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 | |||
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| Review scores | |
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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" (recorded first on an earlier record in 1962, Moon Beams) 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
- "Sugar Plum" (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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
