Interplay is a 1963 album by jazz musician Bill Evans. It was recorded in July 1962 in New York City for Riverside Records. The Interplay Sessions is a 1982 Milestone album that includes the entirety of this album, and tracks recorded for Riverside on August 21 and 22 of the same year with a different lineup (with Zoot Sims and Ron Carter, and without Freddie Hubbard and Percy Heath). The Interplay Sessions peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Jazz Albums charts in 1983.[3] The CD reissue Interplay adds another take of "I'll Never Smile Again" as a bonus track. At the Grammy Awards of 1984, Orrin Keepnews won the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes for the reissue.
| Interplay | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 1963[1] | |||
| Recorded | July 16 & 17, 1962[2] | |||
| Studio | Sound Makers Studio, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 45:27 | |||
| Label | Riverside RLP-445 | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
| Bill Evans Trio chronology | ||||
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Reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow called the album "Excellent music."[3]
Track listing
edit- "You and the Night and the Music" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) – 7:04
- "When You Wish upon a Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 5:45
- "I'll Never Smile Again" [take 7; original take] (Ruth Lowe) – 6:32
- "I'll Never Smile Again" [take 6] – 6:38 [on CD reissue only]
- "Interplay" (Bill Evans) – 8:14
- "You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) – 5:06
- "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) – 6:24
Personnel
edit- Bill Evans - piano
- Freddie Hubbard - trumpet
- Jim Hall - guitar
- Percy Heath - bass
- Philly Joe Jones - drums
References
edit- ^ June 22, 1963
- ^ Jazz Discography Project. "Bill Evans Catalog". Jazzdisco.org. Retrieved February 15, 2011.
- ^ a b c Yanow, Scott. "Interplay > 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. 456. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.