''Urban Daydreams'' is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 1989, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached #3 on ''

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s Contemporary Jazz chart.

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Benoit; except where indicated #"Sailing Through the City" (

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) - 5:12 #"Cloud Break" - 4:24 #"Urban Daydreams" - 5:48 #"When the Winter's Gone" (David Benoit,

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) - 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 ''

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'' 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) *

– synthesizer programming (1–3, 5–8), arrangements (1, 6, 7), drum programming (3, 6, 8), keyboards (4, 7) *

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– acoustic guitar (6) * Jimmy Johnson – bass (1–3, 5, 7–9) *

Abraham Laboriel Abraham Laboriel López (born July 17, 1947) is a Mexican-American bassist who has played on over 4,000 recordings and soundtracks. ''Guitar Player'' magazine called him "the most widely used session bassist of our time". Laboriel is the fathe ...

– bass (4) *

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– drums (1–3, 5, 7–9) *

Alex Acuña Alejandro Neciosup Acuña (born December 12, 1944), known professionally as Alex Acuña, is a Peruvian–American jazz drummer and percussionist. He has also worked as an educator at University of California, Los Angeles, and Berklee College of ...

– drums (4) *

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, 1 ...

– alto saxophone (1, 5), soprano saxophone (6, 7) * Gary Herbig – alto saxophone (8),

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(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) *

– vocals (4)

Production

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– 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 *

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– assistant engineer * Brian Sauter – assistant engineer * Squeak Stone – assistant engineer * Wally Traugott – mastering * Tim Olsen – music coordinator * 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 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

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(Hollywood, California).

Charts

References

External links

David Benoit-Urban Daydreams at DiscogsDavid Benoit-Urban Daydreams at AllMusic
{{Authority control 1989 albums GRP Records albums David Benoit (musician) albums