Hosta

Heroes is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 2008 and recorded for the Peak label.^[1] The album is Benoit's tribute to his musical 'heroes' who influenced his career, including Bill Evans, Dave Brubeck, and Dave Grusin.

Heroes reached No. 9 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.

Track listing

1. "Mountain Dance" (Dave Grusin) - 4:04
2. "Human Nature" (John Bettis, Steve Porcaro) - 4:12
3. "Your Song" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) - 3:49
4. "Light My Fire" (Robbie Krieger, John Densmore, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek) - 4:00
5. "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Clifton Davis) - 4:19
6. "She's Leaving Home" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 3:35
7. "Song for My Father" (Horace Silver) - 3:20
8. "You Look Good to Me" (Walter Donaldson) - 2:56
9. "Waltz for Debby" (Bill Evans) - 5:03*
10. "A Twisted Little Etude" (David Benoit) - 2:29
11. "Blue Rondo à la Turk" (Dave Brubeck) - 5:00

• "Waltz for Debby" (track 9) is incorrectly listed in the liner notes as "Waltz for Debbie"

Personnel

• David Benoit – pianos, synthesizers, arrangements and conductor
• David Hughes – acoustic bass, electric bass
• Jamey Tate – drums
• Brad Dutz – percussion
• Andy Suzuki – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Cathy Biagini – cello
• John Wang – viola
• Yun Tang – violin, concertmaster
• Darryl Tanikawa – music contractor

Production

• David Benoit – producer
• Andi Howard – executive producer
• Mark Wexler – executive producer
• Clark Germain – engineer, mixing
• Rob Montez – assistant engineer
• Chris Bellman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, CA).
• Valerie Ince – A&R coordinator
• Yvonne Wish – project coordinator
• Sonny Mediana – art direction, design, photography

Charts

References

External links

• David Benoit/Heroes at Discogs
• David Benoit/Heroes at AllMusic
• David Benoit's Official Site