David Benoit (musician)




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David Benoit

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David Benoit performing at Jazz Alley on March 16, 2007

Background information
Birth name David Bryan Benoit
Born
(1953-08-18) August 18, 1953 (age 65)
Bakersfield, California, U.S.
Genres
Jazz, smooth jazz, easy listening
Occupation(s) Musician, composer, producer
Instruments Piano
Years active 1976–present
Labels
AVI, GRP, Peak
Website www.benoit.com

David Bryan Benoit (born August 18, 1953) is an American jazz pianist, composer and producer from Los Angeles, California. Benoit has charted over 25 albums since 1980, and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards.[1] He is also music director for the Asia America Symphony Orchestra and the Asia America Youth Orchestra.




Contents






  • 1 Early life


  • 2 Career


  • 3 Awards and honors


  • 4 Discography


    • 4.1 Studio Albums - As leader


    • 4.2 Compilation Albums


    • 4.3 Singles


    • 4.4 As sideman




  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Early life


David Bryan Benoit was born in Bakersfield, California, on August 18, 1953.[2][3] He studied piano at age 13 with Marya Cressy Wright and continued his training with Abraham Fraser, who was the pianist for Arturo Toscanini. He focused on theory and composition at El Camino College, studying orchestration with Donald Nelligan, and later took film scoring classes taught by Donald Ray at UCLA. His education in music conducting began with Heiichiro Ohyama, assistant conductor of the L.A. Philharmonic, and continued with Jan Robertson, head of the conducting department at UCLA. He worked with Jeffrey Schindler, Music Director for the UC Santa Barbara symphony orchestra.



Career


He began his career as a musical director and conductor for Lainie Kazan in 1976 before moving on to similar roles with singer/actresses Ann-Margret and Connie Stevens.


His GRP Records debut album, Freedom at Midnight (1987), made it to number 5 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[4] 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. An earlier "live in the studio" (direct record, no mixing or overdubs) album on Spindletop Records, This Side Up (previously 1986), was re-released on the GRP label.


Waiting for Spring (1998) made it to number 1 on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart.[4]Shadows, from 1991, made it to number 2 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.[4]


Out of respect for one of his main influences, Bill Evans, he dedicated his 1992 album Letter to Evan to him.[5]


Many of his songs employ a string section, most notably on his American Landscape (1997) and Orchestral Stories (2005) albums. 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 Marc Antoine and trumpeter Chris Botti. He also did the music for "Peanuts" in the later specials. The album made it to number 2 on the Top Jazz Albums chart.[4] An earlier cover of Vince Guaraldi's "Linus and Lucy", recorded in 1985 for the aforementioned album This Side Up, enjoyed notable radio airplay and helped to launch the smooth jazz genre.


Benoit has arranged, conducted, and performed music for many popular pop and jazz artists, including Russ Freeman and the Rippingtons (he was involved with the band in its formative stages, and they often appeared on each other's albums), Kenny Loggins, Michael Franks, Patti Austin, Dave Koz, Kenny Rankin, Faith Hill, David Lanz, Cece Winans, David Pack, David Sanborn, The Walt Disney Company and Brian McKnight. He paid homage to one of his chief influences, Leonard Bernstein, by playing, arranging, and performing on The Songs of West Side Story, an all-star project produced by David Pack which achieved gold sales status. Benoit contributed to the Rippingtons's debut album, Moonlighting, which was named the most influential contemporary jazz album of all time by Jazziz magazine.[6]


The Benoit/Freeman Project album was given 4​1⁄2 stars by Allmusic, the highest rating Benoit has received from the service, and the album made it to number 2 on the Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart from Billboard.[4][7]


Benoit's music can be heard during The Weather Channel's "Local on the 8s" segments. His version of "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" by Vince Guaraldi is included on the album The Weather Channel Presents: Smooth Jazz II (2008). In May 2011, Benoit began hosting a morning program at jazz radio station KKJZ in Long Beach, California.[8]


Benoit has performed at the White House for three U.S. Presidents: Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush Sr. Other dignitaries he performed for include Colin Powell, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley, former Los Angeles mayor James Hahn, and Senator Dick Durbin.



Awards and honors



  • 1989: Every Step of the Way, Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance

  • 1996: GRP All-Star Big Band, Grammy nomination for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Performance

  • 2000: "Dad's Room" from Professional Dreamer, Grammy nomination for Best Instrumental Composition



Discography



Studio Albums - As leader

































































































































































































































Year Title Label Notes
1977 Heavier Than Yesterday Blue Moon
1980 Can You Imagine Blue Moon
1982 Stages Blue Moon
1983 Digits Blue Moon
1983 Christmas Time Blue Moon
1984 Waves of Raves AVI Records, Blue Moon 1984 LP only,[9] 1991 CD version, Blue Moon [10]
1986 This Side Up En Pointe/Spindletop
1988 Every Step of the Way GRP
1987 Freedom at Midnight GRP
1988 Urban Daydreams GRP
1989 Waiting for Spring GRP
1990 Inner Motion GRP
1991 Shadows GRP
1992 Letter to Evan GRP
1994 Shaken Not Stirred GRP
1994 The Benoit/Freeman Project GRP with Russ Freeman
1995 The Stars Fell on Henrietta Varèse Sarabande soundtrack
1996 Remembering Christmas GRP
1997 American Landscape GRP
1999 Professional Dreamer GRP
2000 Great Composers of Jazz Vertical Jazz/Fine Tune
2000 Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years! GRP
2002 Fuzzy Logic GRP
2003 Right Here, Right Now GRP/Universal/Verve
2004 The Benoit/Freeman Project 2 Peak with Russ Freeman
2005 Orchestral Stories Peak/Universal
2006 Full Circle Concord/Peak
2006 Standards Kind of Blue
Brian Bromberg and Gregg Bissonette
2008 Heroes Concord/Peak
2008 Jazz for Peanuts Peak/Universal
2010 Earthglow Concord/Heads Up/Peak
2012 Conversation Heads Up
2015 2 in Love Concord with Jane Monheit
2015 Believe Concord David Benoit Trio, f. Jane Monheit & All American Boys Chorus
2017 The Steinway Sessions Steinway
2017 So Nice Shanachie with Mark Antoine


Compilation Albums





































































Year Title Label Notes
1986 To: 87 DCC Compact Discs same tracking as Some Other Sunset and Summer
1994 Lost and Found Rhino
1995 The Best of David Benoit 1987-1995 GRP / Universal
1998 The Artist's Choice Hip-o/Universal
1998 Some Other Sunset Intersound same tracking as To: 87 and Summer
2001 The Early Years: If I Could Reach Rainbows Sin-Drome Records
2002 Summer 3D same tracking as To: 87 and Some Other Sunset
2005 The Ultimate Collection Universal
2005 20th Century Masters : Best of David Benoit Hip-O
2014 David Benoit Collection Heads Up


Singles


  • 1979 Life Is Like a Samba [11]


As sideman



  • 1975 The Man Incognito, Alphonse Mouzon

  • 1986 Moonlighting, The Rippingtons

  • 1988 The Real Me, Patti Austin

  • 1988 Lay It on the Line, Sam Riney

  • 1988 In Full Swing, Full Swing

  • 1990 This Is Me, Emily Remler

  • 1992 Carry On, Patti Austin

  • 1992 Tropical Pleasures, Kilauea

  • 1997 The Body Remembers, Lorraine Feather

  • 1999 The Dance, Dave Koz

  • 2004 Choices, Brian Bromberg

  • 2014 David Pack's Napa Crossroads, David Pack

  • 2015 The Peanuts Movie, Christophe Beck



References


  • Much of this article comes from the equivalent Japanese-language article (accessed on April 8, 2006).




  1. ^ [1] Archived January 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine


  2. ^ Gilbert, Mark (2002). Kernfeld, Barry, ed. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 1 (2nd ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p. 191. ISBN 1-56159-284-6..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ Yanow, Scott. "David Benoit". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 April 2017.


  4. ^ abcde David Benoit. - Charts & Awards: Billboard Albums. - Allmusic. - Retrieved: 2008-07-20


  5. ^ Josef Woodard (April 8, 1993). "Dont Worry, Play Happy Jazz : David Benoit is sure to draw heavily on his latest album, 'Letter to Evan,' when he performs in Ventura on Saturday". Los Angeles Times.


  6. ^ "David Benoit Biography". Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. Retrieved 2008-08-11.


  7. ^ David Benoit. - Discography: Main Albums. - Allmusic. - Retrieved: 2008-07-20


  8. ^ "Pianist David Benoit to host morning show at jazz station KKJZ-FM". Los Angeles Times.


  9. ^ https://www.discogs.com/David-Benoit-Waves-Of-Raves/master/307211


  10. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/waves-of-raves-mw0000315246/releases


  11. ^ https://www.discogs.com/David-Benoit-Life-Is-Like-A-Samba/master/179028




External links



  • Benoit.com

  • David Benoit @ Boosey & Hawkes









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