Crosscurrents (album)

This article is about the jazz album. For other uses, see Crosscurrents (disambiguation).
Crosscurrents
Studio album by Bill Evans Trio, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh
Released 1978
Recorded February 28 & March 1-2, 1977
Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
Genre Jazz
Length 34:29 original LP
Label Fantasy
F 9568
Producer Helen Keane
Bill Evans chronology
Quintessence
(1976)		 Crosscurrents
(1977)		 I Will Say Goodbye
(1977)

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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[2]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow called the album "a superior set" and wrote "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:

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

Personnel

Production notes

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1979 Billboard Jazz Albums 17

References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "Crosscurrents > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  2. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 74. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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