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Los Angeles, United States (1953 – present)
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 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.
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 wrote:
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!
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Serzhik1989 wrote:
Wonderful piano!
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kaly_ wrote:
Happy Birthday !!! <3
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AstroBoy30 wrote:
nice pianist
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Annieworld wrote:
Carol Of The Bells :))))) Happy New Year :)))
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Vixzenne wrote:
Awesome collaborations with other jazz artists...
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xiongchiamiov wrote:
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 :).
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rosmaritbrum wrote:
Yes...very cool smoooth...
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Whisper-silence wrote:
yep) great)
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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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David Benoit in Napa, CA on 12/22/11
22 Dec 2011 | from www.benoit.com
Artist: David Benoit
Tour: David Benoit Tour Dates
Date: Thursday, December 22nd 2011
Time: 9:00pm
City: Napa, CA
Venue:
Napa Valley Opera House
Country: United States
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Notes: A Charlie Brown Christmas with David
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