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Freedom at Midnight (album)

Freedom at Midnight
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 7, 1987
Recorded1987
StudioOcean Way Recording, Hollywood, California
GenreJazz, jazz funk
Length47:58
LabelGRP
ProducerJeffrey Weber
David Benoit chronology
This Side Up
(1986)
Freedom at Midnight
(1987)
Every Step of the Way
(1988)

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.

  1. "Freedom at Midnight" (David Benoit, Nathan East) - 4:14
  2. "Along the Milky Way" - 4:08
  3. "Kei's Song" - 4:39
  4. "The Man With The Panama Hat" - 4:18
  5. "Pieces Of Time" - 3:16
  6. "Morning Sojourn" - 4:22
  7. "Tropical Breeze" - 4:43
  8. "Passion Walk" - 5:13
  9. "Del Sasser" (Sam Jones, Donald Wolf) - 6:03
  10. "The Last Goodbye" - 5:52

Personnel

Source:[1]

Strings and Horns
  • Suzie Katayama – conductor
  • Larry Corbett – cello
  • Doug David – cello
  • Tim Barr – double bass
  • Arni Egilsson – double bass
  • Joe Meyer – French horn
  • Richard Todd – French horn
  • Gary Herbig – saxophone
  • Ray Pizzi – saxophone
  • John Madrid – trumpet
  • Walter Johnson – trumpet
  • Cynthia Morrow – viola
  • Jimbo Ross – viola
  • Becky Barr – violin
  • Doug Cameron – violin
  • Bruce Dukov – violin
  • Pavel Farkas – violin
  • Clayton Haslop – violin
  • Pam Henderson – violin
  • William H. Henderson – violin
  • Gina Kronstadt – violin
  • Sid Page – violin, concertmaster
  • Artjur Zadinsky – violin

Production

  • Producer – Jeffrey Weber
  • Co-Producer – Seth Marshall
  • Executive Producers – Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen
  • Engineers – Bob Loftus and Allen Sides
  • Additional Engineer – Steve MacMillan
  • Assistant Engineers – David Ahlert, Tony Chiappa, Tommy Kane and Joe Schiff.
  • Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California).
  • Creative Director – Andy Baltimore
  • Album Cover – Andy Baltimore, David Gibb and Dan Serrano.
  • Cover Photography – Glen Wexler

Charts

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Billboard Jazz Albums[2] 5

References

  1. ^ "David Benoit - Freedom At Midnight". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  2. ^ "David Benoit US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.