Living Time

by Bill Evans & George Russell

Living Time cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1972
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:46
  • Community rating: 3.71/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This highly ambitious, challenging collaboration pairs the renowned lyrical pianist with the complex, theoretical compositions of arranger George Russell. Fusing elements of avant-garde jazz, Third Stream classical architecture, and nascent fusion rhythms, the deeply unconventional record sharply divided critics and alienated traditionalists expecting a conventional Bill Evans trio session.

Genres

Descriptors: Fusion, instrumental, orchestral, piano, ensemble, avant-garde, suite

Tracklist

  1. Event I (with George Russell Orchestra) (3:52)
  2. Event II (with George Russell Orchestra) (8:24)
  3. Event III (with George Russell Orchestra) (2:50)
  4. Event IV (with George Russell Orchestra) (5:32)
  5. Event V (with George Russell Orchestra) (11:56)
  6. Event VI (with George Russell Orchestra) (4:16)
  7. Event VII (with George Russell Orchestra) (2:10)
  8. Event VIII (with George Russell Orchestra) (5:41)

Credits

  • Bill Evans - primary artist, piano [steinway], electric piano [fender rhodes]
  • Eddie Gomez - acoustic bass
  • Sam Brown - bass guitar, electric guitar
  • Carl Atkins - conductor [assistant to george russell]
  • George Russell - conductor, arranged by, composed by
  • Anthony Williams - drums
  • Marty Morell - drums
  • Herb Bushler - electric bass [fender bass]
  • George Russell Orchestra - Primary Artist

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