New Conversations

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New Conversations
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Studio album by
Bill Evans
Released1978
RecordedJanuary 26 – February 16, 1978
Genre Jazz
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Helen Keane
Bill Evans chronology
Crosscurrents
(1978)		New Conversations
(1978)		 Affinity
(1979)

New Conversations is an album by the American jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1978.

Contents

New Conversations is Evans' third and final release in which he overdubs different piano tracks with his previously played track. The first release recorded in this manner was Conversations with Myself (1963) followed by Further Conversations with Myself (1967).

A noteworthy difference in this release is that Evans plays the Fender Rhodes electric piano as well as his customary acoustic piano.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album three out of five stars saying "The results are less memorable than one might expect for Bill Evans seemed always at his best in trio settings." [1]

Track listing

All songs by Bill Evans unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Song for Helen" – 7:48
  2. "Nobody Else but Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 4:38
  3. "Maxine" – 4:40
  4. "For Nenette" – 7:19
  5. "I Love My Wife" (Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart) – 6:43
  6. "Remembering the Rain" – 4:29
  7. "After You" (Cole Porter) – 3:39
  8. "Reflections in D" (Duke Ellington) – 7:00

Personnel

Production

Chart positions

YearChartPosition
1978 Billboard Jazz Albums 35

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References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "New Conversations Review". AllMusic . Retrieved July 22, 2011.
  2. ↑ Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . New York: Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p.  74. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 458. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.


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