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.[1] The album was the second of Evans' Montreux concert recordings to be released, following the Grammy Award-winning Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival (1968).
| Montreux II | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1970 | |||
| Recorded | June 19 & 20, 1970 | |||
| Venue | Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 33:13 | |||
| Label | CTI | |||
| Producer | Helen Keane | |||
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Reception
editThe Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 3½ stars and stated, "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".[2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
Track listing
edit- All compositions by Bill Evans except as indicated
- Introduction - 1:11
- "Very Early" - 5:27
- "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 5:30
- "34 Skidoo" - 6:37
- "How My Heart Sings" (Earl Zindars) - 4:16
- "Israel" (John Carisi) - 4:14
- "I Hear a Rhapsody" (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre) - 5:54
- "Peri's Scope" - 6:00
- Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Casino De Montreux, Switzerland on June 19 & 20, 1970.
Personnel
editReferences
edit- ^ Bill Evans discography accessed March 19, 2010
- ^ a b Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed March 19, 2010
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 73. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 457. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.