Letter to Evan (David Benoit album)

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.

• 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)

• 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)
• Tim Aller – music coordinator
• Michael Pollard – GRP production coordinator
• Doreen Kalcich – production coordinating assistant
• Richard Veloso – art production
• Andy Baltimore – 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

• David Benoit-Letter to Evan at Discogs