spanish guitar (5),

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

(5),

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

(5), electric guitar (9) *

Neil Stubenhaus Neil Stubenhaus is an American bass guitarist. Career He started his musical training playing drums and switched to bass guitar at the age of 12. He studied at the Berklee College of Music where he graduated in 1975. After graduation, he was rec ...

– bass guitar (2, 3, 6, 8) *

Steve Bailey Steve Bailey is an American bassist. He is the chair of the bass department at Berklee College of Music. Career Bailey began playing bass guitar at age 12 and started playing fretless bass after he ran over his fretted Stuart Spector with his ...

–

Arco bass The acoustic bass guitar (sometimes shortened to acoustic bass or initialized ABG) is a bass instrument with a hollow wooden body similar to, though usually larger than a steel-string acoustic guitar. Like the traditional electric bass guitar a ...

(4), acoustic bass (5), fretless bass (5), vertical bass (7), 6-string fretless bass (9, 10) *

Vinnie Colaiuta Vincent Peter Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician in many genres. He was inducted into the '' Modern Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 1996 and the ''Classic Drummer'' Hall of Fame in 2014. Colai ...

– drums (1) * John Robinson – drums (2, 3, 6, 8) * David Derge – drums (4, 5, 7, 9, 10) * Michael Fisher – percussion (2, 4, 5, 8, 10) * Steve Forman – percussion (3, 6, 7, 9) *

Brandon Fields Brandon David Fields (born May 21, 1984) is a former American football punter who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Michigan State University, and earned consensus All-American honors. H ...

– alto saxophone (2, 8) *

Eric Marienthal Eric Marienthal (born December 19, 1957) is a Grammy Award-nominated Los Angeles-based contemporary saxophonist best known for his work in the jazz, jazz fusion, smooth jazz, and pop genres. Early life Eric Marienthal was born on December 19 ...

– soprano saxophone (7, 10) * Gary Herbig – clarinet (2, 8) * Doug Cameron – violin solo (5) * David Pack – lead vocals (3, 6), vocal arrangements (3, 6) * Melinda Chatman – backing vocals (3, 6) *

Phillip Ingram Phillip Ingram (born 1958) is an American musician. He is perhaps best known as one of the founding members of the Motown Group "Switch" and is the younger brother of James Ingram. Biography Ingram was raised in Akron, Ohio. He came from a musi ...

– backing vocals (3, 6) *

Jean McClain Jean McClain (born March 8, 1953), better known as Pepper Mashay, is an American soul, house and dance music singer-songwriter who has had success as a touring and studio performer. Early life McClain grew up in Muncie, Indiana. Growing up, h ...

– backing vocals (3, 6) * Chuck Sabatino – backing vocals (3, 6) The Warfield Avenue Symphony Orchestra (Tracks 4, 5 & 10) * Bruce Dukov – concertmaster * Suzie Katayama – manager, copyist * Jim Lacefield and Paul Zibits – bass * Ernie Ehrhardt, Maurice Grants, Suzie Katayama and Harry Shlutz – cello * Amy Shulman – harp * Renita Koven and Jimbo Ross – viola * Doug Cameron, Joel Deuroin, Marci Dicterow, Joseph Goodman, Peter Kent, Gina Kronstadt-Fields, Dimitrie Leivici,

Sid Page Sid Page is an American violinist who has been active in many genres of music since the late 1960s. He has been a member of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. From 1973 to 1974, he was a member of Sly and the Family Stone and appeared on their album ...

, Charles Veal Jr., Shari Zippert and Michelle Zival-Fox – violin * Renee Grizzell and Ronald Landringer –

piccolo flute The piccolo ( ; Italian for 'small') is a half-size flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. Sometimes referred to as a "baby flute" the modern piccolo has similar fingerings as the standard transverse flute, but the s ...

* Steven Holtman and Alex IIes – trombone * Bob Findley, Walter Johnson and Robert O'Donnel Jr. – trumpet * Michael Fisher and Scott Higgins –

mallets A mallet is a tool used for imparting force on another object, often made of rubber or sometimes wood, that is smaller than a maul or beetle, and usually has a relatively large head. The term is descriptive of the overall size and propor ...

Production

* Producers – David Benoit and Allen Sides * Executive Producers –

Dave Grusin Robert David "Dave" Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record w ...

and Larry Rosen * Recorded and Mixed by Allen Sides and

Bill Schnee William S. Schnee (born July 4, 1947) is an American musician, music producer, and audio engineer. Schnee has been nominated 11 times for the Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical Grammy Award and worked on a multitude of other Grammy nominated an ...

* Post-Production Editing – Joseph Doughney and Michael Landey * Editing at The Review Room (New York City, NY). * Mastered by

Bernie Grundman Bernie Grundman is an American audio engineer. He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan, and ...

Bernie Grundman Mastering Bernie Grundman is an American audio engineer. He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan, and ...

(Hollywood, CA). * Technical Coordinator – Jeff Fair * Production Coordination – Suzanne Sherman and Shari Sutcliffe * Project Coordinator – William Anderson * Creative Director – Andy Baltimore * Graphic Design – David Gibb, Jacki McCarthy, Andy Ruggirello and Dan Serrano. * Photography – Michael Going * Additional Photography – Steve Anderson, Jana Angeles and Felicia Martinez. * Management – Fitzgerald / Hartley Co.

Charts

References

External links

David Benoit-Inner Motion at Discogs
{{Authority control 1990 albums GRP Records albums David Benoit (musician) albums