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Crosscurrents (Bill Evans album)

1978 studio album by The Bill Evans Trio, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

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

Personnel[edit]

• 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[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• The Bill Evans Memorial Library
• Crosscurrents on Jazzdisco.org