Letter to Evan (David Benoit album)

For the Bill Evans album, see Letter to Evan.

Letter to Evan
Studio album by David Benoit
Released	October 27, 1992
Recorded	1992
Studio	Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California) Clinton Recording Studios (New York City, New York)
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:58
Label	GRP
Producer	David Benoit Jeffrey Weber
David Benoit chronology
Shadows (1991) Letter to Evan (1992) The Benoit/Freeman Project (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Letter to Evan is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 1992, recorded for the GRP label. The album reached #3 on Billboard's Jazz chart.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Letter to Evan"	Bill Evans	5:12
2.	"Waiting for Love"	David Benoit	4:44
3.	"On Golden Pond"	Dave Grusin	4:11
4.	"The Island"	Ivan Lins Victor Martins	4:37
5.	"Looking Over Eastlake"	David Benoit	3:47
6.	"Knit for Mary F."	Bill Evans	3:54
7.	"Kathy's Waltz"	Dave Brubeck	3:24
8.	"Things Are Getting Better"	David Benoit	2:59
9.	"Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most"	Tommy Wolf Fran Landesman	5:28
10.	"Take 6"	David Benoit	5:23
11.	"Blues at Sunset"	David Benoit	4:19
Total length:			47:58

Personnel

• David Benoit – acoustic piano, arrangements and conductor
• Peter Sprague – guitar (2, 10)
• Larry Carlton – guitar (3, 4, 9, 11)
• Dori Caymmi – guitar (8)
• John Patitucci – bass (1, 2, 4, 6)
• Steve Bailey – bass (3, 5, 11), acoustic bass guitar (8)
• Charnett Moffett – bass (7)
• Dave Enos – bass (10)
• Peter Erskine – drums (1, 2, 4, 6, 10)
• Terri Lyne Carrington – drums (3, 11), surdo (8), tambourine (8)
• Al Foster – drums (7)
• Luis Conte – batá drum (5), finger cymbals (5), triangle (5, 8), bongos (8), djembe (8), assorted percussion (8)
• Michael Fisher – clay marimba (8), pandeiro (8), shaker (8), whistle (8), assorted percussion (8)
• Jim Walker – flute (3), pan flute (3)
• James Thatcher – French horn (5)
• Steve Erdody – cello (3)
• Larry Corbett – cello (5)

Production

• Dave Grusin – executive producer
• Larry Rosen – executive producer
• David Benoit – producer, liner notes
• Jeffrey Weber – producer
• Allen Sides – recording (1–6, 8–11)
• Ed Rak – recording (7)
• Eric Rudd – recording assistant (1–6, 8–11)
• Bart Stevens – recording assistant (1–6, 8–11)
• Neil Dignon – recording assistant (7)
• Troy Halderson – recording assistant (7)
• Bernie Grundman – mastering at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• Ken Gruberman – music preparation
• Suzie Katayama – music preparation
• Tim Aller – music coordinator
• Michael Pollard – GRP production coordinator
• Doreen Kalcich – production coordinating assistant
• Richard Veloso – art production
• Andy Baltimore – GRP creative director
• Reid Philip Weimer – front cover art
• Scott Johnson – graphic design
• Sonny Mediana – graphic design
• Andy Ruggirello – graphic design
• Dan Serrano – graphic design
• Sharon Franklin – graphic design assistant
• Bill Loving – black and white photography
• Dennis Keeley – color photography
• The Fitzgerald/Hartley Co. – management

Charts

Billboard

Year	Chart	Position
1993	Traditional Jazz Albums	3 [2]
	Jazz Albums	50 [3]

References

1. Yanow, Scott. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
2. "Billboard (Traditional Jazz Albums)". billboard. December 2, 1993. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
3. "Billboard (Jazz Albums)". billboard. December 24, 1993. Retrieved August 2, 2020.

External links

• David Benoit-Letter to Evan at Discogs