Crosscurrents (album)

Crosscurrents
Studio album by Bill Evans
Released	1977
Recorded	February 28, March 1 & 2, 1977, Berkeley, CA
Genre	Jazz
Length	51:41 (reissue)
Label	Fantasy
Producer	Helen Keane
Bill Evans chronology
Quintessence (1976) Crosscurrents (1977) I Will Say Goodbye (1977)

Crosscurrents is an album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1977.

Along with Evans' current trio of Eddie Gomez and Eliot Zigmund, Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh guest on alto and tenor saxophone respectively.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow called the album "a superior set" and wrote " Konitz and Marsh always worked very well together and their cool-toned improvising makes this outing by Bill Evans something special."^[1]

Track listing

1. "Eiderdown" (Steve Swallow) – 8:17
2. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Cole Porter) –3:28
3. "Pensativa" (Clare Fischer) –5:35
4. "Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) –6:30
5. "When I Fall in Love" (Edward Heyman, Victor Young) –4:16
6. "Night and Day" (Porter) –6:05

   Reissue bonus tracks:

7. "Eiderdown" (Swallow) –7:02
8. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Porter) –3:26
9. "Night and Day" (Porter) –7:02

Personnel

• Bill Evans – piano
• Eddie Gomez – bass
• Eliot Zigmund – drums
• Lee Konitz – alto saxophone
• Warne Marsh – tenor saxophone

Production notes

• Helen Keane – producer
• Phil Kaffel – engineer
• Phil DeLancie – digital remastering

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Billboard Jazz Albums	17

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Yanow, Scott. "Crosscurrents > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r138427. Retrieved June 28, 2011. 

External links

• The Bill Evans Memorial Library
• Jazz Discography