Joe Albany at Home explained

Joe Albany at Home
Type:	Album
Artist:	Joe Albany
Cover:	Joe Albany at Home.jpg
Released:	1971
Recorded:	August 31 and September 5, 1971
Studio:	1822 N Wilton Place, Hollywood CA
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	43:47
Label:	Spotlite JA1
Producer:	Tony Williams
Chronology:	Joe Albany
Prev Title:	Portrait of a Legend
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	Proto-Bopper
Next Year:	1972

Joe Albany at Home is a solo album by the pianist Joe Albany, recorded in 1971 and released on the Spotlite label in the UK and on the Revelation label in the US as At Home Alone in 1976.^[1]

Reception

Allmusic's Scott Yanow wrote, "This release was quite important for a couple of reasons. It was the first LP put out by the British Spotlite label and only the second date led by the legendary (and until then largely forgotten) bop pianist Joe Albany ... The recording quality is decent if not state-of-the-art, but the playing is quite excellent and fortunately led to the rediscovery of this important "missing link"".

Track listing

1. "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 4:37
2. "You're Blasé" (Ord Hamilton, Bruce Sievier) – 3:52
3. "Why Was I Born?" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 4:10
4. "Jitterbug Waltz" (Fats Waller) – 4:08
5. "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) – 4:12
6. "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman) – 4:05
7. "Barbados" (Charlie Parker) – 2:19
8. "Can't We Be Friends?" (Kay Swift, Paul James) – 3:41
9. "Everything Happens to Me" (Matt Dennis, Tom Adair) – 3:40
10. "You've Changed" (Bill Carey, Carl Fischer) – 3:43
11. "Birdtown Birds" (Joe Albany) – 2:01
12. "Isn't It Romantic?" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:19

Personnel

• Joe Albany – piano

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joe Albany – At Home . Discogs. March 22, 2018.