Piano Player (album)

Piano Player
Compilation album by Bill Evans
Released 1998
Recorded June 10, 1956, September 9, 1958, February 6 & 8, 1962, November 23 & 24, 1970 & May 17, 1971
Genre Jazz
Length 72:10
Label Columbia
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Bill Evans chronology
Half Moon Bay
(1998)		 Piano Player
(1998)		 Homecoming
(1999)

Piano Player is a compilation of recordings featuring jazz pianist Bill Evans released in 1998 on the Columbia label.

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars stating "The pianist's fans will definitely want this consistently enjoyable CD".[1] The All About Jazz review by Douglas Payne states "As a whole, Piano Player jumps from time periods and groupings more erratically than a typical Bill Evans listener would expect or appreciate. But eight of these songs offer required - and rewarding — listening for fans of the pianist. The remaining three selections are not readily available elsewhere either. Therefore, for now, Piano Player makes for essential Bill Evans listening"[2]

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Allmusic [1]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Evans unless otherwise noted
  1. "All About Rosie (3rd Section)" (George Russell) - 5:18
  2. "My Funny Valentine" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 10:20
  3. "Vierd Blues" (Miles Davis) - 5:58
  4. "Bésame Mucho" (Consuelo Velázquez) - 6:53
  5. "Mornin' Glory" (Bobbie Gentry) - 6:43
  6. "Django" (John Lewis) - 8:08
  7. "Waltz for Debby" - 5:13
  8. "T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune)" - 3:37
  9. "Comrade Conrad" - 6:40
  10. "Gone with the Wind" (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) - 6:42
  11. "Fun Ride" - 6:37
  • Recorded in New York City on June 10, 1956 (track 1), September 9, 1958 (track 2), February 6 & 8, 1962 (tracks 3 & 4), November 23, 1970 (track 5), November 24, 1970 (tracks 6-10) and May 17, 1971 (track 11)

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed May 25, 2011
  2. ^ Payne, D. Piano Player Review, All About Jazz, October 1, 1998
Bill Evans
Discography
New Jazz Conceptions · Everybody Digs Bill Evans · On Green Dolphin Street · The Ivory Hunters · Portrait in Jazz · Know What I Mean? · Explorations · Sunday at the Village Vanguard · Waltz for Debby · Nirvana · Undercurrent · Moon Beams · How My Heart Sings! · Interplay · Empathy · Loose Blues · The Solo Sessions, Vol. 1 · The Solo Sessions, Vol. 2 · The Gary McFarland Orchestra · Conversations With Myself · Plays the Theme from The V.I.P.s and Other Great Songs · Time Remembered · At Shelly's Manne-Hole · Trio '64 · Stan Getz & Bill Evans · Trio Live · Waltz for Debby · Trio '65 · Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra · Bill Evans at Town Hall · Intermodulation · A Simple Matter of Conviction · Further Conversations with Myself · California Here I Come · Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival · Bill Evans Alone · What's New · Jazzhouse · You're Gonna Hear From Me · From Left to Right · Quiet Now · Montreux II · Piano Player · The Bill Evans Album · Living Time · The Tokyo Concert · Eloquence · Half Moon Bay · Since We Met · Re: Person I Knew · Symbiosis · But Beautiful · Blue in Green: The Concert in Canada · Intuition  · The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album · Montreux III · Alone Again · Quintessence · Together Again · The Paris Concert · Crosscurrents · I Will Say Goodbye · You Must Believe in Spring · Getting Sentimental · New Conversations · Affinity · Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz · We Will Meet Again · Homecoming · The Paris Concert: Edition One · The Paris Concert: Edition Two · Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings · Letter to Evan · Turn Out the Stars · The Last Waltz: The Final Recordings · Consecration: The Final Recordings Part 2
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