A Simple Matter of Conviction

A Simple Matter of Conviction
Studio album by Bill Evans
Released 1966
Recorded October 4, 1966
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre Jazz
Length 37:36
Label Verve
V6-6785
Producer Creed Taylor
Bill Evans chronology

Intermodulation
(1966)		 A Simple Matter of Conviction
(1966)		 Further Conversations with Myself
(1967)

A Simple Matter of Conviction is an album by jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1966 on Verve.

Reception

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Allmusic [1]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Bob Rusch wrote of the album: "What separated this from the average good Bill Evans date was the inclusion of Shelly Manne on drums, who inventively pushed and took unexpected chances."[1]

Track listing

  1. "A Simple Matter of Conviction" (Bill Evans) - 3:18
  2. "Stella by Starlight" (Washington, Young) - 4:10
  3. "Unless It's You (Orbit)" (Evans) - 3:42
  4. "Laura" (Mercer, Raksin) - 4:20
  5. "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George Norton, W. E. Watson) - 5:16
  6. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (Bassman, Washington) - 4:13
  7. "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 4:59
  8. "Only Child" (Evans) - 4:05
  9. "These Things Called Changes" (Evans) - 3:33

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rusch, Bob. "A Simple Matter of Conviction > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2011.

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