Bill Evans – Quintessence
Tracklist
| A1 | Sweet Dulcinea | 6:05 | |
| A2 | Martina | 8:15 | |
| A3 | Second Time Around | 3:50 | |
| B1 | A Child Is Born | 7:33 | |
| B2 | Bass Face | 10:09 |
Companies, etc.
- Mastered At – Fantasy Studios
- Remixed At – Fantasy Studios
- Recorded At – Fantasy Studios
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Fantasy Records
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Credits
- Art Direction – Phil Carroll
- Bass – Ray Brown
- Drums – Philly Joe Jones*
- Engineer – Phil Kaffel
- Guitar – Kenny Burrell
- Mastered By, Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching Eyes With Eyebrows] – David Turner (2)
- Photography By [Front Cover] – Galen Rowell
- Photography By [Liner Photos] – Phil Bray
- Piano – Bill Evans
- Producer – Helen Keane
- Tenor Saxophone – Harold Land
Notes
Recorded May 1976
Remixed and mastered at Fantasy Studios, Berkley.
Special Thanks to Terrie Hinte.
℗ 1977 Fantasy Records
Remixed and mastered at Fantasy Studios, Berkley.
Special Thanks to Terrie Hinte.
℗ 1977 Fantasy Records
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Label side A): F-9529-A
- Matrix / Runout (Label side B): F-9529-B
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): TI F9529A-1 [Eyes With Eyebrows] FML31677 DT P CRPTH#I A
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): TI F9529B-2 [Eyes With Eyebrows] FML31777 DT P CRPTH#B I
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): T1 F9529A-1 [Eyes With Eyebrows] FML31677 DT P CRPTH#I
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): T1 F9529B-2 [Eyes With Eyebrows] FML31777 DT P CRPTH#D1
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Quintessence (LP, Album, Stereo) | Fantasy | 5968 | 1977 | |||
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Quintessence (LP, Album, Stereo) | Fantasy | SMJ-6165 | Japan | 1977 | ||
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Quintessence (Cassette, Album) | Fantasy | 5F-9529 | US | 1977 | ||
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Quintessence (LP, Album, Promo) | Fantasy | SMJ-6165 | Japan | 1977 | ||
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Quintessence (LP, Album, Santa Maria Pressing) | Fantasy | F-9529 | US | 1977 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Phenominal. The piano tinkles your eardrums and the bass kicks you in the belly – in a pleasant way. Bill at his best (but I yet have to hear the first record where he wasn’t at his best). Cristal clear recording, broad sound stage (no extreme pannings, like on some oldies, thankfully), full dynamics and dead quit pressing. -
Astonishingly good. Why hadn't I listened to this before?? Bill's trios are amazing, obviously, but this may be my favorite Evans record. Kenny Burrell and Harold Land are on fire. My copy is pristine, bought for a pittance. It is easily among the best sounding records in my collection. Not sure which pressing I have though. My etched runout has "PIT" in it. Not seeing a Pitman pressing listed.
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Edited one year agoNot your typical Bill Evans record, he meets up with Harold Land, Kenny Burrell, Ray Brown, and Philly Joe Jones for a very special quintet recording, 1977. I'm just excited to hear Kenny Burrell playing with Bill Evans; that is a treat.
Recording is great. Nice separation of instruments and good definition. Drums sound natural. They also managed to accurately capture Ray's right hand finger(s) slapping on the fingerboard, which is emblematic of his sound. Just hearing the recording, you know it's Ray Brown.
My favorite tune here is "Bass Face", as everybody gets to stretch and it has a great swingin' groove.
Pressing is great. 4.5 stars. Recommended. -
bill steps away from his working trio at the time and s forces with kenny burrell and the most underrated GOAT harold land and they just cook up some serious business. the reading of 'a child is born' included here is perfection. this is the album for people who think all bill evans albums "sound the same." absolute classic.
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