The Nearness of You (Red Garland album)

For other uses, see The Nearness of You (disambiguation).

The Nearness of You
Studio album by Red Garland
Released	1962
Recorded	November 30, 1961 New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	39:38
Label	Jazzland JLP 62
Red Garland chronology
Bright and Breezy (1961) The Nearness of You (1962) Solar (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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	[2]
Allmusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating it is "Particularly effective when used as background music".^[3]

Track listing

1. "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) - 4:51
2. "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) - 5:34
3. "Where or When" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 6:09
4. "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (Ira Gershwin, Kern) - 3:54
5. "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) - 5:17
6. "Don't Worry About Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) - 4:40
7. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) - 4:15
8. "All Alone" (Irving Berlin) - 4:58

Personnel

• Red Garland - piano
• Larry Ridley - bass (except 7)
• Frank Gant - drums (except 7)

References

1. Red Garland discography accessed December 5, 2012
2. Down Beat:July 5, 1962 Vol. 29, No.14
3. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 5, 2012
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 527. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.