Alone: Ballads for Solo Piano
Studio album by André Previn
Released	June 26, 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:38
Label	EmArcy
Producer	Robert Sadin, Chris Roberts
André Previn chronology
Live at the Jazz Standard (2001) Alone: Ballads for Solo Piano (2007)

Alone: Ballads for Solo Piano is a 2007 studio album by the jazz pianist André Previn.^[1]

Alone peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.^[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

The album was positively reviewed by Allmusic who wrote that "Don't hate him because he's popular...or because of his sundry talents. ...Previn's style is melodious and easygoing...but he can swing up a storm when he wants to." Allmusic described the mood of the album as "decidedly relaxed and touched with nostalgia as Previn embraces a set of emotionally charged standards."^[1] Harvey Siders reviewed Alone for the Jazz Times and wrote that "This collection of standards plus three originals reveals his prodigious technique along with other trademarks. Most notable is his ability to change keys in the most unexpected places."^[4] Siders particularly highlighted the key changes on "Skylark" and Previn's "gift for serious re-harmonization" on "It Might as Well Be Spring" and likened the bi-tonality of "My Ship" to the rose motif from Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier.^[4]

1. "Angel Eyes" (Earl Brent, Matt Dennis) - 3:42
2. "The Second Time Around" (Sammy Cahn) - 3:19
3. "André's Blues" (André Previn) - 2:21
4. "Darkest Before the Dawn" (Johnny Mercer, A. Previn) - 2:06
5. "What Is This Thing Called Love" (Cole Porter) - 2:14
6. "Night and Day" (Porter) - 3:54
7. "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 4:26
8. "I Can't Get Started" (Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin) - 4:03
9. "My Ship" (Gershwin, Kurt Weill) - 2:53
10. "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael, Mercer) - 2:44
11. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was"/"A Ship Without a Sail" (Hart, Rodgers)/(Hart, Rodgers) - 5:45
12. "It Might as Well Be Spring" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Rodgers]) - 4:22
13. "You're Gonna Hear from Me" (A. Previn, Dory Previn) - 3:49

• André Previn – piano

Production

• Amy Merxbauer – a&r
• Pat Barry – art direction
• Anthony Ruotolo – assistant engineer, audio engineer
• Mark Wilder – audio consultant, mastering
• Dave Darlington – audio engineer, engineer
• Robert Sadin – audio production, producer
• Pawel Mielnik – design
• Chris Roberts – executive producer
• Tom Amdt – package coordinator
• Lillian Birnbaum – photography
• Gerhard Feldmann – preparation
• Rigdzin Collins – production assistant
• Evelyn Morgan – production coordination

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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.
Albums	Collaboration (with Shorty Rogers, 1954) Double Play! (with Russ Freeman, 1957) Pal Joey (1957) Gigi (1958) André Previn Plays Songs by Vernon Duke (1958) King Size! (1958) André Previn Plays Songs by Jerome Kern (1959) West Side Story (1959) Like Previn! (1960) André Previn Plays Songs by Harold Arlen (1960) Duet (with Doris Day, 1961) André Previn and J. J. Johnson (with J. J. Johnson, 1961) All Alone (1967) A Different Kind of Blues (with Itzhak Perlman, 1980) Nice Work If You Can Get It (with Ella Fitzgerald, 1983) After Hours (1989) Uptown (1990) Old Friends (1991) What Headphones? (1993) Sure Thing: The Jerome Kern Songbook (with Sylvia McNair, 1993) Come Rain or Shine: The Harold Arlen Songbook (with Sylvia McNair, 1995) Jazz at the Musikverein (1995) André Previn and Friends Play Show Boat (1996) Ballads: Solo Jazz Standards (1996) We Got Rhythm: A Gershwin Songbook (1997) We Got It Good and That Ain't Bad: An Ellington Songbook (1999) Live at the Jazz Standard (2000) Alone: Ballads for Solo Piano (2007)
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