Interplay (Bill Evans album)

Occupation

Interplay is a jazz album by Bill Evans, which was recorded in New York City on 16 and 17 July 1962, was released by Riverside Records.

The album

Bill Evans ' publications in 1962 were still under the impression of accidental death of his friend and colleague Scott LaFaro trio in the previous year; then the pianist had retired for a while and even increased his tendency to self-isolation his heroin addiction. He was gone again until December 1961 to the studio and worked on recordings for Herbie Mann album with Nirvana.

Soon after the Nirvana recordings Helen Keane became his manager, who now purposefully controlled the professional interests of the pianist in August 1962. She soon realized that the company Riverside was in financial trouble and could not be the basis for the Bill Evans Trio long term; therefore, Evans moved in the year 1962 to Verve Records. First, however, had yet to be fulfilled, the contract with Grey and Keepnews, which resulted in material for four albums was born. After Bill Evans had then with his trio consisting of Chuck Israels and Paul Motian first recorded two albums for Riverside in May and June 1962, How My Heart Sings! and the ballads album Moonbeams, was the album Interplay Bill Evans formed a month later ' first work, in which he gathered a larger ensemble around.

With Evans played in the Interplay session trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, guitarist Jim Hall, bassist Percy Heath and drummer Philly Joe Jones. With Hall Evans had recorded the duo album Undercurrent for United Artists Records in April / May; Philly Joe Jones was his drummer at the first Riverside plate Session 1956 ( New Jazz Conceptions ). The now assembled quintet recorded five jazz standards; Highlights were the songbook classics "You and the Night and the Music ," " You Go to My Head ," " I'll Never Smile Again " and " Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams"; added was the music composed by Evans Blues " Interplay ".

Orrin Keepnews later reported that Hubbard was not quite familiar with the material that had Evans selected from the Great American Songbook of the 1930s; therefore had the recording of " I'll Never Smile Again " on July 17 are repeated (take 7). He later appeared as take 6 in the CD edition of the album

Reviews and Awards Album

Scott Yanow called the Interplay session as " excellent music " and awarded the album four ( out of five) stars; Richard Cook and Brian Morton were a little more reserved in the Penguin Guide to Jazz, only awarded three stars and had reservations about the interaction of the band, which had been initiated by Keepnews. Although Hall and Evans exquisitely harmonized with each other in the previous Undercurrent session, the interaction of the quintet is often disjointed, although Hubbard really play well. Evans biographer Hanns E. Petrik praised the " of a thrilling and elegant embossed swing " session; " Philly Joe Jones and Percy Heath make an excellent rhythm team. Although the game of the other musicians appear flawless on this LP, Interplay is but an album that stands out on the Bill Evans. His liquid, often presented with single-note improvisations complement the solos by Hubbard and Hall modes. Especially in " I'll Never Smile Again " is the successful continuation of the trumpet solos by the piano a successful example of ". Martin Kunzler also praised his jazz lexicon, the " outstanding recordings ." Interplay reached in 1983 with its re-release # 26 on the Billboard jazz albums chart. At the Grammy Awards 1984, producer Orrin Keepnews in the category " Best Album " award.

The title

  • Bill Evans Interplay ( Riverside RLP 9445, OJC 308)
  • The tracks 1, 4, and 5 were on July 16; the title 2, 3, 6 and 7

Recorded on July 17.

Editorial note

The re-release of The Interplay Sessions included an alternate take (take 6) of the title " I'll Never Smile Again "; it was added to the later CD edition. This appeared in the 1980s at Milestone Records double album (M 47066 IMS) also contained the resultant in August ` 62 material of Nknown session with Zoot Sims, Jim Hall, Ron Carter and Philly Joe Jones, which in the 1960s - while the Riverside era - remained unpublished.

Swell

  • Richard Cook & Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 8th Edition, London, Penguin, 2006 ISBN 0-141-02327-9
  • Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather & Brian Priestley: Rough Guide Jazz, Stuttgart, Metzler 2004 ( 2nd edition); ISBN 978-3-476-01892-2
  • Hanns E. Petrik Bill Evans: His life, his music, his records. Oreos, Waakirchen (1989); ISBN 3-923657-23-4
  • Martin Kunzler: Jazz Encyclopedia. Reinbek, Rowohlt, 1988
  • Orrin Keepnews: liner notes of the reissue
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