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

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

Orchestra

• Suzie Katayama – conductor
• Sid Page – concertmaster

Horns

• Gary Herbig and Ray Pizzi – saxophones
• Walter Johnson and John Madrid – trumpet
• Joe Meyer and Richard Todd – French horn

Strings

• Larry Corbett and Doug David – cello
• Tim Barr and Arni Egilsson – double bass
• Cynthia Morrow and Jimbo Ross – viola
• Becky Barr, Doug Cameron, Bruce Dukov, Pavel Farkas, Clayton Haslop, Pam Henderson, William Henderson, Gina Kronstadt, Sid Page and Arthur Zadinsky – violin

Production

• Dave Grusin – executive producer
• Larry Rosen – executive producer
• Jeffrey Weber – producer
• Seth Marshall – co-producer
• Bob Loftus – engineer
• Allen Sides – engineer
• Steve MacMillan – additional engineer
• David Ahlert – assistant engineer
• Tony Chiappa – assistant engineer
• Tommy Kane – assistant engineer
• Joe Schiff – assistant engineer
• Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Bill Giolando – digital assembly
• Gene Shiveley – digital assembly
• Suzie Katayama – production coordinator
• Tim Olsen – production assistant
• Jerold Weber – score supervisor
• Andy Baltimore – creative director, album cover design
• David Gibb – album cover design
• Dan Serrano – album cover design
• Glen Wexler – front and back cover photography

Charts

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