Released January 1967 Artist Bill Evans Producer Creed Taylor Genre Jazz | Length 37:36 Release date 1966 Label Verve Records | |
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Recorded October 4, 1966
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs A Simple Matter of Conviction
(1966) Further Conversations with Myself
(1967) Similar Bill Evans albums, Jazz albums | ||
A Simple Matter of Conviction is an album by jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1967 on Verve.
Contents
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Reception
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."
Track listing
- "A Simple Matter of Conviction" (Bill Evans) - 3:18
- "Stella by Starlight" (Washington, Young) - 4:10
- "Unless It's You (Orbit)" (Evans) - 3:42
- "Laura" (Mercer, Raksin) - 4:20
- "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George Norton, W. E. Watson) - 5:16
- "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (Bassman, Washington) - 4:13
- "Star Eyes" (Gene de Paul, Don Raye) - 4:59
- "Only Child" (Evans) - 4:05
- "These Things Called Changes" (Evans) - 3:33
Credits
Songs
1A Simple Matter of Conviction3:20
2Stella by Starlight4:12
3Unless It's You3:44
References
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