What's New (Bill Evans album)

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What's New
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Studio album by
Released1969
RecordedJanuary 30, February 3 & 5 and March 11, 1969
Studio Webster Hall, New York City, NY
Genre Jazz
Length44:22
Label Verve
V6-8777
Producer Helen Keane
Bill Evans chronology
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(1968)
What's New
(1969)
Bill Evans Alone
(1970)
Jeremy Steig chronology
Jeremy & The Satyrs
(1968)
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(1969)
This Is Jeremy Steig
(1969)

What's New is an album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with flautist Jeremy Steig which was released in 1969 on the Verve label. [1] [2] [3]

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Reception

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The Village Voice B [5]

Allmusic's Scott Yanow said: "this is a quartet set with guest flutist Jeremy Steig, whose playing recalls Herbie Mann's recording ( Nirvana ) with Evans back in the early '60s. Both flutists were always open to the influences of pop and rock, although in both of their collaborations with Evans, the music is very much on the pianist's turf". [4]

Track listing

  1. "Straight, No Chaser" (Thelonious Monk) – 5:40
  2. "Lover Man" (Jimmy Davis, James Sherman, Roger Ramirez) – 6:19
  3. "What's New?" (Bob Haggart, Johnny Burke) – 4:50
  4. "Autumn Leaves" (Jacques Prévert, Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer) – 6:12
  5. "Time Out for Chris" (Bill Evans) – 7:17
  6. "Spartacus Love Theme" (Alex North) – 4:58
  7. "So What" (Miles Davis) – 9:06

Personnel

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References

  1. Bill Evans catalog, accessed April 18, 2018
  2. Jeremy Steig discography, accessed April 17, 2018
  3. Eddie Gómez discography, accessed April 20, 2018
  4. 1 2 Yanow, Scott. What's New – Review at AllMusic . Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  5. Christgau, Robert (August 14, 1969). "Consumer Guide (1)". The Village Voice . Retrieved November 5, 2017.