Crosscurrents_(Bill_Evans_album)

<i>Crosscurrents</i> (Bill Evans album)

Crosscurrents (Bill Evans album)

1978 studio album by The Bill Evans Trio, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh

Crosscurrents is an album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans, recorded in early 1977 and released in 1978 on Fantasy as F 9568. Along with Evans' trio of Eddie Gómez and Eliot Zigmund, Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh guest on alto and tenor saxophone respectively.

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Reception

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AllMusic critic Scott Yanow called the album "a superior set" and wrote that "Konitz and Marsh always worked very well together and their cool-toned improvising makes this outing by Bill Evans something special."[1]

Track listing

  1. "Eiderdown" (Steve Swallow) – 8:21
  2. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Porter) – 3:31
  3. "Pensativa" (Clare Fischer) – 5:39
  4. "Speak Low" (Nash, Weill) – 6:34
  5. "When I Fall in Love" (Heyman, Young) – 4:18
  6. "Night and Day" (Porter) – 6:06

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  2. "Eiderdown" [Take 9] – 5:38
  3. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" [Take 7] – 3:30
  4. "Night and Day" [Take 9] – 7:05

Personnel

Production notes

  • Helen Keane – producer
  • Phil Kaffel – engineer
  • Phil DeLancie – digital remastering

Chart positions

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References

  1. [1]
    Yanow, Scott. "Crosscurrents > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  2. [2]
    Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 458. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. [3]
    Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 74. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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