Waiting for Spring (album)

Waiting for Spring is an album by American pianist David Benoit released in 1989 and recorded for the GRP label. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz Albums chart.

Waiting for Spring
Studio album by David Benoit
Released	October 2, 1989
Recorded	February 5 & May 25, 1989
Studio	Ocean Way Recording (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:52 (CD)
Label	GRP
Producer	Jeffrey Weber David Benoit
David Benoit chronology
Urban Daydreams (1989) Waiting for Spring (1989) Inner Motion (1990)

Track listing

All tracks written by David Benoit except as noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Waiting for Spring"		5:08
2.	"After the Snow Falls"		3:21
3.	"Cast Your Fate to the Wind"	Vince Guaraldi, Carl Rowe	3.13
4.	"Turn Out the Stars"	Bill Evans	2:33
5.	"Cabin Fever"		3:57
6.	"Cat on a Windowsill"		4:38
7.	"Some Other Sunset"		4:58
8.	"My Romance"	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart	8:15
9.	"Funkallero"	Bill Evans	3:35
10.	"I Remember Bill Evans"		3:23
11.	"Fireside" (CD only)		4:32
12.	"Secret Love" (CD only)	Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster	3:33

Personnel

• David Benoit – grand piano
• Emily Remler – guitar (1–11)
• Bob Benoit – guitar (12)
• Luther Hughes – bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 7–12)
• John Patitucci – bass (3, 6)
• Peter Erskine – drums

Production

• Dave Grusin – executive producer
• Larry Rosen – executive producer
• David Benoit – producer
• Jeffrey Weber – producer
• Allen Sides – engineer, mixing
• Steve Holroyd – assistant engineer
• Mike Ross – assistant engineer
• Michael Landy – digital editing at The Review Room (New York City, New York)
• Ted Jensen – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York City, New York)
• Tim Olsen – music coordinator
• Suzanne Sherman – production coordinator
• Andy Baltimore – creative director, front cover photography
• Jeff Sedlik – back cover photography, black and white photography
• Lee Cory – graphic design
• David Gibb – graphic design
• Andy Ruggirello – graphic design
• Dan Serrano – graphic design
• Sandra Bojin – stylist
• Lucy Baldock – grooming

Charts

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Billboard Jazz Albums[1]	1