Sir Elf

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Sir Elf
Sir Elf.jpg
Studio album by
Roland Hanna
Released1973
RecordedApril 1973
StudioNola Recording Studios, New York City, NY
Genre Jazz
Length57:11CD reissue with additional tracks
Label Choice
CRS 1003
Producer Gerry Macdonald
Roland Hanna chronology
Child of Gemini
(1960)		Sir Elf
(1973)		 The New Heritage Keyboard Quartet
(1974)

Sir Elf is a solo piano album by Roland Hanna recorded in New York in 1973 and released by the Choice label. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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AllMusic reviewer Scott Yanow stated: "Pianist Roland Hanna's first solo album is one of his finest recordings. ... Hanna is in top form on this well-paced and inventive set". [5]

Track listing

  1. "Yours Is My Heart Alone" (Franz Lehár) – 6:56
  2. "Night of My Nights" (Alexander Borodin, Robert Wright, George Forrest) – 3:27
  3. "You Took Advantage of Me" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 4:57
  4. "Killing Me Softly with His Song" (Charles Fox, Norman Gimbel) – 5:09
  5. "There Is No Greater Love" (Isham Jones, Marty Symes) – 5:56
  6. "Morning" (Roland Hanna) – 6:36
  7. "Walkin'" (Richard Carpenter) – 4:15
  8. "Bye Bye Blackbird" (Ray Henderson, Mort Dixon) – 2:47
  9. "Back Home in Indiana" (Hanna) – 4:20 Additional track on CD reissue
  10. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron) – 6:15 Additional track on CD reissue
  11. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 6:33 Additional track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Encilopedia del Jazz: Roland Hanna, accessed June 19, 2019
  2. ↑ Jazzlists: Roland Hanna discography, accessed June 19, 2019
  3. ↑ Selected Sir Roland Hanna Discography, accessed June 19, 2019
  4. ↑ album details, accessed June 19, 2019
  5. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. Roland Hanna: Sir Elf – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved June 19, 2019.
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