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David Benoit

Bakersfield, United States • b. 1953-08-18

David Benoit is credited on 419 releases across 169 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1976–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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419

Pressings credited

169

Albums

6

Decades active

232

In collections

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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Credited work

419 releases · 169 albums · active 1976–2024

  • Performance · 1,332
  • Production · 95
  • Other credits · 65

Studios: Ocean Way Recording · The Review Room · Producers Workshop · 29th Street Studio

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