Portrait in Jazz

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For the essay, see Portrait in Jazz (essay).
Portrait in Jazz
Bill Evans Trio Portraits in Jazz.jpg
Studio album by Bill Evans
Released 1960
Recorded December 28, 1959
Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 43:20 (original LP)
61:13 (CD reissue)
Label Riverside
RLP 12-315
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Bill Evans chronology
Everybody Digs Bill Evans
(1959)Everybody Digs Bill Evans1959		 Portrait in Jazz
(1960)		 Explorations
(1961)Explorations1961

Portrait in Jazz is an album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1960.

History

Eight months after his successful collaboration with Miles Davis on the album Kind of Blue, Evans recorded Portrait in Jazz with a new group (the Bill Evans Trio) that helped change 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).

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Down Beat
(Original Lp release)		 5/5 stars[1]
Allmusic 5/5 stars [2]
Mojo (no rating) [3]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album: "... the influential interpretations were far from routine or predictable at the time. LaFaro and Motian were nearly equal partners with the pianist in the ensembles... A gem."[2] Danny Eccleston of Mojo wrote "Portrait In Jazz - Evans' fifth record as a band leader - gets you every which way. At its least great, it is merely brilliant... But what makes Evans extra-extra-special is the way his playing drags you in and shares the vulnerability at its core. Oh, the humanity!"[3]

Track listing

  1. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:24
  2. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Mercer – 6:00
  3. "Witchcraft" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 4:37
  4. "When I Fall in Love" (Victor Young, Edward Heyman) – 4:57
  5. "Peri's Scope" (Bill Evans) – 3:15
  6. "What Is This Thing Called Love?" (Cole Porter) – 4:36
  7. "Spring Is Here" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 5:09
  8. "Someday My Prince Will Come" (Frank Churchill, Larry Morey) – 4:57
  9. "Blue in Green" (Miles Davis, Evans) – 5:25

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  1. "Come Rain or Come Shine" [Take 4] - 3:23
  2. "Autumn Leaves" [Take 9, mono] - 5:25
  3. "Blue in Green" [Take 1] – 4:39
  4. "Blue in Green" [Take 2] – 4:26

Personnel

Additional personnel

  • Orrin Keepnews – producer
  • Jack Higgins – engineer
  • George Horn – mastering

References

  1. ↑ Down Beat: September 15, 1960 Vol. 27, No. 19
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External links

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