1998 Kevyn Lettau – The Language Of Flowers

The Language of Flowers is an album by pop/jazz/latin singer Kevyn Lettau. It was released in 1998 on Victor.

Tracks

1  The Language Of Flowers (Yutaka Yokokura; Kevyn Lettau) 04:37
2  Have You Ever Wondered (Kevyn Lettau; Jeff Lorber) 03:45
3  Lucky Girl (Kevyn Lettau; Jeff Lorber) 04:02
4  Little Things (Kevyn Lettau; Jeff Lorber) 04:08
5  I’m Better At Hello (Kevyn Lettau; Jeff Lorber) 04:33
6  The Heart Of My Heart (Yutaka Yokokura; Kevyn Lettau) 04:30
7  This Time (Kevyn Lettau; Jeff Lorber) 03:45
8  Show Me The Way To Your Heart (Yutaka Yokokura; Kevyn Lettau) 04:30
9  You Can’t Go Back (Bill Cantos; Kevyn Lettau) 04:01
10  A New Way (Kevyn Lettau; Scott Mayo) 04:03
11  Far Away (Kevyn Lettau; Jeff Lorber) 03:56

Musicians

1 The Language Of Flowers

Drums (Programming) Yutaka Yokokura
Keyboards Yutaka Yokokura
Horns Scott Mayo
Vocals  Kevyn Lettau 


2 Have You Ever Wondered

Drums (Programming) Jeff Lorber
Guitar Paul Jackson Jr
Keyboards Jeff Lorber
Percussion Mike Shapiro
Background Vocals Scott Mayo
Background Vocals Kevyn Lettau 
Vocals  Kevyn Lettau 


3 Lucky Girl

Drums Mike Shapiro
Guitar Paul Jackson Jr
Moog Bass Jeff Lorber
Wurlitzer Jeff Lorber
Synthesizer Scott Mayo
Synthesizer Yutaka Yokokura
Percussion Mike Shapiro
Background Vocals Scott Mayo
Background Vocals Kevyn Lettau 
Vocals  Kevyn Lettau 


4 Little Things

Bass Jerry Watts
Drums Mike Shapiro
Guitar Dwight Sills
Acoustic Guitar Dwight Sills
Fender Rhodes Darrell Smith 
Wurlitzer Darrell Smith 
Harmonica Tollak Ollestad
Percussion Mike Shapiro
Background Vocals Scott Mayo
Background Vocals Kevyn Lettau 
Vocals  Kevyn Lettau 


5 I’m Better At Hello

Bass Jerry Watts
Drums Mike Shapiro
Guitar Dwight Sills
Fender Rhodes Darrell Smith 
Synthesizer (solo) Mitchel Forman 
Synthesizer Darrell Smith 
Wurlitzer Darrell Smith 
Percussion Mike Shapiro
Background Vocals Scott Mayo
Background Vocals Kevyn Lettau 
Vocals  Kevyn Lettau 


6 The Heart Of My Heart

Bass Jerry Watts
Drums (Programming) Yutaka Yokokura
Guitar Dwight Sills
Keyboards Yutaka Yokokura
Programming Yutaka Yokokura
Horns Scott Mayo
Vocals  Kevyn Lettau 


7 This Time

Bass Jerry Watts
Drums Mike Shapiro
Guitar Dwight Sills
Fender Rhodes Darrell Smith 
Synthesizer Darrell Smith 
Wurlitzer Darrell Smith 
Horns Scott Mayo
Background Vocals Bill Cantos
Background Vocals Kevyn Lettau 
Background Vocals Scott Mayo
Background Vocals Julie Ragin
Vocals  Kevyn Lettau 


8 Show Me The Way To Your Heart

Bass Jerry Watts
Drums Mike Shapiro
Guitar Dwight Sills
Keyboards Yutaka Yokokura
Percussion Mike Shapiro
Background Vocals Yutaka Yokokura
Vocals  Kevyn Lettau 


9 You Can’t Go Back

Bass Jerry Watts
Drums Mike Shapiro
Drums (Programming) Yutaka Yokokura
Drums (Programming) Mike Shapiro
Guitar Dwight Sills
Fender Rhodes Darrell Smith 
Synthesizer Darrell Smith 
Wurlitzer Darrell Smith 
Horns Scott Mayo
Percussion Mike Shapiro
Background Vocals Scott Mayo
Background Vocals Kevyn Lettau 
Vocals  Kevyn Lettau 


10 A New Way

Bass Jerry Watts
Drums Mike Shapiro
Guitar Dwight Sills
Fender Rhodes Darrell Smith 
Synthesizer Scott Mayo
Synthesizer Darrell Smith 
Wurlitzer Darrell Smith 
Horns Scott Mayo
Percussion Mike Shapiro
Background Vocals Scott Mayo
Background Vocals Kevyn Lettau 
Vocals  Kevyn Lettau 


11 Far Away

Bass Jerry Watts
Drums Mike Shapiro
Guitar Dwight Sills
Acoustic Guitar Dwight Sills
Fender Rhodes Darrell Smith 
Synthesizer Darrell Smith 
Wurlitzer Darrell Smith 
Sax (Soprano) Scott Mayo
Vocals  Kevyn Lettau 

Liner Notes

Producer – Mike Shapiro, Yutaka Yokokura
Producer – Jeff Lorber (Track 2)
Arranged By (Horns) – Yutaka Yokokura (Tracks 1,6)
Arranged By (Horns) – Scott Mayo (Tracks 7,10)
Arranged By (Background Vocals) – Kevyn Lettau (Tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 7)
Arranged By (Background Vocals) – Michael Shapiro (Tracks 2, 4, 5, 9)
Arranged By (Background Vocals) – Billy King (Tracks 2)
Arranged By (Background Vocals) – Scott Mayo (Track 3, 5, 7, 9, 10)
Arranged By (Background Vocals) – Yutaka Yokokura (Tracks 4, 5, 8)
Arranged By (Background Vocals) – Michael Shapiro (Tracks 9)
Engineer (Assistant) – Wil Donovan
Mastered By – Gavin Lurssen
Mixed By – John Hendrickson
Recorded By – John Hendrickson, Jeff Lorber, Yutaka Yokokura, Steve Harrison, Michael Shapiro

Art Direction, Design – Takafumi Yamanishi
Photography – Walter Mladina

Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Mixed At Capitol Studios
Recorded At Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA
Recorded At Double ‘Y’ Studios, Alhambra, CA
Recorded At JHL Sound Pacific Palisades, CA
Copyright Victor Entertainment Inc