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Los Angeles, United States (1953 – present)

David Benoit, (born May 9, 1953) is an American / pianist, composer and producer, who is from Los Angeles, California. He has been nominated for five Grammy Awards.

His GRP 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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  • EMFiloP

    Hi Smooth Jazz Fans. You should listen to "Nouveau Riche" at http://www.last.fm/music/Errol+Michael+"Filo"+Phillips . If you like what you hear, tell others!

    January 2012
  • Serzhik1989

    Wonderful piano!

    September 2011
  • kaly_

    Happy Birthday !!! <3

    August 2011
  • AstroBoy30

    nice pianist

    April 2011
  • Annieworld

    Carol Of The Bells :))))) Happy New Year :)))

    January 2011
  • Vixzenne

    Awesome collaborations with other jazz artists...

    September 2010
  • xiongchiamiov

    Always interesting to see what gets listens on last.fm. He's fairly popular, but not with the type of people who use this site - which means that he's well under a million listens, while, for instance, Nobuo Uematsu has 24.5 :).

    August 2010
  • rosmaritbrum

    Yes...very cool smoooth...

    June 2010
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David Benoit in Amelia Island, FL on 10/12/12

12 Oct 2012 | from www.benoit.com

Artist: David Benoit Tour: David Benoit Tour Dates Date: Friday, October 12th 2012 Time: 8:00pm City: Amelia Island, FL Venue: Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort Address: …

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