Willow Creek and Other Ballads

• Artist: Marian McPartland
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• Release Date: 1985 01
• Total Time: 40:26
• Type: Instrumental
• Genre: Jazz

Review

Marian McPartland interprets ten diverse ballads on this album including her own "Willow Creek." The tunes are all quite sophisticated and they range from Stevie Wonder ("All in Love Is Fair"), Ahmad Jamal ("Without You") and Billy Strayhorn (the emotional "Blood Count") to Dave Brubeck and Noel Coward (his haunting "Someday I'll Find You" from "Private Lives"). This is nice music even if there is not much mood variation. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Without You	Ahmad Jamal	Marian McPartland	(3:41)
The Things We Did Last Summer	Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne	Marian McPartland	(5:28)
All in Love Is Fair	Stevie Wonder	Marian McPartland	(4:36)
Willow Creek	Loonis McGlohon, Marian McPartland	Marian McPartland	(3:27)
Long Ago (And Far Away)	Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin	Marian McPartland	(2:54)
Someday I'll Find You	Noël Coward	Marian McPartland	(4:40)
I Saw Stars	Al Hoffman, Maurice Sigler, Al Goodhart	Marian McPartland	(4:05)
Blood Count	Billy Strayhorn	Marian McPartland	(5:01)
I've Got a Crush on You	George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin	Marian McPartland	(3:53)
Summer Song	Dave Brubeck	Marian McPartland	(3:21)

Credits

Carl Jefferson (Producer), Frank Kuloga (Engineer), Marian McPartland (Piano), J. Tevere MacFadyen (Liner Notes)