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''Alone'' is an album by jazz musician
Bill Evans William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block ch ...
, recorded in late-1968 for Verve Records.


Background

''Alone'' was recorded at Webster Hall in the East Village, which was reserved for two recording sessions in October of 1968. A
Steinway & Sons Steinway & Sons, also known as Steinway (), is a German-American piano company, founded in 1853 in Manhattan by German piano builder Henry E. Steinway, Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg (later known as Henry E. Steinway). The company's growth led to ...
concert grand piano model D-274 was chosen by Bill Evans for this recording.


Release

Released in April 1970 , the Grammy Award-winning ''Alone'' was Bill Evans' first single piano solo album following in the footsteps of his 1963 Verve session '' Conversations with Myself'' (three pianos overdubbed) and his 1967 ''
Further Conversations with Myself ''Further Conversations with Myself'' is a 1967 album by jazz pianist Bill Evans. All the pieces are solo with piano overdubs, a method Evans used on his earlier release ''Conversations with Myself (album), Conversations with Myself''. It was reis ...
'', also on Verve (two pianos overdubbed). It has been reissued in various forms with additional tracks and alternate takes from sessions on September 23, October 8 and 21st.


Track listing

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Here's That Rainy Day "Here's That Rainy Day" is a popular song with music by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke that was published in 1953. It was introduced by Dolores Gray in the Broadway musical '' Carnival in Flanders''. Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra ...
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Jimmy Van Heusen James Van Heusen (born Edward Chester Babcock; January 26, 1913 – February 6, 1990) was an American composer. He wrote songs for films, television and theater, and won an Emmy and four Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Life and care ...
, Johnny Burke) – 5:21 #"A Time for Love" ( Johnny Mandel,
Paul Francis Webster Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907 – March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and was nominated sixteen times for the award. Life and career Webster was born in New York City, United St ...
) – 5:06 #"Midnight Mood" (
Joe Zawinul Josef Erich Zawinul ( '; 7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with Miles Davis and to bec ...
, Ben Raleigh) – 5:20 #"On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)" (
Burton Lane Burton Lane ( Levy; February 2, 1912 – January 5, 1997) was an American composer and lyricist primarily known for his theatre and film scores. His most popular and successful works include '' Finian's Rainbow'' in 1947 and ''On a Clear Day You ...
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Alan Jay Lerner Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre bot ...
) – 4:48 #"Never Let Me Go" (
Ray Evans Raymond Bernard Evans (February 4, 1915 – February 15, 2007) was an American songwriter. He was a partner in a composing and song-writing duo with Jay Livingston, known for the songs they composed for films. Evans wrote the lyrics and Living ...
,
Jay Livingston Jay Livingston (born Jacob Harold Levison, March 28, 1915 – October 17, 2001) was an American composer best known as half of a song-writing duo with Ray Evans that specialized in songs composed for films. Livingston wrote music and Evans t ...
) – 14:32 Additional tracks on 1988 CD reissue: #
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    All the Things You Are "All the Things You Are" is a song composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II. The song was written for the musical ''Very Warm for May'' (1939)
    /Midnight Mood" ( Jerome Kern,
    Oscar Hammerstein II Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II (; July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) director in the musical theater for almost 40 years. He won eight Ton ...
    )/(Joe Zawinul, Ben Raleigh) – 4:11 #"A Time for Love" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 6:56 :''The 2002 CD reissue includes other alternate takes.''


    Personnel

    * Bill Evans – piano ;Technical * Helen Keane – producer *
    Val Valentin Luis Pastor "Val" Valentin (January 6, 1920 – March 24, 1999) was an American recording engineer with six decades of work in the music industry. Much of his work was done for MGM Records and Verve Records. His large discography includes Jazz al ...
    – director of engineering * Roy Hall – engineer *Sid Maurer – art direction *
    Nancy Reiner Nancy Beth Reiner (April 21, 1942 - September 9, 2006)
    – cover art *Mickey Leonard – supervising consultant Credits - ''Alone''
    Discogs. Retrieved 2017-07-13.


    References


    External links


    Jazz Discography Bill Evans Catalog
    1970 albums Bill Evans albums Instrumental albums Verve Records albums Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album Solo piano jazz albums {{1960s-jazz-album-stub