Undercurrent (Bill Evans and Jim Hall album)


Undercurrent is a 1962 album by jazz pianist Bill Evans and jazz guitarist Jim Hall. The duo collaborated again in 1966 on the album Intermodulation.

Cover

The front cover image for Undercurrent is Toni Frissell's photograph :File:Weeki Wachee spring 10079u.jpg|"Weeki Wachee Spring, Florida". The album was originally released on United Artists, then reissued by Solid State in 1968. More recently, the album was reissued on EMI/Blue Note. The original LP and the first CD reissue featured a cropped, blue-tinted version, overlaid with the title and the Blue Note logo in white; but for the most recent CD reissue, the image has been restored to its original black-and-white coloration and size, without lettering.

Reception

In his November 26, 1962 review for Down Beat magazine jazz critic Pete Welding states: "This collaboration between Evans and Hall has resulted in some of the most beautiful, thoroughly ingratiating music it has been my pleasure to hear..."

Track listing

Original LP
  1. "My Funny Valentine" – 5:21
  2. "I Hear a Rhapsody" – 4:36
  3. "Dream Gypsy" – 4:33
  4. "Romain" – 5:19
  5. "Skating in Central Park" – 5:19
  6. "Darn That Dream" – 5:04
Bonus tracks on 2002 Blue Note CD reissue:
  2. "Stairway to the Stars" – 5:38
  3. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" – 4:13
  4. "My Funny Valentine – 6:54
  5. "Romain" – 5:24
Recorded on April 24 and May 14, 1962.

Personnel