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Interplay stands as some of Bill Evans' most enigmatic and unusual music in makeup as well as execution. It was recorded in July 1962 with a very young Freddie Hubbard from the Jazz Messengers, guitarist Jim Hall, bassist Percy Heath, and drummer Philly Joe Jones performing five veteran standards. Evans has a more blues-based approach to playing: harder, edgier, and in full flow, fueled in no small part by Hall, who is at his very best here, swinging hard whether it be a ballad or an uptempo number. Hubbard's playing, on the other hand, was never so restrained as it was here. Using a mute most of the time, his lyricism is revealed to jazz listeners for the first time -- with Art Blakey it was a blistering attack of hard bop aggression. On this program of standards, however, Hubbard slips into them quite naturally without the burden of history -- check his reading and improvisation on "When You Wish Upon a Star." Ironically, it's on the sole original, the title track, where the band in all its restrained, swinging power can be best heard, though the rest is striking finger-popping hard bop jazz, with stellar crystalline beauty in the ballads.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Bill Evans, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Howard Dietz, ComposerLyricist - Arthur Schwartz, ComposerLyricist - Percy Heath, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Bill Evans Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Riverside, Inc.
Bill Evans, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ned Washington, ComposerLyricist - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Leigh Harline, ComposerLyricist - Percy Heath, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Bill Evans Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Fantasy, Inc.
Bill Evans, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Heath, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Ruth Lowe, ComposerLyricist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Bill Evans Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Fantasy, Inc.
Ruth Lowe, ComposerLyricist - Bill Evans Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1987 Fantasy, Inc.
Bill Evans, Composer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Heath, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Bill Evans Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Fantasy, Inc.
Bill Evans, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - J. Fred Coots, ComposerLyricist - Haven Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - Percy Heath, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Bill Evans Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Fantasy, Inc.
Bill Evans, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ted Koehler, ComposerLyricist - Philly Joe Jones, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Hall, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Percy Heath, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Freddie Hubbard, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Billy Moll, ComposerLyricist - Harry Barris, ComposerLyricist - Orrin Keepnews, Producer - Bill Evans Quintet, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Fantasy, Inc.
Album review
Interplay stands as some of Bill Evans' most enigmatic and unusual music in makeup as well as execution. It was recorded in July 1962 with a very young Freddie Hubbard from the Jazz Messengers, guitarist Jim Hall, bassist Percy Heath, and drummer Philly Joe Jones performing five veteran standards. Evans has a more blues-based approach to playing: harder, edgier, and in full flow, fueled in no small part by Hall, who is at his very best here, swinging hard whether it be a ballad or an uptempo number. Hubbard's playing, on the other hand, was never so restrained as it was here. Using a mute most of the time, his lyricism is revealed to jazz listeners for the first time -- with Art Blakey it was a blistering attack of hard bop aggression. On this program of standards, however, Hubbard slips into them quite naturally without the burden of history -- check his reading and improvisation on "When You Wish Upon a Star." Ironically, it's on the sole original, the title track, where the band in all its restrained, swinging power can be best heard, though the rest is striking finger-popping hard bop jazz, with stellar crystalline beauty in the ballads.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:22
- Main artists: Bill Evans Trio
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Riverside
- Genre: Jazz
© 1987 Fantasy, Inc. ℗ 1987 Fantasy, Inc.
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