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.

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
Source:


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


 * Strings and Horns
 * Suzie Katayama – conductor
 * Larry Corbett – cello
 * Doug David – cello
 * Tim Barr – double bass
 * Arni Egilsson – double bass
 * Joe Meyer – French horn
 * Richard Todd – French horn
 * Gary Herbig – saxophone
 * Ray Pizzi – saxophone
 * John Madrid – trumpet
 * Walter Johnson – trumpet
 * Cynthia Morrow – viola
 * Jimbo Ross – viola
 * Becky Barr – violin
 * Doug Cameron – violin
 * Bruce Dukov – violin
 * Pavel Farkas – violin
 * Clayton Haslop – violin
 * Pam Henderson – violin
 * William H. Henderson – violin
 * Gina Kronstadt – violin
 * Sid Page – violin, concertmaster
 * Artjur Zadinsky – violin

Production

 * Producer – Jeffrey Weber
 * Co-Producer – Seth Marshall
 * Executive Producers – Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen
 * Engineers – Bob Loftus and Allen Sides
 * Additional Engineer – Steve MacMillan
 * Assistant Engineers – David Ahlert, Tony Chiappa, Tommy Kane and Joe Schiff.
 * Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California).
 * Creative Director – Andy Baltimore
 * Album Cover – Andy Baltimore, David Gibb and Dan Serrano.
 * Cover Photography – Glen Wexler