Undercurrent

Bill Evans

July 3, 2002

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Product details

Date First Available : September 25, 2007
Manufacturer : Blue Note Records
ASIN : B000TEPES0

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268 ratings

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3 star		7%
2 star		3%
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Precursor to Intermodulation - a wonderful album and CD

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2018

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Here we have another mish-mash of reviews for other versions of this album that aren't for the one pictured on this page which is the legit Blue Note release. Very confusing, but hopefully this will help as this review is for the item actually pictured here - radical, I know. I love Intermodulation, the follow-up to this on Verve, but this is great, too - not AS great, but great. The recording is fine, sound is fine, and if you're a fan of either gentlemen you really must have it.

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youngphoto

Great album. Bad vinyl pressing.

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2019

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I think this purchase is the final straw for me. I have found that about 1/2 of the new vinyl purchases I make are bad pressings and/or the record is dished. Unfortunately, this purchase is both. The record is, in fact, dished, and there is distortion from the right channel. It's sad, because I am a collector of vinyl, and I'm always looking for new-to-me music. But I think I'm done buying new vinyl. This is such a great album. It's a shame that this pressing doesn't do it justice. I wish that pressing plants respected the music and the consumer more.

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Steve Johnston

Bill and Jim at the top of their game.

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2015

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Brilliant stuff, from start to finish. They do an original arrangement of "Funny Valentine' you will never forget. Equally soul-stirring are "Darn that Dream" and "Gyspy Dream". I find myself coming to a complete stop, when I hear this CD. So inventive and harmonically surprising, it demands your full attention. From the opening bars the startled listener feels that something profound and historic is being laid down. Dare I say it, the art of music at its apex. Recorded at the tail end of jazz's Golden Age (1962), it makes you wonder if talent like this will ever come our way again.

10 people found this helpful

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One of the most underrated Jazz Records

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2020

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Bill Evans is brilliant. This Mofi press of Undercurrent is a bang for your buck. Beautiful press. Clear, clean, and balanced.
The record itself is a must have for any jazz fan. This might be one of the most underrated jazz records of all time.

Must buy

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Gwac

A treasure that every jazz fan should own

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2013

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I first came across Bill Evans in Miles Davis' popular "Kind of Blue". After listening to most of Davis' other output from the late 1950s and 60s, I realized there was something special about Kind of Blue. Hearing "Undercurrents" was a revelation; all the wispy impressionistic qualities that I loved about Miles' most famous album can be found here with even greater potency. Jim Hall's loose-limbed strumming serves as the perfect companion to Evans' playful yet sensitive pianism. Despite the rather upbeat opener "My Funny Valentine", the album has a subdued, introspective ambience. The music is well-served by the clear, intimately recorded sound.

I would recommend this album even to the person who only wants to own a handful of jazz albums. It has a uniquely introspective quality that isn't often found in jazz.

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Stephen A. Degray

sound quality could be better.

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2020

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Any Bill Evans recording is unique and wonderful. I’ve been buying vinyl whenever available, because it just sounds better, usually. This one, however, has a lot of “Rumble”, usually absent with good turntables, unlike the “old days”. There is no rumble between songs.

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Colin B.

bad pressing

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2018

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This is one of my favorite jazz albums, but this record pressing is a total disappointment. Terrible, muffled sound.

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Daniel

Did not know it was. A Russian press

Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2018

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Russian pressing that doesn't pay royalties. Clean sounding but made from CD not a warm vinyl sound. I will buy the MoFi now

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HERRY JACKETT

Vinyl on DOL label - blue cover.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2019

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DOL is a sub label of Vinylogy LLC established 2008 in Moscow. Their relatively cheap EU pressings use recordings now in public domain. Since 2011 EU copyright protection lasts only 70 years. DOL do not indicate the source of their recordings, but on my system this LP and the others I have sound exactly like the CDs of the same material. This is 5 star music, but I wouldn't pay much for any DOL vinyl (the average I've paid is <£5). If cheap I buy them for the artwork. Note that the DOL cover is not black and white but has a blue tint, as in the Blue Note reissue in 1988, but with no lettering. The still strikingly modern looking cover uses the image of “A model floating in the water at Weeki Wachee Spring, Florida.” by fashion photographer Toni Frissell, first shown in Harper's Bazaar in December 1947.

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Woodperson

Bill Evans - superb - but better pressings are to be had.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2018

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LP1 - Undercurrent. Pressing off-centre and slightly warped. Some low level clicks but surface noise generally low.
Sound quality is a bit flat and lifeless compared to other BE lps I have. I wonder if this is mastered from CD, which negates the whole point of vinyl and analogue.
LP2 - Empathy. The same general comments as Undercurrent but perhaps a little more life. However the top end does seem lacking as the attack of the drum kit is missing. Also warped but not off-centre.
Content - perhaps not the best introduction to BE (and JH) if you're not familiar with them but a good addition to my collection and lovely interpretations - 'cos it's Bill Evans so it will be! However I'll be looking out for a better label/pressing and then this Not Now pressing will be moved on.
Sleeve notes may be from the original release; I can't confirm or deny that.

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Mr. Peter Wright

Good Evans, is that Hall?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 6, 2015

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Always been a fan of both Evans and Hall since the '60s. To hear them together here is just pure delight. They complement each so brilliantly that you don't miss a rhythm section. Listening to take 2 of Valentine each takes his turn to provide the bass line ....Evans' underlying playing is complete mastery and when he takes the lead Hall somehow makes the guitar sound like a bass and drums! How did he do that? As a bassist and guitarist I'm just mesmerised by the sound he achieves.
I simply can't stop playing this disc and have made a copy for the car and also put it on my iPad, sitting, walking or driving I'm thrilled by it and always hear something new. For me it's up there with the Hall, Baker, Desmond recordings, my all time favourite before Undercurrent.
Evans is long gone and Hall much more recently but thankfully they made this iconic recording and wrapped it in a timeless vacuum that transcends all those years since its brilliant creation.

8 people found this helpful

R. Bawden jazz fan

Thoroughly recommended album by two master playing in perfect harmony. Wonderful.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 3, 2017

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I am not generally a fan of Bill Evans (wash your mouth out with soap and water) but have always admired Jim Hall. I have only recently discovered this album which is true masterpiece of duet playing, of two highly skilled jazz musicians listening to each other with intensity. The combination is not only inspired, but immaculate. The two musicians play as one; I get the impression of cooperation rather than competition.
Wonderful relaxed session; a must have album.

2 people found this helpful

Rich13

... fabulous cd even if your not a jazz fan great background for a dinner party

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2017

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Just dreamy fabulous cd even if your not a jazz fan great background for a dinner party.

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