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David Benoit, (born May 9, 1953) is an American jazz fusion / contemporary jazz pianist, composer and producer, who is from Los Angeles, California. He has been nominated for five Grammy Awards.
His debut album Freedom at Midnight was his biggest seller and most popular album. Benoit also says that it was his favorite album to produce, because it was when “everything came together,” as he stated in an interview on smoothviews.com.
Out of respect for one of his main influencers, Bill Evans, he dedicated his 1992 album Letter to Evan to him.
Many of his songs employed a string section, most notably on his American Landscape and Orchestral Stories albums in 1997 and 2005, respectively. He has said that it is his dream to release a symphonic album.
In 2000, after the death of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, he released a memorial album entitled Here’s To You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years. Collaborators included the chorus group Take 6, guitarist Mark Antoine and trumpeter Chris Botti. He also did the music for “Peanuts” in the later specials.
He is a close friend of The Rippingtons’ guitarist and lead Russ Freeman, and they often appeared on each other’s albums. They also released collaborative efforts The Benoit/Freeman Project and The Benoit/Freeman Project 2.
His debut album Freedom at Midnight was his biggest seller and most popular album. Benoit also says that it was his favorite album to produce, because it was when “everything came together,” as he stated in an interview on smoothviews.com.
Out of respect for one of his main influencers, Bill Evans, he dedicated his 1992 album Letter to Evan to him.
Many of his songs employed a string section, most notably on his American Landscape and Orchestral Stories albums in 1997 and 2005, respectively. He has said that it is his dream to release a symphonic album.
In 2000, after the death of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, he released a memorial album entitled Here’s To You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years. Collaborators included the chorus group Take 6, guitarist Mark Antoine and trumpeter Chris Botti. He also did the music for “Peanuts” in the later specials.
He is a close friend of The Rippingtons’ guitarist and lead Russ Freeman, and they often appeared on each other’s albums. They also released collaborative efforts The Benoit/Freeman Project and The Benoit/Freeman Project 2.
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The Best of David Benoit 1987-1995
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Professional Dreamer
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The Artist's Choice
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Cast Your Fate To The Wind
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Linus And Lucy
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Freedom At Midnight
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Carol Of The Bells
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Some Other Sunset
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Life Is Like a Samba
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Oceana
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Every Step Of The Way
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Rejoyce
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Drive Time
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Here There and Everywhere
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Charlie Brown Theme
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Kei's Song
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Le Grand
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Abuelailsa wrote:
Fabuloso, romantico, relajante,,,mmmmmmm delicioso, me fascina..
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st0ppal wrote:
love your music, are you planning on comming to europe/austria any time soon?
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Ruminator wrote:
I own several of Benoit's recordings and they are just the thing to put on while I'm working on something that needs concentration or when I just want to listen to some smooth music. Thanks, David.
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jarobe4 wrote:
Muy Buen Pianista
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drummasterboyzz wrote:
DAVIID IS AN AWESOME JAZZ PIANIST,CONTINUE YOUR LEGACY
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kurtgarcia wrote:
Cool.
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dougfather wrote:
nice version of a great song
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TippinMyStuff wrote:
me likey
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gr8pixel wrote:
smoooooooooooooooooooooth... yeeyyyyyyy...
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philkentbass wrote:
Brilliant. Davids beautiful sparkling piano. - Although, I must say I prefer the original version of this, without the sax, and played at a slightly slower tempo, which David released as a single, but hey, this is great and I could listen to it a thousand times!!
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mol4un wrote:
Yes, very nice and smooth and jazzy.
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Cannon49 wrote:
i love his music its nice and smooth also listen to when i'm reading some of my romance books.
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MooreCurto wrote:
Why don’t you try more here http://mp3aim.com/Search/?q=David+Benoit
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Josh-H wrote:
The music to snoopy (L)
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serpg wrote:
Was this music put together in a dream and handed over to him when he woke up? Amazing stuff!!
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due_friday wrote:
great stuff. makes every dinner deluxe :)
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meinhold wrote:
This guy is amazing.
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bmmt wrote:
Very-very sweet music:-)
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dabigkid wrote:
The instant I get my hands on an iTunes card I'm buying Full Circle...it sounds so amazing!
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cupnoodle wrote:
Cast your fate to the wind is by far.. AMAZING!
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