Interplay | ||||
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Released | June 1963 [1] | |||
Recorded | July 16 & 17, 1962 [2] | |||
Studio | Sound Makers Studio, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 45:27 | |||
Label | Riverside RLP-445 | |||
Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
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Interplay is a 1963 album by jazz musician Bill Evans. It was recorded in July 1962 in New York City for Riverside Records. The Interplay Sessions is a 1982 Milestone album that includes the entirety of this album, and tracks recorded for Riverside on August 21 and 22 of the same year with a different lineup (with Zoot Sims and Ron Carter, and without Freddie Hubbard and Percy Heath). The Interplay Sessions peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Jazz Albums charts in 1983. [3] The CD reissue Interplay adds another take of "I'll Never Smile Again" as a bonus track. At the Grammy Awards of 1984, Orrin Keepnews won the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes for the reissue.
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow called the album "Excellent music." [3]
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