The Ivory Hunters
The Ivory Hunters | ||||
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Studio album by Bob Brookmeyer & Bill Evans | ||||
Released | End of September 1959[1] | |||
Recorded | March 12, 1959 | |||
Studio | Olmsted Sound Studios, New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 42:34 | |||
Label | United Artists | |||
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The Ivory Hunters (subtitled Double Barrelled Piano) is an album by jazz pianists Bob Brookmeyer and Bill Evans, originally released on the United Artists label, featuring Evans and Brookmeyer with Percy Heath, and Connie Kay, recorded in 1959.[2]
Brookmeyer was known primarily as a trombonist who occasionally doubled on piano; this was his only album playing piano exclusively.
Reception
The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos states: "Pairing a rising superstar of modern jazz with a gentleman known for playing valve trombone and arranging charts might have been deemed by some as a daunting task. Fortunately for the keyboardists, this was a good idea and a marvelous concept, where the two could use the concept of counterpoint and improvisation to an enjoyable means, much like a great chess match. For the listener, you are easily able to hear the difference between ostensible leader Evans in the right channel of the stereo separation, and the accompanist Brookmeyer in the left... Some have called this an effort based more on gimmick and showmanship, but if you agree to listen closely, the depth and substance of Evans and Brookmeyer reveals a lot of soul, invention, and musicians simply having a real good time".[3]
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Track listing
- "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) - 5:55
- "As Time Goes By" (Herman Hupfeld) - 6:58
- "The Way You Look Tonight" (Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern) - 7:41
- "It Could Happen to You" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 7:28
- "The Man I Love" (Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin) - 5:58
- "I Got Rhythm" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 8:34
- Recorded in New York City on March 12, 1959
Personnel
- Bob Brookmeyer - piano
- Bill Evans - piano
- Percy Heath - bass
- Connie Kay - drums
References
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albums
- New Jazz Conceptions
- Tenderly: An Informal Session
- Everybody Digs Bill Evans
- On Green Dolphin Street
- The Ivory Hunters
- Portrait in Jazz
- Know What I Mean?
- Explorations
- Nirvana
- Undercurrent
- Moon Beams
- How My Heart Sings!
- Interplay
- Empathy
- Loose Blues
- The Solo Sessions, Vol. 1
- The Solo Sessions, Vol. 2
- The Gary McFarland Orchestra
- Conversations With Myself
- Plays the Theme from The V.I.P.s and Other Great Songs
- Trio 64
- Stan Getz & Bill Evans
- Waltz for Debby
- Trio '65
- Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra
- Intermodulation
- A Simple Matter of Conviction
- Further Conversations with Myself
- Alone
- What's New
- From Left to Right
- Quiet Now
- The Bill Evans Album
- Living Time
- Eloquence
- Symbiosis
- Intuition
- The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
- Alone (Again)
- Quintessence
- Together Again
- Crosscurrents
- I Will Say Goodbye
- You Must Believe in Spring
- New Conversations
- Affinity
- We Will Meet Again
albums
- Sunday at the Village Vanguard
- Waltz for Debby
- Time Remembered
- At Shelly's Manne-Hole
- Bill Evans at Town Hall
- The Bill Evans Trio "Live"
- California Here I Come
- Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival
- Jazzhouse
- You're Gonna Hear from Me
- Montreux II
- The Tokyo Concert
- Half Moon Bay
- Since We Met
- Re: Person I Knew
- But Beautiful
- Blue in Green: The Concert in Canada
- Montreux III
- Getting Sentimental
- Live in Buenos Aires 1979
- Homecoming
- The Paris Concert: Edition One
- The Paris Concert: Edition Two
- Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings
- Letter to Evan
- Turn Out the Stars
- The Last Waltz: The Final Recordings
- Consecration: The Final Recordings Part 2
albums
- Piano Player
- "Waltz for Debby"
- "Funkallero"
- "Blue in Green"
- "Flamenco Sketches"
- "Time Remembered"
- "Peace Piece"
members
- Monty Budwig
- Larry Bunker
- Jack DeJohnette
- Eddie Gómez
- Chuck Israels
- Marc Johnson
- Philly Joe Jones
- Sam Jones
- Teddy Kotick
- Joe LaBarbera
- Scott LaFaro
- Michael Moore
- Marty Morell
- Paul Motian
- Gary Peacock
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