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I Will Say Goodbye

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Released
  
1980

Label
  
Fantasy F 9593

Artist
  
Bill Evans Trio

Producer
  
Helen Keane

Length
  
46:19

I Will Say Goodbye (1977)
  
Together Again (1977)

Release date
  
1980

Genre
  
Jazz

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Recorded
  
May 11–13, 1977 Fantasy Studios, Berkeley

Awards
  
Grammy Award for Best Improvised Jazz Solo

Similar
  
Bill Evans Trio albums, Jazz albums

Bill evans i will say goodbye 1977 album


I Will Say Goodbye is an album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans, recorded in 1977 but not released until 1980.

Contents

Bill evans trio i will say goodbye


Reception

At the Grammy Awards of 1981, I Will Say Goodbye won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo and We Will Meet Again won the Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Group awards.

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars calling it "Fine post-bop music from an influential piano giant."

Track listing

  1. "I Will Say Goodbye" (Legrand) – 3:30
  2. "Dolphin Dance" (Herbie Hancock) – 6:04
  3. "Seascape" (Johnny Mandel) – 5:23
  4. "Peau Douce" (Steve Swallow) – 4:18
  5. "Nobody Else But Me" (Hammerstein II, Kern) – 5:06 Bonus track on CD reissue
  6. "I Will Say Goodbye" [Take 2] (Legrand) – 4:51
  7. "The Opener" (Bill Evans) – 6:13
  8. "Quiet Light" (Earl Zindars) – 2:29
  9. "A House Is Not a Home" (Bacharach, David) – 4:38
  10. "Orson's Theme" (Legrand) – 3:47 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.

  • Bill Evans – piano
  • Eddie Gómez – bass
  • Eliot Zigmund – drums
    • Production
  • Helen Keane – producer
  • Bruce Walford – engineer
  • Phil Bray – photography
  • Phil Carroll – art direction
  • Phil DeLancie – digital remastering (reissue)

    • Songs

    I Will Say Goodbye3:31
    Dolphin Dance6:04
    Seascape5:24

    References

    I Will Say Goodbye Wikipedia
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