Further Conversations with Myself

Artist: Bill Evans
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music

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Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 731455983227
EAN: 0731455983227
ASIN: B00002DDQK

Release Date: 1999-11-02

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Tracks:

Emily
Yesterdays
Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
Funny Man
The Shadow Of Your Smile
Little Lulu
Quiet Now

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Customer Reviews:

Classy Evans.......2006-03-02

This was Bill Evans's second solo outing where he overdubbed his playing with an additional track (previously he had used 2 tracks for a 3-piano effect). You get the feeling from comments Bill makes in the liner notes that he senses what he's doing is somewhat of a gimmick (he says his next effort will be a solo album), but it works well. As with all solo piano performances where the performer disengages himself from the curbing influences of a rhythm section, Bill can sometimes wander all over the place in these performances (the middle section of THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE is a good case in point). But usually Evans is quite focused. EMILY and SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN receive excellent interpretations. Most impressive is LITTLE LULU, snappy and delightful, with a string of various endings as if Bill couldn't make up his mind what to conclude with. Evans fans should like this album with few reservations.

Still golden, despite sonic flaws.......2001-06-15

To hear the mind of Bill Evans playing against the mind of Bill Evans is always extraordinary. Many of his middle-period Verve recordings suffer from a "boxy" and often tinny piano sound, but getting deeper inside what he did with harmonic possibilities is always an adventure. This is one of the least successful engineered Verve recordings, and their reissue doesn't help much, but he's just so damn good, I've learned to live with it, and just immerse myself in those rich chords and flowing lines. Those who want to hear EXQUISITE-SOUNDING Evans overdubbing himself, with clarity and no tape noise, check out his Warner Bros' 1978 album "New Conversations"!

please, no quibbles with this monument of genius..........2000-11-06

How can the reviews below quibble, the little quibblers?! Supposed technical deficiencies in the recording have never marred my enjoyment and respect for this record because I WAS LISTENING TO THE MUSIC. So there. Ignore the obsessive engineer types and buy this incredible invention.

Mostly a pleasure, warts and all.......2000-02-20

The review criticizing the tech flaws of the original recording has a point, and Verve should have cleaned this reissue up if possible. But the music shines and Evans fans shouldn't be warned away. My old LP version of this was pressed improperly (out of round), so this acqusition finally lets me hear everything in tune. It's (mostly) a great pleasure.

I wouldn't be that strict.......1999-12-03

Yes, technical drawbacks are obvious, but after all - this is Bill Evans... I don't quite like the idea of this overdubbed records, but as a real Bill Evans fan I'd go for this record as well

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