The Bill Evans Album
# The Bill Evans Album

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The Bill Evans Album is an album by the jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1971. It is his first album to feature all compositions written (or co-written), arranged and performed by Evans.

At the Grammy Awards of 1972, The Bill Evans Album won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo and the Best Jazz Performance by a Group awards.

The Bill Evans Memorial Library states it is the first recording in which Evans used a Fender Rhodes piano.

The title of the song "Re: Person I Knew" (recorded first on an earlier record in 1962, Moon Beams) is an anagram of the name of Evans' longtime producer, Orrin Keepnews.

The cover image is based on a photograph taken by music photographer Don Hunstein.

The Bill Evans Album was reissued with three bonus alternative tracks by Sony in 2005.

## Track listing

All songs by Bill Evans except where noted.

* "Funkallero" (Album Version) – 7:45
* "Two Lonely People" (Bill Evans, Carol Hall) – 6:10
* "Sugar Plum" (Album Version) – 7:02
* "Waltz For Debby" (Evans, Gene Lees) – 7:41
* "T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune)" – 6:38
* "Re: Person I Knew" – 5:52
* "Comrade Conrad" (Album Version) – 7:34

    2005 reissue bonus tracks:
* "Waltz for Debby" [alternate take] (Evans, Gene Lees) – 7:47
* "Re: Person I Knew" [alternate take] – 7:16
* "Funkallero" [alternate take] – 6:09

## Personnel

* Bill Evans – piano, Fender Rhodes
* Eddie Gómez – bass
* Marty Morell – drums

Production

* Helen Keane – producer
* Peter Weiss – engineer, mixing
* Orrin Keepnews – reissue producer
* Mark Wilder – remastering
* John Berg – art direction
* Fred Binkley – liner notes
* Don Hunstein – photography
* Seth Rothstein – project director
* Paula Wood – art direction, design

## Charts

| Year | Chart | Position |
| - | - | - |
| 1971 | Billboard Jazz Albums | 14 |
