Empathy (Bill Evans and Shelly Manne album)

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Empathy
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Studio album by
Bill Evans and Shelly Manne
ReleasedNovember 1962 [1]
RecordedAugust 14, 1962
Studio Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre Jazz
Length34:54
Label Verve
V6-8497
Producer Creed Taylor
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Moon Beams
(1962)		Empathy
(1962)		 The Gary McFarland Orchestra
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(1962)		Empathy
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Empathy is a 1962 album by jazz musicians Bill Evans and Shelly Manne. It was recorded and released by Verve Records, the label Evans joined a year after the recording session. The album came about when Manne and Evans were sharing a bill at New York's Village Vanguard nightclub, and Verve producer Creed Taylor proposed a studio collaboration for the two bandleaders. Riverside Records, Evans' label during 1962, allowed Evans to participate, and the trio was completed by Manne's bass player of the time, Monty Budwig. The album features some classic jazz standards and two songs by Irving Berlin from the 1962 musical Mr. President. The sculpture on the album cover was by Sheldon Machlin.

Contents

Reception

Leonard Feather had this to say about the album in his April 11, 1963, review in DownBeat magazine: "Essentially the focus is on Evans, as it should be; yet because of the skill with which he and Manne cooperated, one is often conscious that an important interplay is involved, one that lifts the results far out of the normal piano-with-rhythm class." [2]

Reviewing the album for AllMusic, David Nathan wrote: "[Evans'] playing seemed lighter, freer, and more relaxed than it had for a while.... Listening to these three [Evans, Manne, Budwig], it's clear that everyone was having a good time and simply enjoying being relieved of their duties with their regular combos, even if for just one day." [3]

Track listing

  1. "The Washington Twist" (Irving Berlin) – 6:26
  2. "Danny Boy" (Frederick Weatherly) - 3:42
  3. "Let's Go Back to the Waltz" (Irving Berlin) – 4:30
  4. "With a Song in My Heart" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 9:12
  5. "Goodbye" (Gordon Jenkins) - 5:12
  6. "I Believe in You" (Frank Loesser) - 5:52

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "For November...The Magic Word Is Verve!", Billboard , November 24, 1962.
  2. 1 2 DownBeat, April 11, 1963, vol. 30, no. 9.
  3. 1 2 Nathan, David. "Shelly Manne/Bill Evans: Empathy". AllMusic.com. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
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