Urban Daydreams

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Urban Daydreams
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 17, 1989 [1]
Recorded1989
Studio
  • Sunset Sound (Hollywood)
  • Capitol (Hollywood)
  • Image Recording (Hollywood)
  • Aire L. A. (Glendale, California)
Genre Jazz
Length45:56
Label GRP
Producer Don Grusin
David Benoit chronology
Every Step of the Way
(1988)
Urban Daydreams
(1989)
Waiting for Spring
(1989)

Urban Daydreams is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 1989, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached #3 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Benoit; except where indicated

  1. "Sailing Through the City" (Don Grusin) - 5:12
  2. "Cloud Break" - 4:24
  3. "Urban Daydreams" - 5:48
  4. "When the Winter's Gone" (David Benoit, David Pack, Jennifer Warnes) - 4:11
  5. "Snow Dancing" - 5:51
  6. "Safari" (David Benoit, Don Grusin) - 5:11
  7. "Wild Kids" (David Benoit, Don Grusin) - 4:22
  8. "Looking Back" - 2:09
  9. "Seattle Morning" - 4:06
  10. "As If I Could Reach Rainbows" - 3:51

"Wild Kids" was written as the theme for the This is America, Charlie Brown episode "The Great Inventors".

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Billboard Jazz Albums [2] 3

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References

  1. Heim, Chris (April 21, 1989). "Kingdom Come, Cookie Crew Carry on with Metal, Rap". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  2. "David Benoit US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.