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Montreux II

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Released
  
1970

Length
  
33:13

Release date
  
1970

Label
  
Legacy Recordings

Recorded
  
June 19 & 20, 1970

Artist
  
Producer
  
Creed Taylor

Genre
  
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Montreux II(1970)
  
The Bill Evans Album(1971)

Similar
  
Bill Evans albums, Jazz albums

Bill evans montreux ii 1970 album


Montreux II is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Eddie Gómez and Marty Morell recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 1970 and released on the CTI label. The album was the second of Evan's Montreux concert recordings to be released following the Grammy Award-winning Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival (1968).

Contents

Bill evans montreux iii 1975 album


Reception

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 3½ stars and states "While this is a terrific live performance, there are sound problems, including what sounds like bleeding of the stage monitors into the mix, and there are muddy spots in the recording as well".

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Evans except as indicated
  1. Introduction - 1:11
  2. "Very Early" - 5:27
  3. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 5:30
  4. "34 Skidoo" - 6:37
  5. "How My Heart Sings" (Earl Zindars) - 4:16
  6. "Israel" (John Carisi) - 4:14
  7. "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre) - 5:54
  8. "Peri's Scope" - 6:00
  • Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Casino De Montreux, Switzerland on June 19 & 20, 1970.
  • Personnel

  • Bill Evans - piano
  • Eddie Gómez - bass
  • Marty Morell - drums
  • Songs

    1Introduction1:16
    2Very Early5:31
    3Alfie5:35

    References

    Montreux II Wikipedia


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