Conversations with Myself
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| Conversations with Myself | ||
|---|---|---|
| Studio album by Bill Evans | ||
| Released | 1963 | |
| Recorded | January 1963 - February 1963 | |
| Genre | Jazz | |
| Length | 43:31 | |
| Label | Verve Records | |
| Professional reviews | ||
Conversations With Myself is a 1963 album by jazz musician Bill Evans. It was his first solo album for Verve Records after being released from his contract by Riverside Records. Recorded at three different studio sessions on February 6, 9, and 20, 1963, Evans recorded the album using the, then controversial, method of overdubbing three different yet corresponding piano tracks for each song. The album would earn Evans his first Grammy Award in 1964 for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance - Soloist or Small Group.
[edit] Track listing
- "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams) – 6:33
- "How About You?" (Burton Lane, Ralph Freed) – 2:48
- "Spartacus Love Theme" (Alex North) – 5:08
- "Blue Monk" (Thelonious Monk) – 4:32
- "Stella By Starlight" (Victor Young, Ned Washington) – 4:50
- "Hey, There" (Richard Adler, Jerry Ross) – 4:29
- "N.Y.C.'s No Lark" (Bill Evans) – 5:34
- "Just You, Just Me" (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) – 2:35
- "Bemsha Swing" (Denzil Best, Thelonious Monk) – 2:54
- "A Sleepin' Bee" (Harold Arlen) – 4:10
Tracks 9 and 10 were not on the original LP release.
[edit] Credits
- Bill Evans - overdubbed piano
- Creed Taylor - producer
[edit] Miscellanea
The title of the song "N.Y.C.'s No Lark" is an anagram of pianist Sonny Clark, who had died of a heroin overdose a month before the recording sessions. (Evans had struggled with a heroin addiction throughout his career.)
