Re: Person I Knew Explained

Re: Person I Knew
Type:	live
Artist:	Bill Evans
Cover:	Re Person I Knew.jpg
Released:	1981
Recorded:	January 11–12, 1974
Genre:	Jazz
Length:	41:11
Label:	Fantasy
Producer:	Helen Keane, Orrin Keepnews
Chronology:	Bill Evans
Prev Title:	Since We Met
Prev Year:	1974
Next Title:	Symbiosis
Next Year:	1974

Re: Person I Knew is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Eddie Gómez and Marty Morell recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York City in 1974 and released on the Fantasy label in 1981.^[1] Additional recordings from Evans' 1974 Village Vanguard performances were also issued on the album Since We Met (1974). The name of the album (and its title-track) is an anagram on the name of Orrin Keepnews, who produced for Evans while he was signed with Riverside Records, and who was one of his earliest champions.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and states: "even though the results fall short of classic, they should interest Bill Evans collectors".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Evans except as indicated

1. "Re: Person I Knew" - 5:20
2. "Sugar Plum" - 8:17
3. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 4:59
4. "T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune)" - 5:31
5. "Excerpt from Dolphin Dance/Very Early" (Herbie Hancock/Bill Evans) - 7:26
6. "34 Skidoo" - 6:05
7. "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) - 5:17
8. "Are You All the Things" - 6:21

• Recorded at the Village Vanguard, New York City, on January 11 & 12, 1974.

Personnel

• Bill Evans - piano
• Eddie Gómez - bass
• Marty Morell - drums

Discography

See main article: Bill Evans discography.

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/bill-evans/catalog/#fantasy-f-9608 Bill Evans discography
2. Book: Reading Jazz. A gathering of Autobiography, Reportage, and Criticism from 1919 to Now . Gottlieb . Robert . 1996. Pantheon Books . 0-679-44251-0 . 424.
3. Yanow, S. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r138450|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review], accessed March 22, 2010.