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New Conversations is an album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1978.

New Conversations
Studio album by Bill Evans
Released	1978
Recorded	January 26 – February 16, 1978
Genre	Jazz
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Helen Keane
Bill Evans chronology
Crosscurrents (1978) New Conversations (1978) Affinity (1979)

New Conversations is Evans' third and final release in which he overdubs different piano tracks with his previously played track. The first release recorded in this manner was Conversations with Myself (1963) followed by Further Conversations with Myself (1967).

A noteworthy difference in this release is that Evans plays the Fender Rhodes electric piano as well as his customary acoustic piano.

Reception

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album three out of five stars writing "the results are less memorable than one might expect for Bill Evans seemed always at his best in trio settings".[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Track listing

All songs by Bill Evans unless otherwise noted.

1. "Song for Helen" – 7:48
2. "Nobody Else but Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 4:38
3. "Maxine" – 4:40
4. "For Nenette" – 7:19
5. "I Love My Wife" (Cy Coleman, Michael Stewart) – 6:43
6. "Remembering the Rain" – 4:29
7. "After You" (Cole Porter) – 3:39
8. "Reflections in D" (Duke Ellington) – 7:00

Personnel

• Bill Evans – piano & Fender Rhodes electric piano

Production

• Helen Keane – producer
• Frank Laico – engineer, mixing
• Nat Hentoff – liner notes

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1978	Billboard Jazz Albums	35

References

External links

• The Bill Evans Memorial Library

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