Bill Evans - Affinity (1978) (eac-log.cover)

Bill Evans - Affinity (1978)

jazz | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 280MB

Warner

Allmusic:
Pianist Bill Evans (who doubles on electric piano on this album for the final time in the recording studio) welcomes guest harmonica player Toots Thielemans and Larry Schneider (on tenor, soprano and alto flute) to an outing with bassist Marc Johnson (making his recording debut with Evans) and drummer Eliot Zigmund. The material contains some surprises (including Paul Simon's "I Do It for Your Love" and Michel Legrand's "The Other Side of Tonight") and only two jazz standards ("Body & Soul" and "Blue and Green") with the latter being the only Evans composition. Excellent if not essential music that Evans generally uplifts.

Tracks:
-1. "I Do It for Your Love" (Paul Simon) – 7:16
-2. "Sno' Peas" (Phil Markowitz) – 5:51
-3. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 4:14
-4. "Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Johnny Mercer) – 6:40
-5. "Jesus' Last Ballad" – 5:52
-6. "Tomato Kiss" – 5:17
-7. "The Other Side of Midnight (Noelle's Theme)" (Michel Legrand) – 3:17
-8. "Blue in Green" (Miles Davis, Bill Evans) – 4:09
-9. "Body & Soul" (Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Johnny Green) – 6:16
All songs by Bill Evans unless otherwise noted.

Personnel:
* Bill Evans – piano, keyboards
* Marc Johnson – bass
* Eliot Zigmund – drums
* Larry Schneider – flute, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
* Toots Thielemans – harmonica

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