- jazz
- 38 min
- 9 tracks
- Verve
A Simple Matter of Conviction is an album by jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1967 on Verve. It's the second and last collaboration between Evans and Shelly Manne after their 1962 Empathy album.
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Character
Grave, spare, character-led and intimate.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Allmusic4/5 ★
- DownBeat3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide4/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1A Simple Matter of Conviction3:20
- A2Stella by Starlight4:12
- A3Unless It's You3:44
- A4Laura4:20
- A5My Melancholy Baby5:17
- B1I'm Getting Sentimental Over You4:14
- B2Star Eyes4:59
- B3Only Child4:05
- B4These Things Called Changes3:35
9 tracks, 38 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bill Evans
- Label
- Verve
- Released
- 1966
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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