- jazz, post-bop
- 49 min
- 7 tracks
- Columbia
The Bill Evans Album is a recording by the jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1971 on the Columbia label. It was his first album to feature all compositions written, arranged, and performed by him. On the record, Evans plays both an acoustic and a Fender Rhodes electric piano.
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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 ★
- The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide4/5 ★
- The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings2.5/4 ★
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Tracks
- A1Funkallero7:51
- A2The Two Lonely People6:14
- A3Sugar Plum7:06
- A4Waltz for Debby7:44
- B1T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune)6:41
- B2RE: Person I Knew5:53
- B3Comrade Conrad7:38
7 tracks, 49 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bill Evans
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 1971
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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