Bill Evans – Interplay (Craft Recordings Original Jazz Classics Series)

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Bill Evans – piano [click here to see more vinyl featuring Bill Evans] Drums – Philly Joe Jones [click here to see more vinyl featuring Philly Joe Jones] Guitar – Jim Hall [click h ere to see more vinyl featuring Jim Hall] Trumpet – Freddie Hubbard [click here to see more vinyl featuring Freddie Hubbard] Bass – Percy Heath Written by Bill Evans (B1), Howard Dietz (A1), Arthur Schwartz (A1), Leigh Harline (A2), Ned Washington (A2), Ruth Lowe (A3), J. Fred Coots (B2), Haven Gillespie (B2), Harry Barris (B3), Ted Koehler (B3), Billy Moll (B3) 1 LP, standard sleeve Original analog Master tape : YES Heavy Press : 180g Record color : black Speed : 33 RPM Size : 12'’ Stereo Studio Record Press : Record Technology Incorporated Label : Craft Recordings Original Jazz Classics Series Original Label : Riverside Records Recorded July 16 & 17, 1962 at Sound Makers Studio, New York Produced by Orrin Keepnews Mastered and lacquer cut by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio Liner Notes by Joe Goldberg Photography by Steve Schapiro Originally released in June 1963 Reissued in 2025 Tracks: Side A: You And The Night And The Music When You Wish Upon A Star I'll Never Smile Again Side B: Interplay You Go To My Head Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams Reviews: “Interplay stands as some of Bill Evans' most enigmatic and unusual music in makeup as well as execution. It was recorded in July 1962 with a very young Freddie Hubbard from the Jazz Messengers, guitarist Jim Hall, bassist Percy Heath, and drummer Philly Joe Jones performing five veteran standards. Evans has a more blues-based approach to playing: harder, edgier, and in full flow, fueled in no small part by Hall, who is at his very best here, swinging hard whether it be a ballad or an uptempo number. Hubbard's playing, on the other hand, was never so restrained as it was here. Using a mute most of the time, his lyricism is revealed to jazz listeners for the first time -- with Art Blakey it was a blistering attack of hard bop aggression. On this program of standards, however, Hubbard slips into them quite naturally without the burden of history -- check his reading and improvisation on "When You Wish Upon a Star." Ironically, it's on the sole original, the title track, where the band in all its restrained, swinging power can be best heard, though the rest is striking finger-popping hard bop jazz, with stellar crystalline beauty in the ballads.” AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek Ratings : AllMusic : 4 / 5 , Discogs : 4.39 / 5 Show more