Conviction: Thoughts of Bill Evans

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Conviction: Thoughts Of Bill Evans
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Studio album by
Roseanna Vitro
ReleasedMarch 6, 2001 [1]
RecordedJuly 2000
Tedesco Studios, N.J. [2]
Genre Vocal jazz
Length48:50 [1]
Label A Records
AL 73208 [3]
Producer Paul Wickliffe [2]
Roseanna Vitro chronology
The Time of My Life: Roseanna Vitro Sings the Songs of Steve Allen
(1999)		Conviction: Thoughts Of Bill Evans
(2001)		 Tropical Postcards
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz "Highly recommended." [4]
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JazzTimes favorable [5]
Los Angeles Times favorable [6]
External audio
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Conviction: Thoughts of Bill Evans is the 8th album by jazz singer Roseanna Vitro, released in 2001 by A Records, an imprint of Challenge Records International.

Contents

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars out of five, with reviewer Alex Henderson calling it "a consistently interesting date" fueled by a host of supporting players well versed in Evans' music, and by Vitro's uniquely personal take on a variety of Evans themes and belatedly added lyrics. [1]

Track listing

All music composed by Bill Evans except where indicated.

  1. "My Bells" (Bill Evans, Gene Lees) - 4:32
  2. "Remembering the Rain" (Evans, Carol Hall) - 4:13
  3. "Two Lonely People" [sic] (Evans, Carol Hall) - 4:20
  4. "Prelude to a Funk" (Roseanna Vitro, Paul Wickliffe) - 0:22
  5. "Funkallero" (Evans, Vítor Martins, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) - 3:00
  6. "Only Child" (Evans, Roger Schore) - 5:14
  7. "Conviction" (Vitro) - 3:33
  8. "Turn Out the Stars" (Evans, Lees) - 4:28
  9. "Waltz for Debby" (Evans, Lees) - 4:40
  10. "In April" (Evans, Roger Schore) - 4:23
  11. "Very Early" (Evans, Carol Hall) - 5:40
  12. "Letter to Evan" (Evans) - 4:25

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Henderson, Alex. "Conviction: Thoughts of Bill Evans - Roseanna Vitro" AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  2. 1 2 "Conviction: Thoughts of Bill Evans (Music, 2000)". WorldCat. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  3. ↑ "Products: Conviction". Challenge Records International. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  4. ↑ Astarita, Glenn. "Roseanna Vitro: Thoughts Of Bill Evans - Conviction". All About Jazz. May 1, 2001. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  5. ↑ Ramsey, Doug. "Roseanna Vitro: Conviction (Thoughts of Bill Evans)" JazzTimes. July/August 2001. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
  6. ↑ Heckman, Don. "Vitro Keeps Bill Evans in Her Thoughts Until Blues Surface" Los Angeles Times . June 8, 2001. Retrieved 2015-05-13.
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