David Benoit

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David Benoit

David Benoit is an American jazz fusion / contemporary jazz pianist, composer and producer from Los Angeles, California. He was also a five-time Grammy Awards nominee. He released several albums including the hit one, Freedom From Midnight.

About

David Benoit was born on August 18, 1953 at Bakersfield, California and raised in the South Bay of Los Angeles. At the age of 13, he studied piano with Marya Cressy Wright and continued his training with Abraham Fraser, who was the pianist for Arturo Toscaninni. Later, he took film-scoring classes at UCLA. David's career began as a Music Director and conductor for "Lainie Kazan", a diva in 1976. He also 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, the late Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, current Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn and Senator Dick Durbin.

David's debut album, Heavier Than Yesterday was released in 1977. His album, Freedom at Midnight, which was released in 1987, was his biggest seller and most popular album. David has released several singles and solo recordings over the past 25 years. David was voted Keyboardist of the Year for 2000 and 2001 by the Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards, and is currently in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Contemporary Jazz Chart with Fuzzy Logic, which issued the recent #1 hit instrumental single "Snap".

David has arranged, conducted and performed music for many popular pop and jazz artists over the years, including "Russ Freeman" and The Rippingtons he was involved with the band in its formative stages, Kenny Loggins, Patti Austin, Dave Koz, Kenny Rankin, Faith Hill, David Lanz, Cece Winans, David Pack, David Sanborn, "The Walt Disney Organization" and Brian McKnight. He also arranged and performed The Songs of West Side Story, an all-star project produced by David Pack, which achieved gold sales status.

Awards & Certifications

Chart Toppers

News

Tours & Concerts

Nov 04, 2007 Dave Koz and Friends at Sea Jazz Cruise Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Nov 05, 2007 Dave Koz and Friends at Sea Jazz Cruise Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States Nov 06, 2007 Dave Koz and Friends at Sea Jazz Cruise Fort Lauderdale, Florida United States

Nov 07, 2007 Dave Koz and Friends at Sea Jazz Cruise Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Nov 08, 2007 Dave Koz and Friends at Sea Jazz Cruise Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Nov 09, 2007 Dave Koz and Friends at Sea Jazz Cruise Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Nov 11, 2007 Dave Koz and Friends at Sea Jazz Cruise Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Announcements

There are no announcements as of this time

Discography

Albums

Heavier Than Yesterday 1977 AVI	Can You Imagine 1980 AVI	Stages 1982 AVI	Digits 1983 AVI
This Side Up 1985 AVI	Freedom From Midnight 1987 GRP	Every Step of The Way 1988 GRP	Urban Daydreams 1989 GRP
Inner Motion 1990 GRP	Shadows 1991 GRP	Letter To Evan 1992 GRP	Shaken Not Stirred 1994 GRP
American Landscape 1997 GRP	Professional Dreamer 1999 GRP	Fuzzy Logic 2002 GRP	Orchestral Stories 2005 Peak
Full Circle 2006 Peak	Standards August 15, 2006 Kind of Blue

Singles

Compilations & Live Releases

Christmastime 1983 AVI	The Best of David Benoit: 1987 - 1995 1995 GRP	Remembering Christmas 1996 GRP	To: 87 April 16, 1996 DCC
The Artist's Choice March 24, 1998	Here's To You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years 2000 GRP	Early Years: If I Could Reach Rainbows April 3, 2001 Sin-Drome	Benoit/Freeman Project 2 2004 Peak
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of David Benoit March 29, 2005

Other artists

Similar artists

Contemporaries

Influences

Trivia

• David and his wife Kei Benoit are the parents of an adopted daughter, June Koko, and reside in Palos Verdes, California.

Reviews

External Links

• David Benoit Official Website

• David Benoit Myspace Page