''This Side Up'' is an album by American pianist

David Benoit 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 a ...

released in 1986, recorded for the En Pointe label. The album reached #4 on ''

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s Jazz chart.

Track listing

All tracks composed by David Benoit; except where indicated #"Beach Trails" - 4:06 #"Stingray" - 4:55 #"Land of the Loving" (David Benoit, Mark Winkler) - 4:38 #"Linus and Lucy" ( Vince Guaraldi) - 3:31 #"Sunset Island" (David Benoit,

Nathan East Nathan Harrell East (born December 8, 1955) is an American jazz, R&B, and rock bass player and vocalist. With more than 2,000 recordings, East is one of the most recorded bass players in the history of music. East holds a Bachelor of Arts degr ...

) - 5:59 #"Hymm for Aquino" - 4:43 #"Santa Barbara" - 3:52 #" Waltz for Debby" - (

Bill Evans William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block ch ...

) - 2:33

Personnel

– acoustic piano (1-8), keyboards (1-8), arrangements (1-8), conductor (8) * Randy Kerber – keyboards (2-7) * Michael Lang – keyboards (6) * Jeffrey Weber – keyboards (6) * Grant Geissman – guitars (1, 6, 7) *

Paul Jackson, Jr. Paul Milton Jackson Jr. (born December 30, 1959) is an American fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. He was born and raised in Los Angeles. Jackson knew by the age of fifteen that he wanted to become a professional musi ...

– guitars (2-5) * Bob Feldman – bass (1, 6, 7, 8) *

– bass (2-5) *

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– drums (1, 6, 7, 8) *

John Robinson John Robinson may refer to: Academics *John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist * John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author of ''Born in Blood'' *John Talbot Robinson (1923–2001), paleontologist *John ...

– drums (2-5) * Del Blake – percussion (1, 6) * Bobbye Hall – percussion (2-5) * Michael Fisher – percussion (7) * Brandon Fields – alto saxophone (3, 5) *

Ernie Watts Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's ...

– soprano saxophone (6) * Sam Riney – alto saxophone (7) * William Henderson – concertmaster (1, 6, 8) * Kenneth Bonebrake – conductor (1, 6) * The L. A. Modern String Orchestra – orchestra (1, 6, 8) * Dianne Reeves – vocals (3)

Production

* Producer – Jeffrey Weber * Executive Producers – Seth Marshall and W. Barry Wilson * Engineer – Allen Sides * Art Direction and Design – Bob Wynne * Photography – Jennifer Maxon

Charts

References

External links

''This Side Up'' at AllMusic''This Side Up'' at Discogs
{{Authority control 1986 albums David Benoit (musician) albums