Montreux III

Live album by Bill Evans

Released

1975

Recorded

July 20, 1975

Genre

Jazz

Length

42:18

Label

Fantasy

Bill Evans chronology

On Green Dolphin Street
(1975)

Montreux III
(1975)

Alone Again
(1975)

Montreux III is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with bassist Eddie Gómez recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 1975 and released on the Fantasy label.^[1] The album was the third of Evan's Montreux concert recordings to be released following Montreux II (1970) and the Grammy Award winning Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival (1968).

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and states "the communication between the two masterful players is quite special".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]

Track listing

"Elsa" (Earl Zindars) - 7:28
"Milano" (John Lewis) - 4:40
"Venutian Rhythm Dance" (Clive Stevens) - 4:27
"Django" (Lewis) - 6:18
"Minha (All Mine)" (Francis Hime) - 4:11
"Driftin'" (Dan Haerle) - 5:12
"I Love You" (Cole Porter) - 6:38
"The Summer Knows" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) - 3:24

Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Casino De Montreux, Switzerland on June 19 & 20, 1970.

Personnel

Bill Evans - piano, electric piano
Eddie Gómez - bass

References

↑ Bill Evans discography accessed March 19, 2010
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 19, 2010
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 73. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

Bill Evans

Discography	New Jazz Conceptions Tenderly: An Informal Session Everybody Digs Bill Evans On Green Dolphin Street The Ivory Hunters Portrait in Jazz Know What I Mean? Explorations Sunday at the Village Vanguard Waltz for Debby Nirvana Undercurrent Moon Beams How My Heart Sings! Interplay Empathy Loose Blues The Solo Sessions, Vol. 1 The Solo Sessions, Vol. 2 The Gary McFarland Orchestra Conversations With Myself Plays the Theme from The V.I.P.s and Other Great Songs Time Remembered At Shelly's Manne-Hole Trio 64 Stan Getz & Bill Evans The Bill Evans Trio "Live" Waltz for Debby Trio '65 Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra Bill Evans at Town Hall Intermodulation A Simple Matter of Conviction Further Conversations with Myself California Here I Come Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival Alone What's New Jazzhouse You're Gonna Hear from Me From Left to Right Quiet Now Montreux II Piano Player The Bill Evans Album Living Time The Tokyo Concert Eloquence Half Moon Bay Since We Met Re: Person I Knew Symbiosis But Beautiful Blue in Green: The Concert in Canada Intuition The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album Montreux III Alone (Again) Quintessence Together Again The Paris Concert Crosscurrents I Will Say Goodbye You Must Believe in Spring Getting Sentimental New Conversations Affinity Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz We Will Meet Again Homecoming The Paris Concert: Edition One The Paris Concert: Edition Two Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings Letter to Evan Turn Out the Stars The Last Waltz: The Final Recordings Consecration: The Final Recordings Part 2

Compositions	"Waltz for Debby" "Blue in Green" "Flamenco Sketches" "Time Remembered"

Band members	Monty Budwig Larry Bunker Jack DeJohnette Eddie Gómez Chuck Israels Marc Johnson Philly Joe Jones Sam Jones Teddy Kotick Joe LaBarbera Scott LaFaro Michael Moore Marty Morell Paul Motian Gary Peacock

Associated musicians	Cannonball Adderley Chet Baker Tony Bennett Bob Brookmeyer Kenny Burrell Ron Carter Miles Davis Stan Getz Jim Hall Freddie Hubbard Lee Konitz Harold Land Shelly Manne Warne Marsh Claus Ogerman George Russell Zoot Sims Toots Thielemans Monica Zetterlund

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