''Living Time'' is an album by the
Bill Evans
William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block ch ...
George Russell Orchestra recorded in 1972 and released on the
Columbia label, featuring performances by Evans with an orchestra conducted by Russell.
Reception
The
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review by
Scott Yanow
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Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles.
Since 1974, he was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles an ...
awarded the album 2 stars and stated "The music on this set unfortunately is not all that interesting. Russell's lengthy and episodic work "Living Time" (which has eight "events") features crowded ensembles as played by Evans' trio plus 19 musicians (including two additional keyboardists). Despite the major names in the "backup group" the focus throughout is on Evans' acoustic and electric keyboards. The problem is that the music is rather dull and surprisingly forgettable."
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accessed 11 November 2009.
Track listing
:''All compositions by George Russell''
# "Living Time: Event I" – 3:50
# "Living Time: Event II" – 8:22
# "Living Time: Event III" – 2:47
# "Living Time: Event IV" – 5:30
# "Living Time: Event V" – 11:52
# "Living Time: Event VI" – 4:13
# "Living Time: Event VII" – 2:07
# "Living Time: Event VIII" – 5:38
Personnel
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George Russell –
arranger
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,
conductor
*
Bill Evans
William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block ch ...
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piano
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,
Fender Rhodes piano
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*
Snooky Young
Eugene Edward "Snooky" Young (February 3, 1919 – May 11, 2011) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known for his mastery of the plunger mute, with which he was able to create a wide range of sounds.
Biography
Young was lead trumpeter of th ...
,
Ernie Royal
Ernest Andrew Royal (June 2, 1921 in Los Angeles, California – March 16, 1983 in New York City) was a jazz trumpeter. His older brother was clarinetist and alto saxophonist Marshal Royal, with whom he appears on the classic Ray Charles big ban ...
,
Richard Williams –
trumpet
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,
flugelhorn
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*
Stanton Davis –
trumpet
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*
Howard Johnson –
flugelhorn
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,
tuba
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,
bass clarinet
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*
John Clark –
french horn
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*
Dave Bargeron
David W. Bargeron (born September 6, 1942) is an American trombonist and tuba player who was a member of the jazz-rock group Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Career
Bargeron was lead trombonist with Clark Terry's Big Band and played bass trombone and tub ...
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tuba
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*
Jimmy Giuffre
James Peter Giuffre (, ; April 26, 1921 – April 24, 2008) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He is known for developing forms of jazz which allowed for free interplay between the musicians, anticipating f ...
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tenor saxophone
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,
flute
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* Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone
*
Sam Rivers –
tenor saxophone
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,
flute
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,
oboe
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A ...
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Sam Brown –
bass guitar
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electric guitar
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*Ted Saunders –
electric piano
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,
clavinet
The Clavinet is an electrically amplified clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds by a rubber pad striking a point on a tension ...
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Webster Lewis
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Career
Lewis was born in 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland. At a young age, his family encouraged him to take up music. L ...
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organ
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* Organ (biology), a part of an organism
Musical instruments
* Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone
** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument
** Hammond ...
,
electric piano
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*
Eddie Gómez
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Biography
Gómez moved with his family from Puerto Rico at a young age to New York, where he was raised. ...
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acoustic bass
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Ron Carter
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(on 5,7),
Stanley Clarke
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(on 1,2,3),
Herb Bushler
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Bushler played piano and tuba in his youth before picking up double bass; he is classically trained in bass and has performe ...
(on 4,6,8) –
Fender bass
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Tony Williams,
Marty Morell
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drums
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*Marc Belair –
percussion
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* Edd Kolakowski - Steinway piano technician
References
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George Russell (composer) albums
Bill Evans albums
1972 albums
Columbia Records albums
Collaborative albums