The Nearness of You (Red Garland album) explained
The Nearness of You |
Type: | Studio |
Artist: | Red Garland |
Cover: | The Nearness of You (Red Garland album).jpg |
Released: | 1962 |
Recorded: | November 30, 1961 New York City |
Genre: | Jazz |
Length: | 39:38 |
Label: | Jazzland JLP 62 |
Chronology: | Red Garland |
Prev Title: | Bright and Breezy |
Prev Year: | 1961 |
Next Title: | Solar |
Next Year: | 1962 |
The Nearness of You (subtitled ballads played by Red Garland) is an album by American pianist Red Garland. Recorded in 1961, it was released on the Jazzland label in 1962.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating it is "Particularly effective when used as background music".[2]
Track listing
- "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 4:51
- "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 5:34
- "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 6:09
- "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Kern) - 3:54
- "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:17
- "Don't Worry About Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) - 4:40
- "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:15
- "All Alone" (Irving Berlin) - 4:58
Personnel
Notes and References
- http://www.jazzdisco.org/red-garland/catalog/#jazzland-jlp-62 Red Garland discography
- Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 5, 2012