Bill Evans - Alone (200g, Japanese Edition) - RARITY - Audiophile
Bill Evans - Alone (200g, Japanese Edition) - RARITY - Audiophile
Bill Evans - Alone (200g, Japanese Edition) - RARITY - Audiophile
Bill Evans - Alone (200g, Japanese Edition) - RARITY - Audiophile

Bill Evans - Alone (Japanese Edition, 200g)

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Bill Evans (Piano) [click here to see more vinyl featuring Bill Evans]

Written by Jimmy Van Heusen (A1), Johnny Burke (A1), Johnny Mandel (A2), Paul Francis Webster (A2), Ben Raleigh (A3), Joe Zawinul (A3), Alan Jay Lerner (A4), Burton Lane (A4), Ray Evans (B1), Jay Livingston (B1)

 

 

1 LP, standard sleeve

Limited Edition

Original analog Master tape : YES

Heavy Press : 200g

Record color : black

Speed : 33RPM

Size : 12”

Stereo

Studio

Record Press : unspecified (Japan)

Label : Universal Music Japan - LP 100 Series

Original Label : Verve Records

Recorded at Webster Hall, NYC in September and October 1968

Engineered by Ray Hall, Val Valentin

Produced by Helen Keane

Art Direction by Sid Maurer

Artwork by Nancy Reiner

Liner Notes by Bill Evans

Originally released in 1970

Reissued in 2007

 

 

Tracks:

Side A

  1. Here's That Rainy Day
  2. A Time For Love
  3. Midnight Mood
  4. On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)

Side B

  1. Never Let Me Go

     

    Award:

    1971 - Grammy Award - Best Jazz Performance, Small Group/Soloist

     

    Reviews:

    “This is a re-issue of Bill Evan’s first solo album recorded in 1968 and contains seven bonus tracks, six being alternative takes, from the ‘Alone’ sessions – they were recently discovered and not previously issued. Here we have Evans at his best.

    In the early 1950s Evans’ was beginning to be recognised as a pianist with great potential and in 1958 he joined Miles Davis. This was a period when Davis also employed John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley and his music was being diverted towards modal improvisation. By then Evans was regarded as an inspired and self-searching musician whose cleverly constituted solos, augmented by masterful harmony, exposed his extensive talent. Although he was only with Miles a very short time it proved to be a vital component in his development.

    His next venture was trio work with bassist Scott La Faro and drummer Paul Motian and this together with duo work was the general format of his music until his death in 1980. However, it was inevitable he would make solo recordings and the ‘Alone’ sessions were the result. It would be wrong to say that they were made at the height of his career because his playing hardly ever varied in its high quality.

    ‘Alone’ is far from ‘easy listening’ – throughout it commands attention. Some fans steer clear of recordings that contain so many retakes and often that is justified but in this case the extra tracks provide evidence of his fresh approach to the repeated performance of a piece. His playing is distinctive but in the composition and length of some of his phrasing there is more than a hint of Lennie Tristano. On a general theme his qualities of performance vary between massive strength coupled with deep harmony to sensitive and delicate melodic lines. ‘Alone ‘ is one of those recordings that warrants listening to repeatedly – each time something new is revealed.” Jazz CD Review by Jack Ashby

     

     

    Ratings :

    AllMusic : 3 / 5 ; Discogs : 5 / 5 

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