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The Benoit/Freeman Project 2

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Drive
Studio album by
Released2004
Recorded2004
Studio
  • Record One (Los Angeles)
  • The Tracking Room (Nashville)
GenreJazz
Length46:23
LabelPeak Records
ProducerRuss Freeman and David Benoit
David Benoit and Russ Freeman chronology
Right Here, Right Now
(2003)
Drive
(2004)
Orchestral Stories
(2005)

The Benoit Freeman Project 2 is an collaboration album by American pianist David Benoit and American guitarist Russ Freeman released in 2004, and recorded for the Peak label. The album reached #7 on Billboard's Jazz chart.
Russ Freeman also serves as leader and frontman for the Rippingtons.

Track listing

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All tracks composed by David Benoit and Russ Freeman; except where indicated

  1. "Palmetto Park" - 4:01
  2. "Via Nueve" - 5:17
  3. "Montecito" (Russ Freeman) - 4:40
  4. "Club Havana" (Russ Freeman) - 5:37
  5. "Two Survivors" (Al Anderson, Nicholas Gary) - 5:04
  6. "Samba" - 4:48
  7. "Moon Through the Window" (David Benoit) - 4:30
  8. "Struttin'" - 4:42
  9. "Stiletto Heels" - 4:12
  10. "Waiting for the Stars to Fall" (Russ Freeman) - 3:32

Personnel

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The Nashville String Machine (Tracks 2, 5, 7 & 10):

  • Carl Gorodetzky – concertmaster
  • Julie Eidsvoog, John Eidsvoog and Suzie Katayama – music preparation
  • Jennifer Kummer – French Horn
  • Bobby Taylor – oboe
  • Jack Jezioro and Craig Nelson – acoustic bass
  • Anthony LaMarchina, Bob Mason and Carole Rabinowitz – cello
  • Jim Grosjean, Gary Vanosdale and Kristin Wilkinson – viola
  • David Angell, Janet Askey, David Davidson, Conni Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Gerald Greer, Lee Larrison, Cate Myer, Pamela Sixfin, Alan Umstead, Cathy Umstead and Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – violin

Production

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  • David Benoit – producer
  • Russ Freeman – producer, executive producer, vocal producer (5)
  • Andi Howard – executive producer, management (for Russ Freeman)
  • Mark Wexler – executive producer
  • Steve Bishir – engineer
  • Clark Germain – engineer
  • Jason Lefan – assistant engineer
  • Tom Sweeney – assistant engineer
  • Matt Weeks – assistant engineer
  • Steve Sykes – mixing
  • Robert Hadley – mastering
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Ron Moss (Chapman & Co.) – management (for David Benoit)

Studios

  • Recorded at Record One (Sherman Oaks, CA); The Tracking Room (Nashville, TN); Sound Kitchen (Franklin, TN).
  • Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA).

Charts

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Chart (2004) Peak
position
Billboard Jazz Albums[1] 7

References

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  1. ^ "David Benoit US albums chart history". allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
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