Bill Evans - The Complete Riverside Recordings 1956-1963 [1984] (12 x CD's)

BILL EVANS

Bill Evans - The Complete Riverside Recordings 1956-1963 [1984] (12 x CD's)

This collection of Bill Evans' wonderful work for Riverside is nothing short of magnificent. The 12 x CD's (nicely packaged in three, 4x CD holders) in this set contain over 13 hours of music and almost 150 tracks. Evans'work from 1956-1963 is what this box set is all about. The peerless recordings with Scott LeFaro and Paul Motian are highlights as well as a session with Cannonball Adderley, Evans'"Interplay" sessions, some previously unreleased, beautiful solo piano, and all Evans' other recordings for Riverside. Naturally this includes the brilliant "Everybody Digs Bill Evans", "Portrait in Jazz", "Sunday at the Village Vanguard ", and" Waltz for Debby "amongst others. Many alternate takes (some more engaging than the originals) are included and the set comes with an excellent 32-page booklet detailing the recording sessions and paying tribute to one of jazz's greatest pianists. While the majority of the music in this set can be collected via the individual CD's, Fans of jazz piano and especially fans of Bill Evans will very much enjoy this set and all the hours of listening enjoyment that come along with it. Very Highly Recommended. (Amazon)

There is no better collection to appreciate every corner of Evans' work. A masterpiece with more than 150 works from 1956 to 1963, when Evans was most active, with a total time of over 13 hours. The quality of the remastering is also very good. 

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Track list

CD1

01 I Love You 3:55

02 Five 4:02

03 Conception 4:46

04 Easy Living 3:53

05 Displacement 2:35

06 Speak Low 5:09

07 Our Delight 4:43

08 No Cover, No Minimum (alternate take) 8:10

09 No Cover, No Minimum (master take) 7:31

10 I've Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) 1:38

11 Waltz For Debbie 1:19

12 My Romance 1:58

13 Minority 5:22

14 Young And Foolish 5:53

15 Night And Day 7:34

16 Oleo 4:08

CD02

01 Tenderly 3:33

02 What Is There To Say? 4:54

03 Peace Piece 6:42

04 Lucky To Be Me 3:39

05 Some Other Time 6:10

06 Epilogue 0:41

07 You And The Night And The Music 7:22

08 How Am I To Know? 6:20

09 Woody'n You (take 1) 4:26

10 Woody'n You (take 2) 4:11

11 My Heart Stood Still 5:21

12 Green Dolphin Street 8:10

13 Peri's Scope 3:15

14 Witchcraft 4:36

CD03

01 Spring Is Here 5:08

02 What Is This Thing Called Love? 4:37

03 Come Rain Or Come Shine 3:23

04 Blue In Green (take 2) 4:30

05 Blue In Green (take 3) 5:26

06 Autumn Leaves (mono) 5:25

07 Autumn Leaves (stereo) 5:59

08 Some Day My Prince Will Come 4:56

09 When I Fall In Love 4:57

10 Elsa 5:09

11 Sweet And Lovely 5:52

12 Beautiful Love (take 1) 6:06

13 Beautiful Love (take 2) 5:06

CD04

01 I Wish I Knew 4:41

02 The Boy Next Door 5:08

03 Haunted Heart 3:27

04 Nardis 5:51

05 How Deep Is The Ocean? 3:33

06 Israel 6:11

07 Who Cares? (take 4) 5:56

08 Who Cares? (take 5) 5:58

09 Goodbye 6:17

10 Nancy (With The Laughing Face) 4:08

11 Toy 5:08

12 Elsa 5:51

13 Waltz For Debby 5:15

14 Venice 2:55

CD05

01 Know What I Mean? (take 12) 7:04

02 Know What I Mean? (take re-7) 4:55

03 Alice In Wonderland (take 1) 7:02

04 My Foolish Heart 4:56

05 All Of You (take 1) 8:11

06 My Romance (take 1) 7:12

07 Some Other Time 4:59

08 Solar 8:54

09 Gloria's Step (take 2) 6:11

10 My Man's Gone Now 6:26

CD06

01 All of You (take 2) 8:20

02 Detour Ahead (take 1) 7:15

03 Waltz For Debby (take 1) 6:49

04 Alice In Wonderland (take 2) 8:36

05 Porgy (I Loves You, Porgy) 6:00

06 My Romance (take 2) 7:15

07 Milestones 6:32

08 Detour Ahead (take 2) 7:40

09 Gloria's Step (take 3) 6:58

CD07

01 Waltz For Debby (take 2) 6:56

02 All Of You (take 3) 8:06

03 Jade Visions (take1) 4:15

04 Jade Visions (take 2) 3:44

05 ... a few final bars 0:26

06 Danny Boy 10:41

07 Like Someone In Love 6:27

08 In Your Own Sweet Way 2:58

09 Easy To Love 4:42

10 How My Heart Sings 4:59

11 Summertime 6:00

12 If You Could See Me Now 4:30

13 Walking Up 4:58

CD08

01 Very Early 5:07

02 Show-Type Tune 4:24

03 Re: Person I Knew 5:45

04 34 Skidoo 6:22

05 Polkadots And Moonbeams 5:01

06 I Should Care 4:55

07 I Fall In Love Too Easily 2:43

08 Ev'rything I Love (4:13)

09 In Love In Vain 5:01

10 Stairway To The Stars 4:53

11 In Your Own Sweet Way (take 1) 6:59

12 In Your Own Sweet Way (take 2) 5:54

13 It Might As Well Be Spring 6:07

CD09

01 Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams 6:27

02 When You Wish Upon A Star 5:45

03 You Go To My Head 5:05

04 You And The Night And The Music 7:05

05 Interplay 8:15

06 I'll Never Smile Again (take 6) 6:37

07 I'll Never Smile Again (take 7) 6:34

08 Loose Bloose (take 3) 5:34

09 Loose Bloose (takes 2 & 4) 7:07

10 Fudgesickle Built For Four 4:31

11 Time Remembered 6:03

CD10

01 Funkallero 6:13

02 My Bells 5:24

03 There Came You 5:52

04 Fun Ride 5:17

05 What Kind Of Fool Am I? (take 1) 6:15

06 (Medley) My Favorite Things - Easy To Love - Baubles, Bangles & Beads 12:31

07 When I Fall In Love 3:05

08 (Medley) Spartacus Love Theme - Nardis 8:41

09 Everything Happens To Me 5:44

10 April In Paris 5:54

CD11

01 All The Things You Are 9:11

02 Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 4:33

03 I Loves You, Porgy 5:50

04 What Kind Of Fool Am I? (take 2) 6:50

05 Love Is Here To Stay 4:02

06 Ornithology 5:34

07 Medley- Autumn In New York - How About You? 6:24

08 All The Things You Are (alternate) 8:50

09 Lover Man 5:06

10 Love Is Here To Stay (alternate) 4:50

11 Stella By Starlight 5:03

CD12

01 Round Midnight 9:00

02 Who Cares 5:24

03 The Boy Next Door 5:27

04 Isn't It Romantic 4:41

05 What Is This Thing Called Love 5:48

06 How About You 4:06

07 Blues In F_Five 5:43

08 Everything Happens To Me 4:47

09 In A Sentimental Mood 4:26

10 My Heart Stood Still 4:34

11 Time Remembered 5:37

12 Wonder Why 5:19

13 Swedish Pastry 5:52

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