From Left to Right
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From Left to Right is an album by American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 pianist Bill Evans
Bill Evans
William John Evans, known as Bill Evans was an American jazz pianist. His use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines influenced a generation of pianists including: Chick Corea, Herbie...

, released in 1970 (see 1970 in music
1970 in music
- Events :*January 3**Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees**Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs....

).

Reissues

  • From Left to Right was reissued on CD by Verve Records
    Verve Records
    Verve Records is an American jazz record label now owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded by Norman Granz in 1956, absorbing the catalogues of his earlier labels, Clef Records and Norgran Records , and material which had been licensed to Mercury previously.-Jazz and folk origins:The Verve...

     on November 13, 1998 with bonus tracks.
  • From Left to Right was reissued on CD by Universal in 2005 with the same bonus tracks as the 1998 release.

Track listing

  1. "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand
    Michel Legrand
    Michel Jean Legrand is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist...

    ) – 4:05
  2. "I'm All Smiles" (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin) – 5:42
  3. "Why Did I Choose You?" (Leonard, Martin) – 5:04
  4. "Soirée" (Earl Zindars
    Earl Zindars
    Earl Zindars was an American composer of jazz and classical music.-Biography:Chicago-born Earl Zindars graduated from DePaul University and went on to earn a Masters Degree in Music Composition from Northwestern University. He studied with Dr...

    ) – 3:24
  5. "The Dolphin-Before" (Luíz Eça
    Luíz Eça
    Luiz Mainzi da Cunha Eça was a Brazilian jazz samba and bossa nova pianist from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, probably best known for his 1960s work with the bossa nova Tamba Trio/Tamba 4...

    ) – 3:05
  6. "The Dolphin-After" (Eca) – 3:06
  7. "Lullaby for Helene" (Bill Evans) – 2:50
  8. "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke
    Johnny Burke (lyricist)
    Johnny Burke was a lyricist, widely regarded as one of the finest writers of popular songs in America between the 1920s and 1950s.-Biography:...

    , Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:38
  9. "Children's Play Song" (Evans) – 4:11
    2005 bonus tracks:
  10. "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Bergman, Bergman, Legrand) – 4:44
  11. "Why Did I Choose You?" ( Leonard, Martin) – 4:18
  12. "Soirée" [alternate take] (Zindars) – 3:26
  13. "Lullaby for Helene" (Evans) – 2:39

Credits

  • Bill Evans
    Bill Evans
    William John Evans, known as Bill Evans was an American jazz pianist. His use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines influenced a generation of pianists including: Chick Corea, Herbie...

     – piano, Fender-Rhodes
  • Eddie Gomez
    Eddie Gomez
    Edgar "Eddie" Gómez is a Puerto Rican jazz double bassist born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, perhaps most notable for his work done with the Bill Evans trio from 1966 to 1977.-Biography:...

     – bass
  • Marty Morell
    Marty Morell
    Marty Morell is a drummer, percussionist, vibraphonist and producer who played with the Bill Evans Trio for seven years - longer than any other drummer. Morell attended the Manhattan School of Music and studied mallets with Morris Goldberg, and tympani with Saul Goodman at the Juilliard School of...

     – drums
  • Sam Brown
    Sam Brown (guitarist)
    -History:Sam T. Brown's playing style was unusual in that he performed in a generally jazz-rock format, while performing in Keith Jarrett's ensembles that sometimes veered close to a free jazz style...

     – guitar
  • Michael Leonard – conductor, arranger
  • Unidentified brass, woodwinds and strings

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