The Bill Evans Album
The Bill Evans Album | ||||
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Released | End of August/early September 1971[1] | |||
Recorded | May 11–12, 17, 19-20 and June 9, 1971 | |||
Studio | CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 70:27 | |||
Label | Columbia C 30855 | |||
Producer | Helen Keane | |||
Bill Evans chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | link |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
The Bill Evans Album is an album by the jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1971. It is his first album to feature all compositions written (or co-written), arranged and performed by Evans.
At the Grammy Awards of 1972, The Bill Evans Album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo and the Best Jazz Performance by a Group awards.
The Bill Evans Memorial Library states it is the first recording in which Evans used a Fender Rhodes piano.[4]
The title of the song "Re: Person I Knew" is an anagram of the name of Evans' longtime producer, Orrin Keepnews.[5]
The cover image is based on a photograph taken by music photographer Don Hunstein.
The Bill Evans Album was reissued with three bonus alternative tracks by Sony in 2005.
Track listing[]
All songs by Bill Evans except where noted.
- "Funkallero" (Album Version) – 7:45
- "Two Lonely People" (Bill Evans, Carol Hall) – 6:10
- "" (Album Version) – 7:02
- "Waltz For Debby" (Evans, Gene Lees) – 7:41
- "T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune)" – 6:38
- "Re: Person I Knew" – 5:52
- "Comrade Conrad" (Album Version) – 7:34
- 2005 reissue bonus tracks:
- "Waltz for Debby" [alternate take] (Evans, Gene Lees) – 7:47
- "Re: Person I Knew" [alternate take] – 7:16
- "Funkallero" [alternate take] – 6:09
Personnel[]
- Bill Evans – piano, Fender Rhodes
- Eddie Gómez – bass
- Marty Morell – drums
Production
- Helen Keane – producer
- Peter Weiss – engineer, mixing
- Orrin Keepnews – reissue producer
- Mark Wilder – remastering
- John Berg – art direction
- Fred Binkley – liner notes
- Don Hunstein – photography
- Seth Rothstein – project director
- Paula Wood – art direction, design
Charts[]
Year | Chart | Position |
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1971 | Billboard Jazz Albums | 14 |
References[]
- ^ Billboard Aug 21, 1971
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 73. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 457. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ The Bill Evans Memorial Library
- ^ Original issue liner notes by Fred Binkley, 1971.
- Bill Evans albums
- 1971 albums
- Columbia Records albums
- Albums recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio
- Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album