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.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks written by David Benoit; except as noted.
"Freedom at Midnight" (David Benoit, Nathan East) - 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" (Sam Jones, Donald Wolf) - 6:03
"The Last Goodbye" - 5:52
Personnel
Source:
David Benoit – arrangements, acoustic piano (1, 3–6, 9), Kawai MIDI electric grand piano (2, 7, 8), acoustic piano solo (10)
Randy Kerber – synthesizers (1–4, 6–8)
Dann Huff – guitar (1, 2, 4, 8)
Russ Freeman – guitar (5–7)
Osamu Kitajima – koto (2)
Abraham Laboriel – bass (1, 2, 4, 8)
Bob Feldman – bass (3, 5–7)
John Pattitucci – acoustic bass (9), upright bass (9)
Jeff Porcaro – drums (1, 2, 4, 8)
Tony Morales – drums (3, 5–7, 9)
Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 2, 4)
Joe Porcaro – percussion (1, 2, 4, 6, 8), mallets (6)
Michael Fisher – percussion (3, 5–7)
Sam Riney – tenor saxophone (1, 7), soprano saxophone (4, 5, 8), alto sax solo (6), alto saxophone (9)
Orchestra
Suzie Katayama – conductor
Sid Page – concertmaster
Horns
Gary Herbig and Ray Pizzi – saxophones
Walter Johnson and John Madrid – trumpet
Joe Meyer and Richard Todd – French horn
Strings
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 (Hollywood, California)
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