New Jazz Conceptions

New Jazz Conceptions
New Jazz Conceptions
Studio album by Bill Evans
Released	End of February 1957
Recorded	September 18 and 27, 1956
Studio	Reeves Sound Studios, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	34:06 (original LP); 49:56 (CD reissue)
Label	Riverside; RLP 12-223
Producer	, Orrin Keepnews
Bill Evans chronology
Alternative cover
	LP cover

New Jazz Conceptions is the debut album as leader by jazz musician Bill Evans, released in 1957 on Riverside Records.

History[]

Producer Orrin Keepnews of Riverside Records first determined to record Evans after hearing a tape of his playing. Eleven songs were recorded in the first session, including Evans' own "Waltz for Debby", which would prove to be his most recognized and recorded composition.^[2]

New Jazz Conceptions was reissued in 2006 with a bonus track.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	(no rating) ^[3]
Allmusic	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[5]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[6]

Although a critical success that gained positive reviews in Down Beat and Metronome magazines, New Jazz Conceptions was initially a financial failure, selling only 800 copies the first year.^[2]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow said about the album: "Bill Evans' debut as a leader found the 27-year-old pianist already sounding much different than the usual Bud Powell-influenced keyboardists of the time... A strong start to a rather significant career."^[4] David Rickert of All About Jazz noted the influence of Bud Powell and wrote "Even at this stage he had the chops to make this a good piano jazz album, but in the end it's not a very good Bill Evans album... There are glimpses of the later trademarks of Evans' style..."^[3]

Track listing[]

"I Love You" (Cole Porter) – 3:55
"Five" (Bill Evans) – 4:03
"I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)" (Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster) – 1:39
"Conception" (George Shearing) – 4:47
"Easy Living" (Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger) – 3:53
"Displacement" (Evans) – 2:36
"Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) – 5:10
"Waltz for Debby" (Evans, Gene Lees) – 1:20
"Our Delight" (Tadd Dameron) – 4:47
"My Romance" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 2:01
"No Cover, No Minimum" [Take 1] (Evans) – 8:14 Not part of original LP
"No Cover, No Minimum" – 7:31

Personnel[]

Production[]

Orrin Keepnews - Producer
Bill Grauer - Producer
Jack Higgins - Engineer
Tamaki Beck - Mastering

References[]

^ "Review Spotlight on...", Billboard, March 2, 1957, p. 30.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Joel Simpson, "Bill Evans: 1929-1980", All About Jazz, August 27, 2004.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Rickert, David. "New Jazz Conceptions > Review". All About Jazz. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. "New Jazz Conceptions > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
^ Swenson, J. (ed.) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 73. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 455. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[1] "Review Spotlight on...", Billboard, March 2, 1957, p. 30.

[AMB-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Joel Simpson, "Bill Evans: 1929-1980", All About Jazz, August 27, 2004.

[AAJ-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Rickert, David. "New Jazz Conceptions > Review". All About Jazz. Retrieved June 28, 2011.

[AM-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. "New Jazz Conceptions > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2011.

[RSJRG-5] Swenson, J. (ed.) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 73. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

[Penguin-6] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 455. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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