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

Track listing

Personnel

* David Benoit – acoustic piano (1-11), arrangements and conductor (1-11) *

Peter Sprague Peter Tripp Sprague (born October 11, 1955) is an American jazz guitarist, record producer, and audio engineer. He owns SpragueLand Studios and the label SBE Records. He invented a twin-neck guitar with one neck from a classical guitar and one ...

– guitar (2, 10) * Larry Carlton – guitar (3, 4, 9, 11) *

Dori Caymmi Dorival "Dori" Tostes Caymmi (born 26 August 1943) is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, guitarist, arranger, and producer. Biography Caymmi was born in Rio de Janeiro to parents who were musicians, his father Dorival Caymmi a composer and his mot ...

– guitar (8) *

John Patitucci John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American jazz bassist and composer. Biography John James Patitucci was born in Brooklyn, New York. When he was 12, he bought his first bass and decided on his career. He listened to bass parts in R ...

– bass (1, 2, 4, 6) *

Steve Bailey Steve Bailey is an American bassist. He is the chair of the bass department at Berklee College of Music. Career Bailey began playing bass guitar at age 12 and started playing fretless bass after he ran over his fretted Stuart Spector with his ...

– bass (3, 5, 8, 11) *

Charnett Moffett Charnett Moffett (June 10, 1967 – April 11, 2022) was an American jazz bassist. Moffett began playing bass in the family band, touring the Far East in 1975 at the age of eight. In the mid-1980s, he played with Wynton Marsalis and Branford Ma ...

– bass (7) * Dave Enos – bass (10) *

Peter Erskine Peter Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is an American jazz drummer who was a member of the jazz fusion groups Weather Report and Steps Ahead. Early life and education Erskine was born in Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. He began playing the dru ...

– drums (1, 2, 4, 6, 10) *

Terri Lyne Carrington Terri Lyne Carrington (born August 4, 1965) is an American jazz drummer, composer, producer, and educator. She has played with Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Getz, Clark Terry, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Joe Sample, Al Jarreau, Yellowjackets, and ma ...

– drums (3, 8, 10),

surdo The surdo is a large bass drum used in many kinds of Brazilian music, such as Axé/Samba-reggae and samba, where it plays the lower parts from a percussion section. It is also notable for its association with the cucumbi genre of the Ancient Near ...

(3, 8, 10), tambourine (3, 8, 10) *

Al Foster Aloysius Tyrone Foster (born January 18, 1943) is an American jazz drummer. Foster's professional career began in the mid-60s, when he played and recorded with hard bop and swing musicians including Blue Mitchell and Illinois Jacquet. Foster ...

– drums (7) *

Luis Conte Luis Conte (born 16 November 1954) is a Cuban percussionist best-known for his performances in the bands of artists including James Taylor, Madonna, Pat Metheny Group, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart and Shakira. He began ...

– percussion (5, 8) * Michael Fisher – percussion (8),

pandeiro The pandeiro () is a type of hand frame drum popular in Brazil. The pandeiro is used in a number of Brazilian music forms, such as samba, choro, coco, and capoeira music. The drumhead is tunable, and the rim holds metal jingles (''platinelas'' ...

(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 Robert David "Dave" Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television, and has won numerous awards for his soundtrack and record w ...

and Larry Rosen * Recorded and Mixed by Allen Sides * Mastered by

Bernie Grundman Bernie Grundman is an American audio engineer. He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chris Bellman, Patricia Sullivan, and Mi ...

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

References

External links

David Benoit-Letter to Evan at Discogs
{{Authority control 1992 albums David Benoit (musician) albums GRP Records albums