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The John Lewis Piano

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Released
  
1957

Length
  
36:06

Producer
  
Nesuhi Ertegun

Genre
  
Jazz

Label
  
AtlanticSD 1272

Recorded
  
July 30, 1956, February 21 and August 24, 1957NYC and the Music Inn in Lenox, MA

The John Lewis Piano is an album by pianist and composer John Lewis recorded for the Atlantic label.

Contents

Reception

Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars stating it contains "introverted interpretations" of "thoughtful and introspective selections".

Track listing

All compositions by John Lewis except as indicated

  1. "Harlequin" - 5:14
  2. "Little Girl Blue" (Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart) - 4:30
  3. "The Bad and the Beautiful" (David Raksin) - 4:16
  4. "D and E" - 4:19
  5. "It Never Entered My Mind" (Rogers, Hart) - 3:36
  6. "Warmeland" (Traditional) - 4:41
  7. "Two Lyric Pieces: a) Pierrot, b) Colombine" - 10:58

Personnel

  • John Lewis - piano
  • Barry Galbraith (tracks 3, 5 & 6), Jim Hall (track 7) - guitar
  • Percy Heath - bass (tracks 2 & 4)
  • Connie Kay - drums (tracks 1, 2 & 4)

    • References

    The John Lewis Piano Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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