Symbiosis

by Bill Evans

Symbiosis cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: MPS
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 41:02
  • Community rating: 4.01/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Composed entirely by Claus Ogerman specifically for Bill Evans, 'Symbiosis' is a vast, heavily orchestrated Third Stream concerto. The ambitious album perfectly integrates Evans's lyrical trio playing with sweeping strings and contemporary brass sections, utilizing complex polyrhythms and electric keyboards to achieve a truly cinematic jazz scope.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, improvisation, complex, technical, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Symbiosis, 1st Movement: Moderato. Various Tempi, Pt. 1 (7:55)
  2. Symbiosis, 1st Movement: Moderato. Various Tempi, Pt. 2 (5:16)
  3. Symbiosis, 1st Movement: Moderato. Various Tempi, Pt. 3 (11:50)
  4. Symbiosis, 2nd Movement: Largo - Andante - Maestoso - Largo, Pt.1 (9:13)
  5. Symbiosis, 2nd Movement: Largo - Andante - Maestoso - Largo, Pt. 2 (6:46)

Credits

  • Harvey Estrin - alto saxophone
  • Jerry Dodgion - alto saxophone
  • Phil Woods - alto saxophone
  • Walt Levinsky - alto saxophone
  • Eddie Gomez - bass
  • Paul Faulise - bass trombone
  • Thomas Mitchell - bass trombone
  • Wally Kane - bassoon
  • Bill Evans - Primary Artist

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