Martin Wind Quintet Releases “Turn Out the Stars – Music Written or Inspired by Bill Evans”
Bassist Martin Wind and his quartet are back with an album that pays tribute to the great jazz composer/pianist Bill Evans. The quartet includes Scott Robinson on tenor sax, Bill Cunliffe on piano and Joe LaBarbera on drums. LaBarbera also played in a trio with Evans.
The album, Turn Out the Stars — Music Written or Inspired by Bill Evans, sees the quartet working with the Italian Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana and also places Wind not only in the role of bassist, but also orchestral arranger.
Wind talks about how the album came together, and what it was like arranging orchestral work:
Turn Out the Stars… is available on CD and for digital download (iTunes and Amazon MP3).
Turn Out the Stars… Track List:
- Turn Out the Stars
- My Foolish Heart
- The Days of Wine and Roses
- Jeremy
- Memory of Scotty
- Kind of Bill
- Blue in Green
- Twelve Tone Tune Two
- Goodbye Mr. Evans
