Undercurrent cover

Undercurrent

Released

Pianist and composer Bill Evans was famous for a playing style that was as big and orchestral as that of, say, Errol Garner, but more restrained and impressionistic (one might say that Evans was the Chopin to Garner’s Schumann). He was a natural fit for guitarist Jim Hall, whose tonal warmth obscured a restless and searching intellectuality. On both Undercurrent and the subsequent Intermodulation, the two conduct a musical conversation that was highly unusual for the time and remains a monument of thoughtful, exploratory jazz.

Rick Anderson

Recommended by

Suggestions
Ne Plus Ultra cover

Ne Plus Ultra

Warne Marsh
Bluesnik cover

Bluesnik

Jackie McLean
Monk cover

Monk

Thelonious Monk
Gateway 2 cover

Gateway 2

Jack DeJohnette, John Abercrombie, Gateway, Dave Holland
Simple Pleasure cover

Simple Pleasure

Vincent Herring
Electric Guitarist cover

Electric Guitarist

John McLaughlin
Nora cover

Nora

Franco Ambrosetti
Ezz-Thetics cover

Ezz-Thetics

George Russell
The Blues Book cover

The Blues Book

Booker Ervin