My Funny Valentine (Larry Willis album)
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| My Funny Valentine | ||||
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | February 1988 | |||
| Studio | Sound On Sound Recording, New York, NY | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 63:07 CD release with additional tracks | |||
| Label | Jazz City C28Y0352 | |||
| Producer | Yoshiaki Masuo, Tony Ariga | |||
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My Funny Valentine is an album by American jazz pianist Larry Willis recorded in 1988 and originally released on the Japanese Jazz City label before being reissued in the US on Evidence Music in 1998.[1]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
Allmusic's Michael G. Nastos said: "the Willis heard on 1988's enjoyable, if conventional, My Funny Valentine is a more conservative post-bopper/hard bopper ... Willis plays the acoustic piano exclusively on this CD, and standards are a high priority. Nothing cutting-edge occurs, just straight-ahead jazz that's honest, warm and melodic. ... all of which demonstrate how sensitive a ballad player he can be".[2]