Artist's Choice

David Benoit | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 24, 1998)
• Original Release Date: March 24, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hip-O Records
• ASIN: B000006EIS
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,725 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, fabulous, fantastic CD of Benoit's early material !, November 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Artist's Choice (Audio CD)

I can't believe I am doing the first review on this BRILLIANT compilation of David Benoit's early work! It's funny because I have been searching for these songs (specially "Life Is Like A Samba") for quite some time and I guess I must have missed them here on Amazon.com because I found this CD instead at a local CD store. Anyway, the first ever Benoit song I heard was "Life Is Like A Samba" in the late 1970s when "records were vinyl and CDs were nothing more than high interest savings accounts" as Benoit himself writes in liner notes for this compilation. I was HOOKED big time! ALL the tracks included are magnificent pieces of musical art and definitely worth the price of the CD. There is noticeable hiss which can be overlooked because the music is simply riveting. My fave tracks aside from "Life" are "Can You Imagine", "Hermosa Skyline" (which reminds me so much of Cheryl Lynn's "Got To Be Real"), "Stages" (a classic!), "Gold Coast" and "If I Could Reach Rainbows". I also just noticed that flutist Tim Weisberg did the flute (what else?) on "Windseason" which Weisberg later reprises in 1989 on his own album "Outrageous Temptations", which was produced by David Benoit. If you thought Benoit's best music came when he first started recording for GRP Records, you got another think coming! Get this CD right away!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Artists Choice, February 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Artist's Choice (Audio CD)

I have been a long time fan of David Benoit, and this is by far his best work yet. "Life is like a Samba" is very upbeat and very musical. And "If i could reach rainbows" is quite the opposite. It a smooth-flowing wonderfully composed piece, which is one of my favourites. The pieces in this album are all varied in style, but are all great. This 1999 grammmy nominated artist put his all into this album, and it is wonderful.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Artists Choice, February 21, 2000

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This review is from: Artist's Choice (Audio CD)

I have been a long time fan of David Benoit, and this is by far his best work yet. "Life is like a Samba" is very upbeat and very musical. And "If i could reach rainbows" is quite the opposite. It a smooth-flowing wonderfully composed piece, which is one of my favourites. The pieces in this album are all varied in style, but are all great. This 1999 grammy nominated artist put his all into this album, and it is wonderful.