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Conviction: Thoughts of Bill Evans

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Released
  
March 6, 2001

Producer
  
Paul Wickliffe

Release date
  
6 March 2007

Genre
  
Vocal jazz

Length
  
48:50

Artist
  
Roseanna Vitro

Label
  
A-Records

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Recorded
  
July 2000 Tedesco Studios, N.J.

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Conviction: Thoughts of Bill Evans is the 8th album by jazz singer Roseanna Vitro, released in 2001 by A Records, an imprint of Challenge Records International.

Contents

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars out of five, with reviewer Alex Henderson calling it "a consistently interesting date" fueled by a host of supporting players well versed in Evans' music, and by Vitro's uniquely personal take on a variety of Evans themes and belatedly added lyrics.

Track listing

All music composed by Bill Evans except where indicated.

  1. "My Bells" (Bill Evans, Gene Lees) - 4:32
  2. "Remembering the Rain" (Evans, Carol Hall) - 4:13
  3. "Two Lonely People" [sic] (Evans, Carol Hall) - 4:20
  4. "Prelude to a Funk" (Roseanna Vitro, Paul Wickliffe) - 0:22
  5. "Funkallero" (Evans, Vítor Martins, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) - 3:00
  6. "Only Child" (Evans, Roger Schore) - 5:14
  7. "Conviction" (Vitro) - 3:33
  8. "Turn Out the Stars" (Evans, Lees) - 4:28
  9. "Waltz for Debby" (Evans, Lees) - 4:40
  10. "In April" (Evans, Roger Schore) - 4:23
  11. "Very Early" (Evans, Carol Hall) - 5:40
  12. "Letter to Evan" (Evans) - 4:25

Personnel

  • Vocals – Roseanna Vitro – vocals
  • Piano – Fred Hersch, Mark Soskin, Allen Farnham
  • Bass – Eddie Gomez, Scott Lee, Bob Bowen
  • Drums – Adrian D'Souza
  • Songs

    1My Bells4:32
    2Remember The Rain4:14
    3Two Lonely People4:21

    References

    Conviction: Thoughts of Bill Evans Wikipedia


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