Review by AllMusic
In the '60s the jazz pianist Bill Evans would occasionally record an orchestral "easy listening" session to pay the bills, with predictably mediocre results. But FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, while certainly easy on the ears, is also one of Evans' most intriguing "lost" records, brought to us courtesy of Verve's winning "By Request" series. The novelty is that Evans plays both Fender Rhodes and acoustic piano simultaneously in real time, trading off themes and improvs with deliberative taste and, of course, rare skill. The sessions were produced by Evans' long-time, protective manager Helen Keane, so there was little danger of "selling out."
Unobtrusively arranged by Michael Leonard, this 1969 release resembles nothing so much as famed bossa nova composer Antonio Carlos Jobim's series of shimmering instrumental albums with arranger Claus Ogerman, even without those gently relentless rhythms driving every tune. Still, the highlight of this album is the dancing two-part "The Dolphin - Before & After," a non-Jobim bossa nova which allows Evans his only extended improvisations.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/from-left-to-right-mw0000044685
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Reseña de AllMusic
En los años 60, el pianista de jazz Bill Evans grababa ocasionalmente una sesión orquestal "easy listening" para pagar las facturas, con resultados previsiblemente mediocres. Pero FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, aunque ciertamente fácil para los oídos, es también uno de los discos "perdidos" más intrigantes de Evans, que nos llega por cortesía de la serie ganadora "By Request" de Verve. La novedad es que Evans toca simultáneamente el Fender Rhodes y el piano acústico en tiempo real, intercambiando temas e improvisaciones con gusto deliberativo y, por supuesto, una habilidad poco común. Las sesiones fueron producidas por Helen Keane, la protectora mánager de Evans durante muchos años, por lo que había poco peligro de "venderse".
Arreglado discretamente por Michael Leonard, este lanzamiento de 1969 no se parece en nada a la serie de brillantes álbumes instrumentales del famoso compositor de bossa nova Antonio Carlos Jobim con el arreglista Claus Ogerman, incluso sin esos ritmos suavemente implacables que conducen cada melodía. Sin embargo, lo más destacado de este álbum es "The Dolphin - Before & After", una bossa nova que no es de Jobim y que permite a Evans sus únicas improvisaciones prolongadas.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/from-left-to-right-mw0000044685
Tracks:
1 - What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
2 - I'm All Smiles
3 - Why Did I Choose You?
4 - Soiree
5 - The Dolphin - Before
6 - The Dolphin - After
7 - Lullaby For Helene
8 - Like Someone In Love
9 - Children's Play Song
10 - What Are You Doing The Rest Of Yor Life? (Quartet)
11 - Why Did I Choose You? (Quartet)
12 - Soiree - Alternate Take
13 - Lullaby For Helene (Quartet)
Credits:
Art Direction [Series], Design [Series] – Sung Lee
Artwork [Original Artwork] – Sy Johnson
Bass – John Beal (tracks: 5, 6)
Conductor, Arranged By – Michael Leonard
Double Bass – Eddie Gomez (tracks: 1 to 4, 7 to 13)
Drums – Marty Morell
Edited By [Text] – Deborah Hay
Executive-Producer – Richard Seidel
Guitar – Sam Brown (2)
Layout [Package] – Smay Vision
Liner Notes [Reprinted From The Original LP Liner Notes] – Harold Rhodes, Helen Keane, Michael Leonard
Mastered By – Suha Gur
Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Bill Evans
Producer [Original Recordings] – Helen Keane
Research, Restoration – Ben Young (3)
Supervised By – Jerry Rappaport
All tracks recorded between October 1969 and May 1970.
Label: Verve Records – 557 451-2
Series: Verve By Request
Country: Europe
Released: Oct 26, 1998
Genre: Jazz
Style: Bop, Contemporary Jazz, Instrumental
https://www.discogs.com/release/580877-Bill-Evans-From-Left-To-Right
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