Empathy (Bill Evans and Shelly Manne album)

Empathy
Studio album by
Bill Evans and Shelly Manne
ReleasedNovember 1962[1]
RecordedAugust 14, 1962
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
GenreJazz
Length34:54
LabelVerve
V6-8497
ProducerCreed Taylor
Bill Evans chronology
Interplay
(1962) 		Empathy
(1962) 		Loose Blues
(1962)
Shelly Manne chronology
2-3-4
(1962) 		Empathy
(1962) 		My Son the Jazz Drummer!
(1962)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
DownBeat[2]
AllMusic[3]

Empathy is a 1962 album by jazz musicians Bill Evans and Shelly Manne. It was recorded and released by Verve Records, the label Evans joined a year after the recording session. The album came about when Manne and Evans were sharing a bill at New York's Village Vanguard nightclub, and Verve producer Creed Taylor proposed a studio collaboration for the two bandleaders. Riverside Records, Evans' label during 1962, allowed Evans to participate, and the trio was completed by Manne's bass player of the time, Monty Budwig. The album features some classic jazz standards and two songs by Irving Berlin from the 1962 musical Mr. President. The sculpture on the album cover was by Sheldon Machlin.

  1. ^ "For November...The Magic Word Is Verve!", Billboard, November 24, 1962.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference DownBeat was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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