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Standard Eyes (Andy LaVerne album)

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Standard Eyes
Studio album by
Released1991
RecordedOctober 1990
GenreJazz
Length64:23
LabelSteepleChase
SCS 1280
ProducerNils Winther
Andy LaVerne chronology
Severe Clear
(1990)
Standard Eyes
(1991)
Pleasure Seekers
(1991)

Standard Eyes is an album by pianist Andy LaVerne recorded in 1990 and released on the Danish label, SteepleChase.[1][2][3]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[5]

Ken Dryden of AllMusic stated "LaVerne is simply superb throughout, with a rather abstract samba arrangement of "Autumn Leaves" and a very lyrical, understated take of "Just One of Those Things." Recommended".[4]

Track listing

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  1. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) – 7:24
  2. "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 7:01
  3. "There'll Never Be Another You" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 7:01
  4. "Just One of Those Things" (Cole Porter) – 7:28
  5. "You're My Everything" (Warren, Mort Dixon, Joe Young) – 5:49
  6. "Laura" (David Raksin, Johnny Mercer) – 6:24
  7. "Stella by Starlight" (Victor Young, Washington) – 8:24
  8. "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 5:42
  9. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Washington) – 9:05

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 16, 2017
  2. ^ SteepleChase Productions ApS, accessed March 16, 2017
  3. ^ Andy LaVerne discography, accessed March 16, 2017
  4. ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Andy LaVerne: Standard Eyes – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 870. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.