Crosscurrents (Bill Evans album)

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Crosscurrents

Studio album by

The Bill Evans Trio, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh

Released

1978

Recorded

February 28 & March 1–2, 1977

Studio

Fantasy Studios, Berkeley

Genre

Jazz

Length

34:29 original LP

Label

Fantasy
F 9568

Producer

Helen Keane

Bill Evans chronology

Together Again
(1976)

Crosscurrents
(1978)

I Will Say Goodbye
(1977)

Crosscurrents is an album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans, recorded in early 1977 and released in 1978 on Fantasy as F 9568. Along with Evans' trio of Eddie Gómez and Eliot Zigmund, Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh guest on alto and tenor saxophone respectively.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

AllMusic critic Scott Yanow called the album "a superior set" and wrote that "Konitz and Marsh always worked very well together and their cool-toned improvising makes this outing by Bill Evans something special."^[1]

Track listing

"Eiderdown" (Steve Swallow) – 8:21
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Porter) – 3:31
"Pensativa" (Clare Fischer) – 5:39
"Speak Low" (Nash, Weill) – 6:34
"When I Fall in Love" (Heyman, Young) – 4:18
"Night and Day" (Porter) – 6:06

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

"Eiderdown" [Take 9] – 5:38
"Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" [Take 7] – 3:30
"Night and Day" [Take 9] – 7:05

Personnel

Bill Evans – piano
Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
Warne Marsh – tenor saxophone
Eddie Gómez – bass
Eliot Zigmund – drums

Production notes

Helen Keane – producer
Phil Kaffel – engineer
Phil DeLancie – digital remastering

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Billboard Jazz Albums	17

References

^ ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. "Crosscurrents > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 74. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 458. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

External links

The Bill Evans Memorial Library
Crosscurrents on Jazzdisco.org

v t e Bill Evans
Discography
Studio albums	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 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 Trio 64 Stan Getz & Bill Evans Waltz for Debby Trio '65 Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra Intermodulation A Simple Matter of Conviction Further Conversations with Myself Alone What's New From Left to Right Quiet Now The Bill Evans Album Living Time Eloquence Symbiosis Intuition The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album Alone (Again) Quintessence Together Again Crosscurrents I Will Say Goodbye You Must Believe in Spring New Conversations Affinity We Will Meet Again
Live albums	Sunday at the Village Vanguard Waltz for Debby Time Remembered At Shelly's Manne-Hole Bill Evans at Town Hall The Bill Evans Trio "Live" California Here I Come Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival Jazzhouse You're Gonna Hear from Me Montreux II The Tokyo Concert Half Moon Bay Since We Met Re: Person I Knew But Beautiful Blue in Green: The Concert in Canada Montreux III Getting Sentimental Live in Buenos Aires 1979 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
Compilation albums	Piano Player
Compositions	"Waltz for Debby" "Funkallero" "Blue in Green" "Flamenco Sketches" "Time Remembered" "Peace Piece"
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
Related articles	Tribute albums

v t e Warne Marsh
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Live in Hollywood (1952) Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh (1955) Jazz of Two Cities (1956) Art Pepper with Warne Marsh (1957) Music for Prancing (1957) The Right Combination (and Joe Albany, 1957) Warne Marsh (1957–58) The Art of Improvising (1959)/Live at the Half Note (Lee Konitz, 1959) Ne Plus Ultra (1969) Report of the 1st Annual Symposium on Relaxed Improvisation (Clare Fischer, Gary Foster, 1972) The Unissued 1975 Copenhagen Studio Recordings (December 28, 1975) The Unissued Copenhagen Studio Recordings (December 29, 1975) Warne Marsh Quintet: Jazz Exchange Vol. 1 (and Lee Konitz, 1975) Live at the Montmartre Club: Jazz Exchange Vol. 2 (and Lee Konitz, 1975) Warne Marsh Lee Konitz: Jazz Exchange Vol. 3 (and Lee Konitz, 1975) All Music (1976) Lee Konitz Meets Warne Marsh Again (1976) Tenor Gladness (and Lew Tabackin, 1976) Warne Out (1977) Apogee (and Pete Christlieb, 1978) Conversations with Warne Volume 1 (and Pete Christlieb, 1978) Conversations with Warne Volume 2 (and Pete Christlieb, 1978) How Deep, How High (and Sal Mosca, 1976–79) I Remember You... (and Karin Krog, Red Mitchell, 1980) Star Highs (1982) A Ballad Album (1983) Ballad for You (and Susan Chen, 1985) Posthumous/Newly Warne (1985) Warne Marsh & Susan Chen (1985–86) Back Home (1986) Two Days in the Life of... (1987)
With others	Blues for a Reason (Chet Baker, 1984) Crosscurrents (Bill Evans, 1977) Thesaurus (Clare Fischer, 1968) Subconscious-Lee (Lee Konitz, 1949–50) Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre (1959)

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