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The Nearness of You (Red Garland album)

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Released
  
1962

The Nearness of You (1961)
  
Solar (1962)

Release date
  
1962

Genre
  
Jazz

Length
  
39:38

Artist
  
Red Garland

Label
  
Jazzland

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Recorded
  
November 30, 1961; New York City

Similar
  
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The Nearness of You (subtitled ballads played by Red Garland) is an album by American pianist Red Garland. Recorded in 1961, it was released on the Jazzland label in 1962.

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating it is "Particularly effective when used as background music".

Track listing

  1. "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 4:51
  2. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 5:34
  3. "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 6:09
  4. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Kern) - 3:54
  5. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:17
  6. "Don't Worry About Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) - 4:40
  7. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:15
  8. "All Alone" (Irving Berlin) - 4:58

Personnel

  • Red Garland - piano
  • Larry Ridley - bass
  • Frank Gant - drums

    • Songs

    1Why Was I Born?4:58
    2The Nearness of You5:42
    3Where or When6:14

    References

    The Nearness of You (Red Garland album) Wikipedia
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