The Paris Concert: Edition One

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The Paris Concert: Edition One
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Live album by
Bill Evans
Released1983
RecordedNovember 26, 1979
VenueL'Espace Cardin, Paris
Genre Jazz
Length53:00
Label Elektra/Musician
60164
Producer Helen Keane
Bill Evans chronology
Loose Blues
(1983)		The Paris Concert: Edition One
(1983)		 Time Remembered
(1983)

The Paris Concert: Edition One is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera recorded in Paris, France in 1979 and originally released on the Elektra/Musician label. [1] [2] [3] Additional recordings from this concert were released as The Paris Concert: Edition Two .

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4½ stars and states "Evans had one of the strongest trios of his career". [4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

  1. "I Do It for Your Love" (Paul Simon) - 6:18
  2. "Quiet Now" (Denny Zeitlin) - 5:55
  3. "Noelle's Theme" (Michel Legrand) - 4:20
  4. "My Romance" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 9:15
  5. "I Loves You Porgy" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 7:02
  6. "Up With the Lark" (Jerome Kern, Leo Robin) - 6:41
  7. "All Mine (Minha)" (Ruy Guerra, Francis Hime) - 4:05
  8. "Beautiful Love" (Haven Gillespie, Wayne King, Egbert Van Alstyne, Victor Young) - 9:24

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ Bill Evans discography accessed March 23, 2010
  2. ↑ Jazzlists: Elektra Musician LP discography, accessed March 20, 2018
  3. ↑ Both Sides Now: Elektra/Asylum Album Discography, Part 8: Consolidated 60000 Series (1982- ), accessed March 20, 2018
  4. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 23, 2010
  5. ↑ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 74. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.
  6. ↑ 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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