From Left to Right
From Left to Right | ||||
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Studio album by Bill Evans | ||||
Released | January/February 1971[1] | |||
Recorded | October 14 & 21, November 13, 1969, March 26 & 28, April 23 & 29, May 1 & 20, 1970 San Francisco, CA | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Label | MGM | |||
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Allmusic | [2] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
From Left to Right is an album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1971. It was recorded with his regular bassist Eddie Gómez and drummer Marty Morell and with an orchestra arranged and conducted by Michael Leonard. This was the first album on which Evans played a Fender Rhodes electric piano.[4]
The recording includes two compositions by Evans's friend Earl Zindars and a new Michel Legrand tune, "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?," which "became a favorite of the trio's after this recording."[5]
Evans biographer Peter Pettinger noted, "The aim of From Left to Right was far removed from the continuing work of the trio. This album and the earlier The V.I.P.s [with Claus Ogerman] are the only Bill Evans records to be filed appropriately under 'easy listening' at your local record store."[6]
Reissues
- From Left to Right was reissued on CD by Verve Records on November 13, 1998 with bonus tracks.[7]
- From Left to Right was reissued on CD by Universal in 2005 with the same bonus tracks as the 1998 release.
Track listing
- "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 4:05
- "I'm All Smiles" (Michael Leonard, Herbert Martin) – 5:42
- "Why Did I Choose You?" (Leonard, Martin) – 5:04
- "Soirée" (Earl Zindars) – 3:24
- "The Dolphin-Before" (Luíz Eça) – 3:05
- "The Dolphin-After" (Luíz Eça) – 3:06
- "Lullaby for Helene" (Earl Zindars) – 2:50
- "Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 5:38
- "Children's Play Song" (Evans) – 4:11
- Bonus tracks:
- "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" (Bergman, Bergman, Legrand) – 4:44
- "Why Did I Choose You?" (Leonard, Martin) – 4:18
- "Soirée" [alternate take] (Earl Zindars) – 3:26
- "Lullaby for Helene" (Earl Zindars) – 2:39
Personnel
- Bill Evans – Steinway grand piano, Fender-Rhodes electric piano
- Eddie Gómez – bass
- Marty Morell – drums
- Sam Brown – guitar
- Michael Leonard – conductor, arranger
- Unidentified brass, woodwinds and strings
References
- ^ Billboard Feb 20, 1971
- ^ "From Left to Right - Bill Evans | AllMusic". allmusic.com. 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 457. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Pettinger, Peter, Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings, Yale University Press (1998), p. 199.
- ^ Pettinger, p. 199-200.
- ^ Pettinger, p. 200.
- ^ Verve web site entry.
External links
- Jazz Discography entries for Bill Evans
- Bill Evans Memorial Library discography
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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
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
albums
- Piano Player
- "Waltz for Debby"
- "Funkallero"
- "Blue in Green"
- "Flamenco Sketches"
- "Time Remembered"
- "Peace Piece"
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
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