The Complete Riverside Recordings

~ Release by Bill Evans (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Remastered at Fantasy Studios (Berkeley); Summer 1984.

#1-1 to #3-9: recorded at Reeves Sound Studios
#3-10 to #5-2: recorded at Bell Sound Studios
#5-3 to #7-5: recorded in performance at The Village Vanguard (New York City)
#7-6 to #7-9: recorded at Plaza Sound Studios
#7-10 to to #8-13, #10-5 to #11-7: recorded at Sound Makers
#9-1 to #10-4: recorded at Nola Penthouse Sound Studios
#11-8 to #12-13: recorded in performance at Shelly's Manne-Hole (Hollywood)

Covers 20 recording sessions from 1956-63. 151 performances in chronological order, including the existing output of the 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 artists as Cannonball Adderley, Freddie Hubbard, Philly Joe Jones, Jim Hall, Percy Heath, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Zoot Sims, and Scott LaFaro.

The box set is LP cover size with 3 jewel cases of 4 CDs each.

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.

Annotation last modified on 2023-11-05 19:39 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1I Love You
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Teddy Kotick (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
instrumental recording of:
I Love You (Mexican Hayride musical) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1944)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), EMI Feist Catalog Inc. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
3:55
2Five
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Teddy Kotick (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recording of:
Five (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc., TRO-Acorn Music and TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
4:02
3Conception
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Teddy Kotick (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recording of:
Conception (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
composer:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
4:47
4Easy Living
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Teddy Kotick (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
instrumental recording of:
Easy Living (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
writer:
Ralph Rainger (in 1937) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1937)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (in 1937, in 1964)
3:53
5Displacement
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Teddy Kotick (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recording of:
Displacement (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
writer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
2:36
6Speak Low
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Teddy Kotick (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
instrumental recording of:
Speak Low (One Touch of Venus) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
lyricist:
Ogden Nash
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
One Touch of Venus (1943 musical)
5:10
7Our Delight
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Teddy Kotick (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recording of:
Our Delight (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
composer:
Tadd Dameron
4:43
8No Cover, No Minimum (alternate take)
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1956-09-27)
bass:
Teddy Kotick (on 1956-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (on 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-09-27)
recording of:
No Cover, No Minimum (on 1956-09-27)
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
8:10
9No Cover, No Minimum (master take)
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1956-09-27)
bass:
Teddy Kotick (on 1956-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (on 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-09-27)
recording of:
No Cover, No Minimum (on 1956-09-27)
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
7:32
10I've Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-09-27)
instrumental cover recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) (on 1956-09-27)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony and Webster Music Co.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
1:38
11Waltz for Debbie
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1956-09-27)
recording of:
Waltz for Debby (instrumental) (on 1956-09-27)
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
publisher:
Acorn Music Corp., Folkways Music Publishers Inc. and Kensington Music Ltd.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
1:19
12My Romance
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
instrumental recording of:
My Romance (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1935)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Lorenz Hart Publishing Co., T.B. Harms Co., Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Williamson Music Company, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
Jumbo
1:59
13Minority
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-15)
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1958-12-15)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
bass and double bass:
Sam Jones (US jazz bassist) (on 1958-12-15)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-12-15)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1958-12-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Milestone Records (holding company for jazz label Milestone; do NOT use as label) (in 1975)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-15)
cover recording of:
Minority (on 1958-12-15)
composer:
Gigi Gryce
publisher:
Jacogg Publications and Twenty-Eighth Street Music
55:22
14Young and Foolish
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1958-12-15)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
bass and double bass:
Sam Jones (US jazz bassist) (on 1958-12-15)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-12-15)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1958-12-15)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-15)
instrumental cover recording of:
Young and Foolish (on 1958-12-15)
lyricist:
Arnold Horwitt
composer:
Albert Hague
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music (UK)
55:53
15Night and Day
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1958-12-15)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Sam Jones (US jazz bassist) (on 1958-12-15)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-12-15)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1958-12-15)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-15)
instrumental cover recording of:
Night and Day (Cole Porter; from “The Gay Divorce”) (on 1958-12-15)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1932)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and Harms, Inc. (on 1932-11-18)
part of:
Gay Divorce
57:35
16Oleo
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1958-12-15)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Sam Jones (US jazz bassist) (on 1958-12-15)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1958-12-15)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1958-12-15)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1958-12-15)
cover recording of:
Oleo (on 1958-12-15)
composer:
Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist)
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music Corporation, Prestige Music (US drum & bass) and Sony/ATV Songs (SOCAN)
44:06
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