Freedom at Midnight (album)

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Freedom at Midnight
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 7, 1987
Recorded1987
Studio Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California
Genre Jazz, jazz funk
Length47:58
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.

Contents

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 [1]

Strings and Horns

Production

Charts

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

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References

  1. "David Benoit - Freedom At Midnight". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  2. "David Benoit US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.