David Benoit
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David Bryan Benoit 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 and the Asia America Youth Orchestra.
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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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Vince Guaraldis music for Charlie Brown, essential for the holidays, is in perfect hands with Guaraldis successor, the illustrious Jazz pianist and composer David Benoit. For three decades, the Grammy-nominated pianist/composer/arranger David Benoit has reigned supreme as one of the founding fathers of contemporary jazz. In 2017 he released The Steinway Sessions, his debut on the Steinway & Sons label. It includes some of Benoits most well-known tunes as well as the world premiere recording of his Etudes for the Contemporary Pianist. In 2010, Benoit received a lifetime achievement award from the American Smooth Jazz Awards. He has worked with an impressive potpourri of musicians, and his film scores include The Stars Fell on Henrietta, and The Christmas Tree.