Urban Daydreams

Urban Daydreams is an album by American pianist [[David Benoit (musician)|David

Benoit]] released in 1989, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached #3 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz chart.

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

 * David Benoit – acoustic piano (1-10), keyboards (1, 2, 3), arrangements (1, 3, 6, 7, 8), orchestra conductor (3, 8), synthesizer programming (5, 6, 8)
 * Don Grusin – synthesizer programming (1, 2, 3, 5-8), arrangements (1, 6, 7), drum programming (3, 6, 8), keyboards (4, 7)
 * Oscar Castro-Neves – acoustic guitar (6)
 * Jimmy Johnson – bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9)
 * Abraham Laboriel – bass (4)
 * Carlos Vega – drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9)
 * Alex Acuña – drums (4)
 * Eric Marienthal – alto saxophone (1, 5), soprano saxophone (6, 7)
 * Gary Herbig – alto saxophone (8), clarinet (8)
 * Judd Miller – electronic valve instrument (1, 2, 3, 6, 8)
 * Bruce Dukov – concertmaster (3, 8)
 * Gina Kronstadt – orchestra contractor (3, 8)
 * The Warfield Avenue Symphony Orchestra (3, 8)
 * Jennifer Warnes – vocals (4)

Production

 * David Benoit – producer
 * Don Grusin – producer, executive producer
 * Larry Rosen – executive producer
 * Don Murray – engineer, mixing
 * Leslie Ann Jones – additional engineer
 * Wally Traugott – mastering
 * Suzanne Sherman – production coordinator
 * Andy Baltimore – creative director, graphic design, front and back cover photography
 * David Gibb – graphic design
 * Dave Kunze – graphic design
 * Dan Serrano – graphic design
 * Mitchell Hartman – front and back illustration
 * Chris Cuffaro – black and white photography
 * Mixed and Mastered at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California).