Freedom at Midnight (album)

Freedom at Midnight
Studio album by David Benoit
Released	July 7, 1987
Recorded	1987
Studio	Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California
Genre	Jazz, jazz funk
Length	47:58
Label	GRP
Producer	Jeffrey 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:

• David Benoit – arrangements, acoustic piano (1, 3–6, 9), Kawai MIDI grand piano (2, 7, 8), acoustic piano solo (10)
• Randy Kerber – synthesizers (1–4, 6, 7, 8)
• Dann Huff – guitar (1, 2, 4, 8)
• Russ Freeman – guitar (5, 6, 7)
• Osamu Kitajima – koto (2)
• Abraham Laboriel – bass (1, 2, 4, 8)
• Bob Feldman – bass (3, 5, 6, 7)
• John Pattitucci – acoustic bass (9), upright bass (9)
• Jeff Porcaro – drums (1, 2, 4, 8), mallets (6)
• Tony Morales – drums (3, 5, 6, 7, 9)
• Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 2, 4)
• Joe Porcaro – percussion (1, 2, 4, 6, 8)
• Michael Fisher – percussion (3, 5, 6, 7)
• Sam Riney – tenor saxophone (1, 7), soprano saxophone (4, 5, 8), alto sax solo (6), alto saxophone (9)

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	5

External links

• David Benoit-Freedom at Midnight at AllMusic
• David Benoit-Freedom at Midnight at Discogs