Freedom at Midnight (album)
Freedom at Midnight is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 1987, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached #5 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart.
Track listing
All tracks written by David Benoit; except as noted.- "Freedom at Midnight" - 4:14
- "Along the Milky Way" - 4:08
- "Kei's Song" - 4:39
- "The Man With The Panama Hat" - 4:18
- "Pieces Of Time" - 3:16
- "Morning Sojourn" - 4:22
- "Tropical Breeze" - 4:43
- "Passion Walk" - 5:13
- "Del Sasser" - 6:03
- "The Last Goodbye" - 5:52
Personnel
Source:- David Benoit – arrangements, acoustic piano, Kawai MIDI electric grand piano, acoustic piano solo
- Randy Kerber – synthesizers
- Dann Huff – guitar
- Russ Freeman – guitar
- Osamu Kitajima – koto
- Abraham Laboriel – bass
- Bob Feldman – bass
- John Pattitucci – acoustic bass, upright bass
- Jeff Porcaro – drums
- Tony Morales – drums
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Joe Porcaro – percussion, mallets
- Michael Fisher – percussion
- Sam Riney – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, alto sax solo, alto saxophone
- Suzie Katayama – conductor
- Sid Page – concertmaster
- Gary Herbig and Ray Pizzi – saxophones
- Walter Johnson and John Madrid – trumpet
- Joe Meyer and Richard Todd – French horn
- Larry Corbett and Doug David – cello
- Tim Barr and Arni Egilsson – double bass
- Cynthia Morrow and Jimbo Ross – viola
- Becky Barr, Doug Cameron, Bruce Dukov, Pavel Farkas, Clayton Haslop, Pam Henderson, William Henderson, Gina Kronstadt, Sid Page and Arthur Zadinsky – violin
Production
- Dave Grusin – executive producer
- Larry Rosen – executive producer
- Jeffrey Weber – producer
- Seth Marshall – co-producer
- Bob Loftus – engineer
- Allen Sides – engineer
- Steve MacMillan – additional engineer
- David Ahlert – assistant engineer
- Tony Chiappa – assistant engineer
- Tommy Kane – assistant engineer
- Joe Schiff – assistant engineer
- Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering
- Bill Giolando – digital assembly
- Gene Shiveley – digital assembly
- Suzie Katayama – production coordinator
- Tim Olsen – production assistant
- Jerold Weber – score supervisor
- Andy Baltimore – creative director, album cover design
- David Gibb – album cover design
- Dan Serrano – album cover design
- Glen Wexler – front and back cover photography