Urban Daydreams

Urban Daydreams
Studio album by David Benoit
Released	November 1989
Recorded	August 24–30, 1989 - Sunset Sound Recorders, Capitol Studios and Image Recording Studios (Hollywood, CA); Aire L. A. Studios (Glendale, CA).
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:56
Label	GRP Records
Producer	Don Grusin
David Benoit chronology
Every Step Of The Way (1988) Urban Daydreams (1989) Waiting For Spring (1989)

Urban Daydreams is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 1989, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached #3 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart.

Track listing

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

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 Acuna – 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).

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Billboard Jazz Albums	3

External links

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