Montreux II

Montreux II
Montreux II
Live album by Bill Evans
Released	1970
Recorded	June 19 & 20, 1970
Venue	Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:13
Label	CTI
Producer	Helen Keane
Bill Evans chronology

Montreux II is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Eddie Gómez and Marty Morell, recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 1970 and released on the CTI label.^[1] The album was the second of Evans' Montreux concert recordings to be released, following the Grammy Award-winning Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival (1968).

Reception[edit]

The Allmusic review by Ken Dryden awarded the album 3½ stars and stated, "While this is a terrific live performance, there are sound problems, including what sounds like bleeding of the stage monitors into the mix, and there are muddy spots in the recording as well".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[4]

Track listing[edit]

All compositions by Bill Evans except as indicated

Introduction - 1:11
"Very Early" - 5:27
"Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 5:30
"34 Skidoo" - 6:37
"How My Heart Sings" (Earl Zindars) - 4:16
"Israel" (John Carisi) - 4:14
"I Hear a Rhapsody" (Jack Baker, George Fragos, Dick Gasparre) - 5:54
"Peri's Scope" - 6:00

Recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival, Casino De Montreux, Switzerland on June 19 & 20, 1970.

Personnel[edit]

References[edit]

^ Bill Evans discography accessed March 19, 2010
^ ^a ^b Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed March 19, 2010
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 73. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 457. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[Evans_disco-1] Bill Evans discography accessed March 19, 2010

[Allmusic-2] Dryden, K. Allmusic Review accessed March 19, 2010

[RSJRG-3] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 73. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Penguin-4] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 457. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

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Discography
Studio albums	New Jazz Conceptions Tenderly: An Informal Session Everybody Digs Bill Evans On Green Dolphin Street The Ivory Hunters Portrait in Jazz Know What I Mean? Explorations Nirvana Undercurrent Moon Beams How My Heart Sings! Interplay Empathy Loose Blues The Solo Sessions, Vol. 1 The Solo Sessions, Vol. 2 The Gary McFarland Orchestra Conversations With Myself Plays the Theme from The V.I.P.s and Other Great Songs Trio 64 Stan Getz & Bill Evans Waltz for Debby Trio '65 Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra Intermodulation A Simple Matter of Conviction Further Conversations with Myself Alone What's New From Left to Right Quiet Now The Bill Evans Album Living Time Eloquence Symbiosis Intuition The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album Alone (Again) Quintessence Together Again Crosscurrents I Will Say Goodbye You Must Believe in Spring New Conversations Affinity We Will Meet Again
Live albums	Sunday at the Village Vanguard Waltz for Debby Time Remembered At Shelly's Manne-Hole Bill Evans at Town Hall The Bill Evans Trio "Live" California Here I Come Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival Jazzhouse You're Gonna Hear from Me Montreux II The Tokyo Concert Half Moon Bay Since We Met Re: Person I Knew But Beautiful Blue in Green: The Concert in Canada Montreux III Getting Sentimental Live in Buenos Aires 1979 Homecoming The Paris Concert: Edition One The Paris Concert: Edition Two Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings Letter to Evan Turn Out the Stars The Last Waltz: The Final Recordings Consecration: The Final Recordings Part 2
Compilation albums	Piano Player
Compositions	"Waltz for Debby" "Funkallero" "Blue in Green" "Flamenco Sketches" "Time Remembered" "Peace Piece"
Band members	Monty Budwig Larry Bunker Jack DeJohnette Eddie Gómez Chuck Israels Marc Johnson Philly Joe Jones Sam Jones Teddy Kotick Joe LaBarbera Scott LaFaro Michael Moore Marty Morell Paul Motian Gary Peacock
Associated musicians	Cannonball Adderley Chet Baker Tony Bennett Bob Brookmeyer Kenny Burrell Ron Carter Miles Davis Stan Getz Jim Hall Freddie Hubbard Lee Konitz Harold Land Shelly Manne Warne Marsh Claus Ogerman George Russell Zoot Sims Toots Thielemans Monica Zetterlund
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