Composer
David Benoit
American jazz pianist, composer and producer (born 1953)
b. 1953
70 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1953
- Birthplace
- Bakersfield
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
David Bryan Benoit (born August 18, 1953) is an American jazz pianist, composer and producer, based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Benoit has charted over 25 albums since 1980, and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards. He is also music director for the Pacific Vision Youth Symphony (previously known as the Asia America Symphony Orchestra) and the Asia America Youth Orchestra. Furthermore, crediting Vince Guaraldi as an inspiration, Benoit has participated both as performer and music director for the later animated adaptations of the Peanuts comic strip, such as the feature film, The Peanuts Movie, restoring Guaraldi's musical signature to the franchise.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- pianist; jazz musician; composer; bandleader; conductor; musician
- Education
- Mira Costa High School; El Camino College
- Instruments played
- piano; musical keyboard
- Official website
- http://www.benoit.com/
- VIAF ID
- 85818295
- ISNI
- 0000000114507636
- GND ID
- 134793145
- Library of Congress ID
- n91027152
- MusicBrainz ID
- 34832720-12d3-44b4-bb80-8f06bcfb09ba
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Vocal, Choir
- Genres represented
- Jazz, Children, Christmas
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Golden Gate | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Linus Tells Charlie | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Saudade | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Take 6 | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| The Key to You | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Looking over Eastlake | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Every Corner of the World | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Gothic Jazz Dance | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Over the Edge | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Jump Start | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Blue Rondo a la Turk | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Linus And Lucy | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Cakewalk | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Last Goodbye, The (Benoit D) | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| O Holy Night | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| A Last Request | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| David Benoit: Anthology | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| David Benoit: Anthology Vol. 2 | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Last Request, A | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| 6 Six String Poet | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Beat Street | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 85818295. Portrait: Werner Nieke, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.