Portrait in Jazz
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| Studio album by Bill Evans | ||
| Released | 1959 | |
| Recorded | December 28, 1959 | |
| Genre | Jazz | |
| Length | 52:10 | |
| Label | Riverside Records | |
| Producer(s) | Bill Grauer, Orrin Keepnews | |
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| Bill Evans chronology | ||
| Portrait in Jazz (1959) |
Explorations (1961) |
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Portrait in Jazz is a 1959 (see 1959 in music) album by jazz musician Bill Evans.
One month after his successful collaboration with Miles Davis on the album Kind of Blue, pianist Evans recorded Portrait in Jazz with a new trio that changed the direction of modern jazz. Most noticeably, LaFaro's bass is promoted from a mere accompanying instrument to one of almost equal status to the piano (though not to the extent that it would be on later albums such as Sunday at the Village Vanguard). It is one of Evans' more up-tempo and swinging albums (the presence of several ballads notwithstanding).
[edit] Track listing
- "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:19
- "Autumn Leaves" (take 1) (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer) – 5:54
- "Autumn Leaves" (mono) – 5:23
- "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 4:30
- "When I Fall in Love" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) – 4:52
- "Peri's Scope" (Bill Evans) – 3:10
- "What is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 4:32
- "Spring is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:02
- "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 4:50
- "Blue in Green" (take 3) (Miles Davis, Evans) – 5:20
- "Blue in Green" [mono] (take 2) – 4:25
[edit] Personnel
- Bill Evans - Piano
- Scott LaFaro - Bass
- Paul Motian - Drums
- Orrin Keepnews - Producer
- Jack Higgins - Engineer
- George Horn - Mastering
