''The Bill Evans Album'' is an album by the

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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

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, ''The Bill Evans Album'' won the

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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. The title of the song "Re: Person I Knew" (recorded first on an earlier record in 1962, ''

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'') is an anagram of the name of Evans' longtime producer,

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.Original issue liner notes by Fred Binkley, 1971. 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

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in 2005.

Track listing

All songs by Bill Evans except where noted. # " Funkallero" (Album Version) – 7:45 # " Two Lonely People" (Bill Evans,

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) – 6:10 # "

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" (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" lternate take(Evans, Gene Lees) – 7:47 # "Re: Person I Knew" lternate take– 7:16 # "Funkallero" lternate take– 6:09

Personnel

* Bill Evans –

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, Fender Rhodes *

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– bass *

Marty Morell Marty Morell (born February 25, 1944) is a jazz drummer who was a member of the Bill Evans Trio for seven years—longer than any other drummer. Before joining Evans, he worked with the Al Cohn-Zoot Sims Quintet, Red Allen, Gary McFarland, Steve ...

– drums Production * Helen Keane – producer * Peter Weiss – engineer, mixing *

– 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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bill Evans Album Bill Evans albums 1971 albums Columbia Records albums Albums recorded at CBS 30th Street Studio Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album