| Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra | ||||
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| Released | 1966 | |||
| Recorded | October and December 1965 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 37:28 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor | |||
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Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra is an album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans and his trio, released in 1966, featuring jazz arrangements of works by classical composers Granados, J.S. Bach, Scriabin, Fauré, and Chopin. The trio is accompanied by an orchestra consisting of strings and woodwinds arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman. Originals by both Evans and Ogerman are also included.
The opening track, "Granadas," is based on the "maiden" theme of Granados's "The Maiden and the Nightingale" from his piano suite Goyescas but does not employ the "nightingale" theme.[1] The two Evans originals, "Time Remembered" and "My Bells," had previously been recorded by a quintet led by Evans, featuring saxophonist Zoot Sims and guitarist Jim Hall; but since the pianist did not approve the release of that album, which appeared only posthumously, this was the first time recordings of these pieces reached the public.[2] The Ogerman piece, "Elegia," is adapted from his Concerto for Orchestra and Jazz Piano.[3]
Evans stated, "I really enjoyed making this album with Claus and record my deepest respect and admiration for him."[4] The pianist would go on to make another orchestral album with Ogerman, Symbiosis, in 1974.
In 1967, Hellas Music Corp published a set of transcriptions of the arrangements for the Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra LP.[5] The recording was issued on compact disc by Verve Records in 1984.