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Bill Evans
The Complete Riverside Recordings
Album US 1984 on Riverside Records label
Jazz (Bop, Post-Bop, Modal, Cool Jazz)
This compilation presents, on 18 LP'S, the full results of 20 recording sessions from the pivotal eight-year period (1956-63) that launched the remarkable career of Bill Evans and defined his position as one of the most significant, pace-setting jazz pianists of all time. Here, in chronological order, are 151 performances, including the entire existing output of the legendary 1961 Village Vanguard session, as well as 17 selections from a previously unissued solo studio session and seven other unreleased items. Ranging from solo to quintet, this collection also features such major artists as Cannonball Adderley, Freddie Hubbard, Philly Joe Jones, Jim Hall, Percy Heath, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Zoot Sims, and Scott LaFaro. Contains a 32-page illustrated booklet that includes rare photographs, full discographical details, an appreciation of Evans by noted critic Martin Williams, and personnal commentary on each session by producer Orrin Keepnews Riverside Records Tenth and Parker Berkeley, CA 94710 ℗ 1984 Fantasy, Inc. Printed in U.S.A.
Musicians
 | Bill Evans p, 1929-1980 US album by, written by, written by, five |
 | Orrin Keepnews , 1923-2015 US compilation producer, producer, original |
 | Ralph Kaffel , compiled by |
 | Alexander Borodin , 1833-1887 RU written by, baubles, bangles and beads |
 | George Forrest key, 1915-1999 US written by, baubles, bangles and beads |
 | Robert Craig Wright key, 1914-2005 US written by, baubles, bangles and beads |
 | Cole Porter p, 1891-1964 US written by, easy to love |
 | Rodgers & Hammerstein , US written by, my favorite things |
 | Alex North p, 1910-1991 US written by, "spartacus" love theme |
 | Miles Davis tr, 1926-1991 US written by, nardis |
 | Vernon Duke p, 1903-1969 US written by, autumn in new york |
 | Burton Lane p, 1912-1997 US written by, how about you? |
 | Ralph Freed , written by, how about you? |
 | Chuck Israels b, *1936 US written by, blues in f |
Producers
| Georgia Gillfillan design, producer, production |
| Martin Williams liner notes |
| Burt Goldblatt photography by |
| Donald Silverstein photography by |
| Fred Seligo photography by |
| Lee Tanner photography by |
| Steve Schapiro photography by |
| Jim Marshall photography by, cover, front cover art based on a photograph |
| Jerri Linn producer, production |
| Zand Gee producer, production |
| Danny Kopelson recorded by, rerecording and tape assembly |
Composers
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Love You | Bill Evans | Cole Porter | 3:52 |
| 2 | Five | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 4:01 |
| 3 | Conception | Bill Evans | George Shearing | 4:43 |
| 4 | Easy Living | Bill Evans | Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger | 3:49 |
| 5 | Displacement | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 2:33 |
| 6 | Speak Low | Bill Evans | Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash | 5:06 |
| 7 | Our Delight | Bill Evans | Tadd Dameron | 4:42 |
| 8 | No Cover, No Minimum [Take 1-Alternate] | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 8:09 |
| 9 | No Cover, No Minimum [Take 2-Originally Issued] | Bill Evans | 7:30 | |
| 10 | I've Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) | Bill Evans | Duke Ellington, Paul Francis Webster | 1:36 |
| 11 | Waltz For Debby | Bill Evans | Bill Evans, Gene Lees | 1:16 |
| 12 | My Romance | Bill Evans | Rodgers & Hart | 1:54 |
| 13 | Minority | Bill Evans | Gigi Gryce | 5:18 |
| 14 | Young And Foolish | Bill Evans | Albert Hague, Arnold Horwitt | 5:52 |
| 15 | Night And Day | Bill Evans | Cole Porter | 7:32 |
| 16 | Oleo | Bill Evans | Sonny Rollins | 4:07 |
| 17 | Tenderly | Bill Evans | Jack Lawrence, Walter Gross | 3:30 |
| 18 | What Is There To Say? | Bill Evans | E.Y. Harburg, Vernon Duke | 4:52 |
| 19 | Peace Piece | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 6:41 |
| 20 | Lucky To Be Me | Bill Evans | Betty Comden And Adolph Green, Leonard Bernstein | 3:36 |
| 21 | Some Other Time | Bill Evans | Betty Comden And Adolph Green, Leonard Bernstein | 6:07 |
| 22 | Epilogue | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 0:39 |
| 23 | You And The Night And The Music | Bill Evans | Schwartz & Dietz | 7:20 |
| 24 | How Am I To Know? | Bill Evans | Dorothy Parker, Jack King | 6:18 |
| 25 | Woody'n You [Take 1] | Bill Evans | Dizzy Gillespie | 4:25 |
| 26 | Woody'n You [Take 2] | Bill Evans | 4:10 | |
| 27 | My Heart Stood Still | Bill Evans | Rodgers & Hart | 5:21 |
| 28 | Green Dolphin Street | Bill Evans | Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington | 8:09 |
| 29 | Peri's Scope | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 3:12 |
| 30 | Witchcraft | Bill Evans | Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman | 4:32 |
| 31 | Spring Is Here | Bill Evans | Rodgers & Hart | 5:04 |
| 32 | What Is This Thing Called Love? | Bill Evans | Cole Porter | 4:34 |
| 33 | Come Rain Or Come Shine | Bill Evans | Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer | 3:19 |
| 34 | Blue In Green [Take 2-Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | Bill Evans, Miles Davis | 4:24 |
| 35 | Blue In Green [Take 3-Originally Issued] | Bill Evans | 5:23 | |
| 36 | Autumn Leaves [Mono] | Bill Evans | Jacques Prévert, Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma | 5:22 |
| 37 | Autumn Leaves [Stereo] | Bill Evans | 5:56 | |
| 38 | Some Day My Prince Will Come | Bill Evans | Frank Churchill, Larry Morey | 4:52 |
| 39 | When I Fall In Love | Bill Evans | Edward Heyman, Victor Young | 4:54 |
| 40 | Elsa | Bill Evans | Earl Zindars | 5:08 |
| 41 | Sweet And Lovely | Bill Evans | Gus Arnheim, Harry Tobias, Jules Lemare | 5:51 |
| 42 | Beautiful Love [Take 1-Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | Egbert Van Alstyne, Haven Gillespie, Victor Young, Wayne King | 6:03 |
| 43 | Beautiful Love [Take 2-Originally Issued] | Bill Evans | 5:04 | |
| 44 | I Wish I Knew | Bill Evans | Harry Warren, Mack Gordon | 4:39 |
| 45 | The Boy Next Door | Bill Evans | Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane | 5:06 |
| 46 | Haunted Heart | Bill Evans | Schwartz & Dietz | 3:25 |
| 47 | Nardis | Bill Evans | Miles Davis | 5:49 |
| 48 | How Deep Is The Ocean? | Bill Evans | Irving Berlin | 3:31 |
| 49 | Israel | Bill Evans | John Carisi | 6:09 |
| 50 | Who Cares? [Take 4-Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | George & Ira Gershwin | 5:53 |
| 51 | Who Cares? [Take 5-Originally Issued] | Bill Evans | 5:55 | |
| 52 | Goodbye | Bill Evans | Gordon Jenkins | 6:14 |
| 53 | Nancy (With The Laughing Face) | Bill Evans | Jimmy Van Heusen, Phil Silvers | 4:05 |
| 54 | Toy | Bill Evans | Clifford Jordan | 5:06 |
| 55 | Elsa | Bill Evans | Earl Zindars | 5:48 |
| 56 | Waltz For Debby | Bill Evans | Bill Evans, Gene Lees | 5:12 |
| 57 | Venice | Bill Evans | John Lewis | 2:52 |
| 58 | Know What I Mean? [Take 12-Alternate] | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 7:01 |
| 59 | Know What I Mean? [Take Re-7-Originally Issued] | Bill Evans | 4:52 | |
| 60 | Alice In Wonderland [Take 1-Alternate] | Bill Evans | Bob Hilliard, Sammy Fain | 6:59 |
| 61 | My Foolish Heart | Bill Evans | Ned Washington, Victor Young | 4:53 |
| 62 | All Of You [Take 1-Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | Cole Porter | 8:07 |
| 63 | My Romance [Take 1-Originally Issued] | Bill Evans | Rodgers & Hart | 7:09 |
| 64 | Some Other Time | Bill Evans | Betty Comden And Adolph Green, Leonard Bernstein | 4:56 |
| 65 | Solar | Bill Evans | Miles Davis | 8:52 |
| 66 | Gloria's Step [Take 2-Originally Issued] | Bill Evans | Scott LaFaro | 6:09 |
| 67 | My Man's Gone Now | Bill Evans | Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin | 6:23 |
| 68 | All Of You [Take 2-Originally Issued] | Bill Evans | Cole Porter | 8:16 |
| 69 | Detour Ahead [Take 1-Alternate] | Bill Evans | Herb Ellis, John Frigo, Lou Carter | 7:13 |
| 70 | Waltz For Debby [Take 1-Alternate] | Bill Evans | Bill Evans, Gene Lees | 6:46 |
| 71 | Alice In Wonderland [Take 2-Originally Issued] | Bill Evans | Bob Hilliard, Sammy Fain | 8:33 |
| 72 | Porgy [I Love You, Porgy] | Bill Evans | Dubose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin | 5:57 |
| 73 | My Romance [Take 2-Alternate] | Bill Evans | Rodgers & Hart | 7:12 |
| 74 | Milestones | Bill Evans | Miles Davis | 6:29 |
| 75 | Detour Ahead [Take 2-Originally Issued] | Bill Evans | Herb Ellis, John Frigo, Lou Carter | 7:38 |
| 76 | Gloria's Step [Take 3-Alternate] | Bill Evans | Scott LaFaro | 6:54 |
| 77 | Waltz For Debby [Take 2-Originally Issued] | Bill Evans | Bill Evans, Gene Lees | 6:54 |
| 78 | All Of You [Take 3-Alternate] | Bill Evans | Cole Porter | 8:04 |
| 79 | Jade Visions [Take 1-Alternate] | Bill Evans | Scott LaFaro | 4:13 |
| 80 | Jade Visions [Take 2-Originally Issued] | Bill Evans | 3:43 | |
| 81 | ... A Few Final Bars | Bill Evans | 0:24 | |
| 82 | Danny Boy | Bill Evans | Traditional | 10:37 |
| 83 | Like Someone In Love | Bill Evans | Jimmy Van Heusen And Johnny Burke | 6:25 |
| 84 | In Your Own Sweet Way | Bill Evans | Dave Brubeck | 2:54 |
| 85 | Easy To Love | Bill Evans | Cole Porter | 4:40 |
| 86 | How My Heart Sings | Bill Evans | Earl Zindars | 4:57 |
| 87 | Summertime | Bill Evans | DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin | 5:58 |
| 88 | If You Could See Me Now | Bill Evans | Carl Sigman, Tadd Dameron | 4:28 |
| 89 | Walking Up | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 4:54 |
| 90 | Very Early | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 5:04 |
| 91 | Show Type-Tune | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 4:22 |
| 92 | Re: Person I Knew | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 5:43 |
| 93 | 34 Skidoo | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 6:20 |
| 94 | Polkadots And Moonbeams | Bill Evans | Jimmy Van Heusen And Johnny Burke | 5:00 |
| 95 | I Should Care | Bill Evans | Axel Stordahl, Paul Weston, Sammy Cahn | 4:54 |
| 96 | I Fall In Love To Easily | Bill Evans | Jule Styne And Sammy Cahn | 2:40 |
| 97 | Ev'rything I Love | Bill Evans | Cole Porter | 4:12 |
| 98 | In Love In Vain | Bill Evans | Jerome Kern, Leo Robin | 4:59 |
| 99 | Starway To The Stars | Bill Evans | Frank Signorelli, Matty Malneck, Mitchell Parish | 4:50 |
| 100 | In Your Own Street Way [Take 1-Originally Issued] | Bill Evans | Dave Brubeck | 6:56 |
| 101 | In Your Own Street Way [Take 2-Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | 5:52 | |
| 102 | It Might As Well Be Spring | Bill Evans | Rodgers & Hammerstein | 6:04 |
| 103 | Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams | Bill Evans | Billy Moll, Harry Barris, Ted Koehler | 6:25 |
| 104 | When You Wish Upon A Star | Bill Evans | Leigh Harline, Ned Washington | 5:43 |
| 105 | You Go To My Head | Bill Evans | Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots | 5:03 |
| 106 | You And The Night And The Music | Bill Evans | Schwartz & Dietz | 7:03 |
| 107 | Interplay | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 8:13 |
| 108 | I'll Never Smile Again [Take Re-6*-Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | Ruth Lowe | 6:35 |
| 109 | I'll Never Smile Again [Take Re-7*-Originally Issued] | Bill Evans | 6:32 | |
| 110 | Loose Bloose [Take 3] | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 5:32 |
| 111 | Loose Bloose [Take 4 And 2] | Bill Evans | 7:05 | |
| 112 | Fudgesickle Built For Four | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 4:29 |
| 113 | Time Remembered | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 6:00 |
| 114 | Funkarello | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 6:11 |
| 115 | My Bells | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 5:22 |
| 116 | There Came You | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 5:50 |
| 117 | Fun Ride | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 5:15 |
| 118 | What Kind Of Fool Am I? [Take 1-Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse | 6:13 |
| 119 | Medley: My Favorite Things / Easy To Love / Baubles, Bangles And Beads [Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | Alexander Borodin, George Forrest, Robert Craig Wright, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hammerstein | 12:27 |
| 120 | When I Fall In Love [Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | Edward Heyman, Victor Young | 3:01 |
| 121 | Medley: "Spartacus" Love Theme / Nardis [Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | Alex North, Miles Davis | 8:37 |
| 122 | Everything Happens To Me [Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | Matt Dennis, Tom Adair | 5:41 |
| 123 | April In Paris [Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | E.Y. Harburg, Vernon Duke | 5:51 |
| 124 | All The Things You Are [Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | Hammerstein-Kern | 9:07 |
| 125 | Santa Claus Is Coming To Town [Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | Haven Gillespie, J. Fred Coots | 4:29 |
| 126 | I Loves You, Porgy [Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | Dubose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin | 5:49 |
| 127 | What Kind Of Fool Am I? [Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | Anthony Newley, Leslie Bricusse | 6:48 |
| 128 | Love Is Here To Stay [Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | George & Ira Gershwin | 3:59 |
| 129 | Ornithology [Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | Benny Harris, Charlie Parker | 5:30 |
| 130 | Medley: Autumn In New York / How About You? [Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | Vernon Duke, Burton Lane, Ralph Freed | 6:20 |
| 131 | All The Things You Are [Previously Unissued] | Bill Evans | Hammerstein-Kern | 8:48 |
| 132 | Lover Man | Bill Evans | Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman, Roger Ramirez | 5:05 |
| 133 | Love Is Here To Stay | Bill Evans | George & Ira Gershwin | 4:48 |
| 134 | Stella By Starlight | Bill Evans | Ned Washington, Victor Young | 4:59 |
| 135 | 'Round Midnight | Bill Evans | Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams, Thelonious Monk | 8:58 |
| 136 | Who Cares? | Bill Evans | George & Ira Gershwin | 5:22 |
| 137 | The Boy Next Door | Bill Evans | Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane | 5:24 |
| 138 | Isn't It Romantic? | Bill Evans | Rodgers & Hart | 4:39 |
| 139 | What Is This Thing Called Love? | Bill Evans | Cole Porter | 5:48 |
| 140 | How About You? | Bill Evans | Burton Lane, Ralph Freed | 4:04 |
| 141 | Blues In F / Five | Bill Evans | Chuck Israels, Bill Evans | 5:41 |
| 142 | Everything Happens To Me | Bill Evans | Matt Dennis, Tom Adair | 4:46 |
| 143 | In A Sentimental Mood | Bill Evans | Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz | 4:23 |
| 144 | My Heart Stood Still | Bill Evans | Rodgers & Hart | 4:33 |
| 145 | Time Remembered | Bill Evans | Bill Evans | 5:37 |
| 146 | Wonder Why | Bill Evans | Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn | 5:16 |
| 147 | Swedish Pastry | Bill Evans | Barney Kessel | 5:48 |
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