Fuzzy Logic (David Benoit album)

Fuzzy Logic is an album by American pianist David Benoit released on February 5, 2002, and recorded for the GRP label.^[1] The album reached #6 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart. "Then the Morning Comes", a cover of the 1999 single by American rock group Smash Mouth, received play on smooth jazz radio in the United States.^[1][2]

Fuzzy Logic
Studio album by David Benoit
Released	February 5, 2002[1]
Recorded	March–July 2001
Studio	Ocean Way Recording and Capitol Records Studio A (Hollywood, California) O'Henry Sound Studios (Burbank, California) Sonic Soundbox (San Pedro, California) Brauntosoarus Studios (Woodland Hills, California) The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California) Village Studios (London, UK)
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:51
Label	GRP
Producer	Rick Braun David Benoit Stuart Wade
David Benoit chronology
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years! (2000) Fuzzy Logic (2002) Right Here, Right Now (2003)

Critical reception

The album received a score of four stars out of five from AllMusic.^[1] An album review for PopMatters, written by Maurice Bottomley, opined that the record contained "no jazz to speak of, just well arranged incidental music".^[3] Writing in the February 16, 2002, issue of Billboard, critic Steve Graybow praised the album's funk influences and its use of a live drummer rather than programmed drums, concluding that the album "allows the music to breathe in a way heard all too infrequently in the smooth jazz genre."^[4] Billboard further gave the album a "pick" designation, denoting that the album was expected to debut within the top half of its respective chart.^[4]

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Benoit; except where indicated

1. "Snap!" (David Benoit, Rick Braun) - 4:24
2. "Fuzzy Logic" - 5:09
3. "Someday Soon" (David Benoit, Rick Braun) - 4:55
4. "Then the Morning Comes" (John Barry, Greg Camp) - 3:35
5. "Reflections" - 4:03
6. "Coming Up for Air" (Stuart Wade, Neil Angilley, David Benoit) - 4:56
7. "You Read My Mind" (David Benoit, Rick Braun, Stan Sargeant) - 4:51
8. "War of the S.U.V.'s" - 4:44
9. "Tango in Barbados" (Stuart Wade, Neil Angilley, David Benoit) - 4:13
10. "One Dream at a Time (June's Song)" - 2:51

Personnel

• David Benoit – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ (2, 4, 8), arrangements (2, 4, 5, 8, 10), conductor (5, 10)
• Rick Braun – programming (1, 7), trumpet (1, 2, 8), arrangements (1, 3, 7)
• Neil Angilley – keyboards (6, 9)
• Dave Tyler – programming (6, 9)
• Ross Bolton – guitar (1)
• Pat Kelly – guitar (2, 5, 8), lead guitar (4)
• Tony Maiden – guitar (2), rhythm guitar (4)
• Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar (3)
• Ian Crabtree – guitar (6, 9)
• Abraham Laboriel – bass (2, 4, 8)
• Roberto Vally – bass (3)
• Dean Taba – bass (5)
• Phil Mulford – bass (6, 9)
• Stan Sargeant – bass (7)
• Steve Ferrone – drums (2, 4, 8)
• Jeff Olson – drums (5)
• Brad Dutz – percussion (3, 8)
• Larry Bunker – vibraphone (4, 5)
• Scott Breadman – percussion (7)
• Mick Wilson – timbales (9)
• Andy Suzuki – saxophone (2, 8)
• Tim Weisberg – flute (5, 8, 10)
• Jon Clarke – oboe (5, 10)
• Nick Lane – trombone (1, 2)
• Steve Holtman – trombone (2)
• Rick Baptist – trumpet (2)
• Richard Todd – French horn (5, 10)
• Suzie Katayama – orchestra contractor (2, 4, 5, 8, 10)
• Ken Gruberman – music preparation (2, 4, 5, 8, 10)
• Stuart Wade – arrangements (6, 9)

Production

• Bud Harner – executive producer
• Rick Braun – producer (1, 3, 7)
• David Benoit – producer (2, 4, 5, 8, 10)
• Stuart Wade – producer (6, 9)
• Steve Sykes – recording and mixing (1, 3, 7)
• Clark Germain – recording and mixing (2, 4, 5, 8, 10)
• Mick Wilson – recording and mixing (6, 9)
• Charlie Paakkari – assistant engineer (3)
• Chris Bellman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Yvonne Wish – production coordinator
• John Newcott – release coordinator
• Kelly Pratt – release coordinator
• Hollis King – art direction
• Rika Ichiki – design
• Dave Ellis – illustration
• Rocky Schenck – photography
• The Fitzgerald Hartley Co. – management

Charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Billboard Jazz Albums[5]	6