Turn Out the Stars explained

Turn Out the Stars
Type:Live album
Artist:Bill Evans
Cover:Turn Out the Stars.jpg
Released:1994
Recorded:August 2, 1980
Genre:Jazz
Length:44:09
Label:Dreyfus Jazz
Chronology:Bill Evans
Prev Title:Letter to Evan
Prev Year:1994
Next Title:But Beautiful
Next Year:1996

Turn Out the Stars is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera recorded at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London in 1980 and released on the Dreyfus Jazz label.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 3 stars and states "the innovative and highly influential pianist is in fine form, emphasizing more introspective material... Although it does not reach the emotional heights of his slightly earlier Dreyfus set Letter to Evan and the Warner Bros. box, this music should be of great interest to Bill Evans collectors".[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Evans except as indicated

  1. "I Do It for Your Love" (Paul Simon) - 5:31
  2. "Turn Out the Stars" - 7:06
  3. "My Romance" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) -7:51
  4. "Laurie" - 7:16
  5. "The Two Lonely People" (Bill Evans, Carol Hall) - 6:12
  6. "Peau Douce" (Steve Swallow) - 6:00
  7. "But Beautiful" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 4:13

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jazzdisco.org/bill-evans/catalog/#dreyfus-191063-2 Bill Evans discography
  2. Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 5, 2011