Urban Daydreams Explained

Urban Daydreams
Type:	studio
Artist:	David Benoit
Cover:	Urban_Daydreams_Benoit_1989_album.png
Released:	April 17, 1989^[1]
Recorded:	1989
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	46:40
Label:	GRP
Producer:	Don Grusin
Prev Title:	Every Step of the Way
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Waiting for Spring
Next Year:	1989

Urban Daydreams is an album by American pianist David

Benoit

released in 1989, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached #3 on Billboards Contemporary Jazz chart.

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Benoit; except where indicated

1. "Sailing Through the City" (Don Grusin) - 5:12
2. "Cloud Break" - 4:24
3. "Urban Daydreams" - 5:48
4. "When the Winter's Gone" (David Benoit, David Pack, Jennifer Warnes) - 4:11
5. "Snow Dancing" - 5:51
6. "Safari" (David Benoit, Don Grusin) - 5:11
7. "Wild Kids" (David Benoit, Don Grusin) - 4:22
8. "Looking Back" - 2:09
9. "Seattle Morning" - 4:06
10. "As If I Could Reach Rainbows" - 3:51

"Wild Kids" was written as the theme for the This is America, Charlie Brown episode "The Great Inventors".

Personnel

• David Benoit – acoustic piano (1-10), keyboards (1, 2, 3), arrangements (1, 3, 6, 7, 8), orchestra conductor (3, 8), synthesizer programming (5, 6, 8)
• Don Grusin – synthesizer programming (1, 2, 3, 5-8), arrangements (1, 6, 7), drum programming (3, 6, 8), keyboards (4, 7)
• Oscar Castro-Neves – acoustic guitar (6)
• Jimmy Johnson – bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9)
• Abraham Laboriel – bass (4)
• Carlos Vega – drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9)
• Alex Acuña – drums (4)
• Eric Marienthal – alto saxophone (1, 5), soprano saxophone (6, 7)
• Gary Herbig – alto saxophone (8), clarinet (8)
• Judd Miller – electronic valve instrument (1, 2, 3, 6, 8)
• Bruce Dukov – concertmaster (3, 8)
• Gina Kronstadt – orchestra contractor (3, 8)
• The Warfield Avenue Symphony Orchestra (3, 8)
• Jennifer Warnes – vocals (4)

Production

• David Benoit – producer
• Don Grusin – producer, executive producer
• Larry Rosen – executive producer
• Don Murray – engineer, mixing
• Leslie Ann Jones – additional engineer
• Wally Traugott – mastering
• 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 illustration
• Chris Cuffaro – black and white photography
• Mixed and Mastered at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California).

External links

• David Benoit-Urban Daydreams at Discogs
• David Benoit-Urban Daydreams at AllMusic

Notes and References

1. News: Heim . Chris . Kingdom Come, Cookie Crew Carry on with Metal, Rap . Chicago Tribune . April 21, 1989 . March 19, 2022.
2. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=david-benoit-mn0000635760/awards|pure_url=yes}} David Benoit US albums chart history]. allmusic.com. 2013-03-09.