Freedom at Midnight (album)

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.

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)

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