Quintessence (Bill Evans album)

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Quintessence
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust–September 1977
RecordedMay 27–30, 1976
Studio Fantasy Studios, Berkeley
Genre Jazz, post-bop, cool jazz
Length42:56(reissue)
Label Fantasy F-9529
CD: Original Jazz Classics OJCCD 698-2
Producer Helen Keane
Bill Evans chronology
On Green Dolphin Street
(1977)
Quintessence
(1977)
Crosscurrents
(1978)

Quintessence is an album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans. It was recorded in 1976 for Fantasy Records and released the following year. At this time usually playing solo or with his trio, for these sessions Evans was the leader of an all-star quintet featuring Harold Land on tenor saxophone, guitarist Kenny Burrell, Ray Brown on bass, and Philly Joe Jones on drums.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Writing for AllMusic, Scott Yanow called the album "a nice change of pace". [1]

Track listing

  1. "Sweet Dulcinea Blue" (Kenny Wheeler) – 6:02
  2. "Martina" (Michel Legrand, Eddy Marnay, Hal Shaper) – 8:12
  3. "Second Time Around" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 3:41
  4. "A Child Is Born" (Thad Jones, Alec Wilder) – 7:30
  5. "Bass Face" (Kenny Burrell) – 10:04

CD reissue bonus track:

  1. "Nobody Else but Me" (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 7:27

Personnel

Technical personnel

Chart positions

YearChartPosition
1977 Billboard Jazz Albums [4] 20

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References

  1. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. "Quintessence > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  2. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 458. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. Swenson, John, ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . New York: Random House/Rolling Stone Press. p.  73. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  4. "Billboard Best Selling Jazz LPs". Billboard . Vol. 89, no. 40. October 8, 1977. p. 94. Retrieved August 19, 2022.