Living Time

Living Time

Studio album by

Bill Evans George Russell Orchestra

Released

1972

Recorded

May 12–14, 1972 in New York City

Genre

Jazz

Length

44:19

Bill Evans chronology

The Bill Evans Album
(1971)

Living Time
(1972)

The Tokyo Concert
(1973)

George Russell chronology

Listen to the Silence
(1983)

Living Time
(1972)

Vertical Form VI
(1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Living Time is an album by the Bill Evans George Russell Orchestra recorded in 1972 and released on the Columbia label, featuring performances by Evans with an orchestra conducted by Russell.^[3]

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Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 2 stars and stated "The music on this set unfortunately is not all that interesting. Russell's lengthy and episodic work "Living Time" (which has eight "events") features crowded ensembles as played by Evans' trio plus 19 musicians (including two additional keyboardists). Despite the major names in the "backup group" the focus throughout is on Evans' acoustic and electric keyboards. The problem is that the music is rather dull and surprisingly forgettable."^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by George Russell

"Living Time: Event I" – 3:50
"Living Time: Event II" – 8:22
"Living Time: Event III" – 2:47
"Living Time: Event IV" – 5:30
"Living Time: Event V" – 11:52
"Living Time: Event VI" – 4:13
"Living Time: Event VII" – 2:07
"Living Time: Event VIII" – 5:38

Personnel

George Russell – arranger, conductor
Bill Evans – piano, Fender Rhodes piano
Snooky Young, Ernie Royal, Richard Williams – trumpet, flugelhorn
Stanton Davis – trumpet
Howard Johnson – flugelhorn, tuba, bass clarinet
John Clark – french horn
Dave Bargeron – tuba
Jimmy Giuffre – tenor saxophone, flute
Joe Henderson - tenor saxophone
Sam Rivers – tenor saxophone, flute, oboe
Sam Brown – bass guitar, electric guitar
Ted Saunders – electric piano, clavinet
Webster Lewis – organ, electric piano
Eddie Gómez – acoustic bass
Ron Carter (on 5,7), Stanley Clarke (on 1,2,3), Herb Bushler (on 4,6,8) – Fender bass
Tony Williams, Marty Morell – drums
Marc Belair – percussion
Edd Kolakowski - Steinway piano technician

References

^ "Living Time - The George Russell Orchestra | AllMusic". allmusic.com. 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 73. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ George Russell discography accessed 11 November 2009.
^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed 11 November 2009.

v t e Bill Evans
Discography
Studio 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
Live 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
Compilation albums	Piano Player
Compositions	"Waltz for Debby" "Funkallero" "Blue in Green" "Flamenco Sketches" "Time Remembered" "Peace Piece"
Band 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
Associated musicians	Cannonball Adderley Chet Baker Tony Bennett Bob Brookmeyer Kenny Burrell Ron Carter Miles Davis Stan Getz Jim Hall Freddie Hubbard Lee Konitz Harold Land Shelly Manne Warne Marsh Claus Ogerman George Russell Zoot Sims Toots Thielemans Monica Zetterlund
Related articles	Tribute albums

George Russell

Albums

The Jazz Workshop (1956)
New York, N.Y. (1958–59)
Jazz in the Space Age (1960)
George Russell Sextet at the Five Spot (1960)
Stratusphunk (1961)
Ezz-thetics (1961)
George Russell Sextet in K.C. (1961)
The Outer View (1962))
The Stratus Seekers (1962)
George Russell Sextet Live in Breman and Paris 1964 (1964)
George Russell Sextet at Beethoven Hall (1965)
The Essence of George Russell (1966–67)
Othello Ballet Suite/Electronic Organ Sonata No. 1 (1968)
Electronic Sonata for Souls Loved by Nature (1969–80)
Trip to Prillarguri (1970)
Listen to the Silence (1971)
Living Time (and Bill Evans, 1972)
New York Big Band (1977–78)
Vertical Form VI (1977)
Live in an American Time Spiral (1982)
The African Game (1983)
So What (1983)
The London Concert (1989)
It's About Time (1996)
The 80th Birthday Concert (2003)

Books

Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization (published 1953)

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