Bill Evans - Alone (1970)

Note: the CD I listened to was the 1988 edition with two additional tracks.

Just Evans playing standards. No band, no overdubs. Simply beautiful and highly recommended.

Grammy Award winner in the category of Best Instrumental Jazz Performance, Small Group or Soloist with Small Group, the third of five wins in that category for Evans.

Original 1970 liner notes written by Evans himself.

Reviews/ratings:

• CashBox: "one of the most listenable of jazz decks to be issued in recent times."
• Record World: "There's something particularly personal about this disk."
• High Fidelity: "Magnificent"
• Stereo Review: "For my money, this is one of the finest records in a decade."
• Downbeat (★★★★★): "the real Bill Evans stands out in boldest relief in this group of straight solo performances."
• The Penguin Guide to Jazz (5th ed., 2000):★★★
• The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide (1985): ★★★★
• The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz (1999): ★★★

Album chart peaks:

• US Billboard 200: Did not chart
• Billboard Jazz: #18

Tracks:

My top picks are tracks 1-7.

Personal Memory Associated with this CD: None

Previously revisited for the blog:
The Paris Concert, Edition Two (1984)
The Paris Concert, Edition One (1983)