Alone

by Bill Evans

Alone cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1970
  • Label: Verve
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:16
  • Community rating: 4.02/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Captured entirely unaccompanied, this deeply intimate piano session serves as a breathtaking showcase of the musician's profound lyrical invention and harmonic mastery. The sprawling, fourteen-minute exploration of 'Never Let Me Go' anchors the recording, emphasizing a contemplative, serene beauty that earned the album a Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, acoustic, instrumental, unaccompanied-solo

Tracklist

  1. Here's That Rainy Day (5:21)
  2. A Time For Love (5:06)
  3. Midnight Mood (5:20)
  4. On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever) (4:48)
  5. Never Let Me Go (14:32)
  6. Medley: All The Things You Are / Midnight Mood (4:11)
  7. A Time For Love - Live At Webster Hall/1968 / Alternate Take (6:56)

Credits

  • Nancy Reiner - artwork [cover], artwork
  • Michael Leonard - supervised by [consultant]
  • Jimmy Van Heusen And Johnny Burke - written-by
  • Johnny Mandel - written-by
  • Paul Francis Webster - written-by
  • Ben Raleigh - written-by
  • Joe Zawinul - written-by
  • Alan Jay Lerner - written-by
  • Bill Evans - Primary Artist
  • Burton Lane - Written-By
  • Livingston & Evans - Written-By

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