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David Benoit Born May 9 1953 Is An American Jazz Fusion / Contemporary Jazz Pianist Composer And Producer Who Is From Los Angeles California. He Has Been Nominated For Five Grammy Awards. His GRP Debut Album Freedom At Midnight Was His Biggest Seller And Most Popular Album. Benoit Also Says That It Was His Favorite Album To Produce Because It Was When "everything Came Together " As He Stated In An Interview On Smoothviews.Com. Out Of Respect For One Of His Main Influencers Bill Evans He Dedicated His 1992 Album Letter To Evan To Him. Many Of His Songs Employed A String Section Most Notably On His American Landscape And Orchestral Stories Albums In 1997 And 2005 Respectively. He Has Said That It Is His Dream To Release A Symphonic Album. In 2000 After The Death Of Peanuts Creator Charles M. Schulz He Released A Memorial Album Entitled Here's To You Charlie Brown 50 Great Years! Collaborators Included The Chorus Group Take 6 Guitarist Mark Antoine And Trumpeter Chris Botti. He Also Did The Music For "Peanuts" In The Later Specials. He Is A Close Friend Of The Rippingtons' Guitarist And Lead Russ Freeman And They Often Appeared On Each Other's Albums. They Also Released Collaborative Efforts The Benoit/Freeman Project And The Benoit / Freeman Project 2. read less