A Simple Matter of Conviction
1967 studio album by Bill Evans
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Studio album by Bill Evans | ||||
Released | January 1967[1] | |||
Recorded | October 4, 1966 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 37:36 | |||
Label | Verve V6-6785 | |||
Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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A Simple Matter of Conviction is an album by jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1967 on Verve. It's the second and last collaboration between Evans and Shelly Manne after their 1962 Empathy album.
Reception
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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."[2]
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
- Bill Evans - piano
- Eddie Gómez - bass
- Shelly Manne - drums
References
External links
- Jazz Discography entries for Bill Evans
- Bill Evans Memorial Library discography
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albums
- New Jazz Conceptions
- Tenderly: An Informal Session
- Everybody Digs Bill Evans
- On Green Dolphin Street
- The Ivory Hunters
- Portrait in Jazz
- Know What I Mean?
- Explorations
- Nirvana
- Undercurrent
- Moon Beams
- How My Heart Sings!
- Interplay
- Empathy
- Loose Blues
- The Solo Sessions, Vol. 1
- The Solo Sessions, Vol. 2
- The Gary McFarland Orchestra
- Conversations With Myself
- Plays the Theme from The V.I.P.s and Other Great Songs
- Trio 64
- Stan Getz & Bill Evans
- Waltz for Debby
- Trio '65
- Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra
- Intermodulation
- A Simple Matter of Conviction
- Further Conversations with Myself
- Alone
- What's New
- From Left to Right
- Quiet Now
- The Bill Evans Album
- Living Time
- Eloquence
- Symbiosis
- Intuition
- The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
- Alone (Again)
- Quintessence
- Together Again
- Crosscurrents
- I Will Say Goodbye
- You Must Believe in Spring
- New Conversations
- Affinity
- We Will Meet Again
albums
- Sunday at the Village Vanguard
- Waltz for Debby
- Time Remembered
- At Shelly's Manne-Hole
- Bill Evans at Town Hall
- The Bill Evans Trio "Live"
- California Here I Come
- Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival
- Jazzhouse
- You're Gonna Hear from Me
- Montreux II
- The Tokyo Concert
- Half Moon Bay
- Since We Met
- Re: Person I Knew
- But Beautiful
- Blue in Green: The Concert in Canada
- Montreux III
- Getting Sentimental
- Live in Buenos Aires 1979
- Homecoming
- The Paris Concert: Edition One
- The Paris Concert: Edition Two
- Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings
- Letter to Evan
- Turn Out the Stars
- The Last Waltz: The Final Recordings
- Consecration: The Final Recordings Part 2
albums
- Piano Player
- "Waltz for Debby"
- "Funkallero"
- "Blue in Green"
- "Flamenco Sketches"
- "Time Remembered"
- "Peace Piece"
members
- Monty Budwig
- Larry Bunker
- Jack DeJohnette
- Eddie Gómez
- Chuck Israels
- Marc Johnson
- Philly Joe Jones
- Sam Jones
- Teddy Kotick
- Joe LaBarbera
- Scott LaFaro
- Michael Moore
- Marty Morell
- Paul Motian
- Gary Peacock
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