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Almost Everything

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{{Infobox album

| name = Almost Everything

| type = Album

| artist = Don Friedman

| cover = Almost Everything.jpg|border=yes

| alt =

| released = 1995

| recorded = April 1995

| venue =

| studio = SteepleChase Digital Studio, Copenhagen, Denmark

| genre = Jazz

| length = 64:24

| label = SteepleChase
SCCD 31368

| producer = Nils Winther

| chronology = Don Friedman

| prev_title = Thingin'

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Red Sky Waltz

| next_year = 1996

}}

Almost Everything is an album by American jazz pianist Don Friedman recorded in Denmark in 1995 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.[http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Friedman/df-disc.php Don Friedman discography] accessed May 31, 2017Di Filippo, R., [https://enciclopediadeljazz.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/don-friedman/ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Don Friedman] accessed May 31, 2017[http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Steeplechase_1300.htm SteepleChase Records discography], accessed May 31, 2017[http://steeplechase.dk/wordpress/don-friedman-almost-everything-sccd-31368/ SteepleChase Productions ApS], accessed May 31, 2017

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}

|rev2 = The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite book |last1=Cook |first1=Richard |authorlink1=Richard Cook (journalist) |last2=Morton |first2=Brian |authorlink2=Brian Morton (Scottish writer) |title=The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |year=2008 |edition=9th |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-0-141-03401-0 |page=509}}

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Ken Dryden, writing for AllMusic, described the album as "one of his finest studio sessions... Highly recommended" and stated "Don Friedman may be one of the best-kept secrets in jazz, in spite of a lengthy career and numerous recordings as a leader".{{AllMusic|first=Ken |last=Dryden |class=album |id=mw0000049384 |title=Almost Everything – Review |accessdate=May 31, 2017}}

Track listing

All compositions by Don Friedman, except where indicated.

  1. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper) – 6:28
  2. "Flamands" – 6:38
  3. "Waltz for Marilyn" – 11:03
  4. "Before the Rain" – 5:38
  5. "Emily" (Johnny Mandel) – 6:58
  6. "Twigs and Branches" (Matt Wilson) – 5:39
  7. "El Niño" (Ron McClure) – 8:13
  8. "Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen) – 8:24
  9. "Almost Everything" – 6:55

Personnel

References

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Category:1995 albums

Category:Don Friedman albums

Category:SteepleChase Records albums