David Benoit (musician)

David Benoit ( born May 9, 1953 in Bakersfield, California) is an American jazz pianist, composer and conductor.

Life and work

Benoit was a piano student of Marya Cressy Wright and Abraham Fraser. He studied music theory and composition at El Camino College and orchestration with Donald Nelligan. Later he attended a class for film music at the University of California at Donald Ray. His training as a conductor began at Heiichiro Ohyama, she continued with Jan Robertson and currently at Jeffrey Schindler.

He began his musical career in 1976 as the musical director and conductor for Lainie Kazan, and later for Ann Margaret and Connie Stevens. He was a member of the Rippingtons, published more than twenty jazz albums, many of them involving symphony orchestras, and has been nominated five times for a Grammy.

He also appeared as a conductor of classical works by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Igor Stravinsky, Camille Saint- Saëns, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Francis Poulenc, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and others with orchestras such as the Los Angeles and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the Dresden Philharmonic on, played works by Claude Bolling and led to the founding anniversary of the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra with Angelo Romero is a suite for guitar and piano on.

His symphonic poem Kobe was performed in 2001 by the Philippine Symphony Orchestra and in 2003 by the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra under Kent Nagano. His Piano Concerto The Centaur and the Sphinx was completed in 2004. He also composed the musical Something 's Got to Give on the life of Marilyn Monroe, film music to the whimsical Mr. Cox (produced by Clint Eastwood ) and The Christmas Tree (produced by Sally Field ), and the music for the soap operas All My Children and Sisters.

Discography

  • Heavier Than Yesterday, 1977
  • Can You Imagine 1980
  • Stages, 1982
  • Digits, 1983
  • Christmas Time, 1983
  • This Side Up, 1985
  • Freedom At Midnight by John Patitucci, Russ Freeman, Jeff Porcaro, Joe Porcaro, Lenny Castro, Abe Laboriel, Sam Riney, Randy Kerber, Dan Huff, Bob Feldman, Tony Morales, 1987
  • Every Step Of The Way with Eric Marienthal, Russ Freeman, Bill Reichenbach Jr., Sam Riney, Jerry Hey, Gary Grant, Dave Valentin, Stanley Clarke, Bob Feldman, Nathan East, Neil Stubenhaus, Randy Waldman, Tom Ranier, Chris Smith, Grant Geissman, Mike Landau, Warfield Symphony Orchestra, Harvey Mason, John Robinson, Tony Morales, Luis Conte, Mike Fisher, Brad Dutz, Jeff Pescetto, Chuck Sabatino, 1988
  • Urban Daydreams with Don Grusin, Jimmy Johnson, Carlos Vega, Eric Marienthal, Jennifer Warnes, Gary Herbig, Judd Miller, Oscar Castro- Neves, Abe Laboriel, Alex Acuña, and Warfield Symphony Orchestra, 1989
  • Waiting For Spring by Jeffrey Weber, Emily Remler, Peter Erskine, John Patitucci, Bob Benoit, Larry Hughes, 1989
  • Inner Motion with Vinnie Colaiuta, Brandon Fields, Marcel East, Gary Herbig, Pat Kelly, ( Neil Stubenhaus, John Robinson, Michael Fisher, David Pack, Paul Jackson Jr., Steve Forman, Warfield Symphony Orchestra, Jean McClain, Melinda Chatman, Phillip Ingram, Chuck Sabatino, Grant Geissman, Steve Bailey, David Derge, Doug Cameron, Eric Marienthal, 1990
  • Shadows, 1991
  • Letter To Evan with John Patitucci, Peter Erskine, Peter Sprague, Larry Carlton, Jim Walker, Steve Erdődy, Steve Bailey, Terri Lyne Carrington, Jim Thatcher, Luis Conte, Charnett Moffett, Al Foster, David Enos, Mike Fisher, 1992
  • The Benoit / Freeman Project Russ Freeman with, Kenny Loggins, John Robinson, Nathan East, Tony Morales, Jerry Hey, Steve Reid, 1994
  • Shaken Not Stirred with Steve Bailey, David Enos, Eric Marienthal, Tony Morales, David Pack, Joe Pena, Simon Phillips, Kenny Rankin, Peter Sprague, Kim Stone, 1994
  • The Best of David Benoit 1987-1995 with Eric Marienthal, Paul Jackson Jr., Nathan East, Ricky Lawson, Mike Fisher, 1995
  • Remembering Christmas by Dave Brubeck, John Patitucci, Gary Novak, Pat Kelley, Earl Klugh, Harvey Mason, Brad Dutz, Michael Franks, Ernest Tibbs, Tony Morales, Bob Benoit, 1996
  • American Landscape with Eric Marienthal, Béla Fleck, Luis Conte, Pat Kelley, Dean Parks, Nathan East, Ken Wild, John Robinson, Carlos Vega, Tommy Morgan, Jerry Hey, Poncho Sanchez and the London Symphony Orchestra, 1997
  • Professional Dreamer with Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Palmer, Ross Bolton, Rick Braun, Pat Kelley, Cliff Hugo, Marc Antoine, Jimmy Johnson, John Ferraro, Tony Maiden, Neil Stubenhaus, Brad Dutz, Andy Suzuki, 1999
  • Here's To You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years with Christian McBride, Peter Erskine, Vince Guaraldi, Marc Antoine, Chris Botti, Michael Brecker, Take 6, Russell Malone, Al Jarreau, 2000
  • Fuzzy Logic with Rick Brown, Nick Lane, Ross Bolton, Steve Holtman, Andy Suzuki, Pat Kelley, Abe Laboriel, Steve Ferrone, Paul Jackson Jr., Roberto Vally, Brad Dutz, Dean Taba, Jeff Olson, Neil Angilley, Ian Crabtree, Phil Mulford, David Tyler, Stan Sargeant, Scott Breadman, Tim Weisberg, Jon Clarke, Mick Wilson, Richard Todd, Larry bunker, 2002
  • Right Here, Right Now with Andy Suzuki, Pat Kelly, Dean Taba, Rick Braun, Peter White, Nathan East, 2003
  • Benoit / Freeman Project 2, 2004
  • Orchestral Stories, 2005
  • Full Circle, 2006
  • Heroes, 2008
  • Earthglow, 2010
  • Conversation, 2012
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