Letter to Evan (David Benoit album)

Letter to Evan
Letter to Evan
Studio album by David Benoit
Released	1992
Recorded	1992
Studio	Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California
Genre	Jazz
Length	47:58
Label	GRP
Producer	David Benoit, Jeffrey Weber
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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 (1-11), arrangements and conductor (1-11)
Peter Sprague – guitar (2, 10)
Larry Carlton – guitar (3, 4, 9, 11)
Dori Caymmi – guitar (8)
John Pattitucci – bass (1, 2, 4, 6)
Steve Bailey – bass (3, 5, 8, 11)
Charnett Moffett – bass (7)
Dave Enos – bass (10)
Peter Erskine – drums (1, 2, 4, 6, 10)
Terri Lyne Carrington – drums (3, 8, 10), surdo (3, 8, 10), tambourine (3, 8, 10)
Al Foster – drums (7)
Luis Conte – percussion (5, 8)
Michael Fisher – percussion (8), pandeiro (8), whistle (8)
Jim Walker – flute (3)
James Thatcher – French horn (5)
Steve Erdody – cello (3)
Larry Corbett – cello (5)

Production[]

Producers – David Benoit and Jeffrey Weber
Executive Producers – Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen
Recorded and Mixed by Allen Sides
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California).
Music Coordinator – Tim Aller
Production Coordinator – Michael Pollard
Art Production – Richard Veloso
Creative Director – Andy Baltimore
Front Cover Art – Reid Philip Weimer
Graphic Design – Scott Johnson, Sonny Mediana, Andy Ruggirello and Dan Serrano.
Black and White Photography – Bill Loving
Color Photography – Dennis Keeley
Liner Notes – David Benoit

Charts[]

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

References[]

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

External links[]

David Benoit-Letter to Evan at Discogs

[AM1-1] Yanow, Scott. Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

[BB1-2] "Billboard (Traditional Jazz Albums)". billboard. 2 December 1993. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

[BB2-3] "Billboard (Jazz Albums)". billboard. 24 December 1993. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

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