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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1Tenderly
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)
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)
instrumental cover recording of:
Tenderly (on 1958-12-15)
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1946)
composer:
Walter Gross (American composer) (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Morris Music, Chappell/Morris Ltd., Edwin Morris Music and Range Road Music
3:33
2What Is There to Say?
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)
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)
instrumental cover recording of:
What Is There to Say? (on 1958-12-15)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
BMG Songs, Next Decade Entertainment and T.B. Harms Co.
54:54
3Peace Piece
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1958-12-15)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
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 1956-12-15)
recording of:
Peace Piece (on 1958-12-15)
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
publisher:
Acorn Music Corp., Folkways Music and TRO-Acorn Music
4.56:42
4Lucky to Be Me
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1958-12-15)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
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)
instrumental cover recording of:
On the Town: Lucky to Be Me (on 1958-12-15)
lyricist:
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
publisher:
Jalni Publications Inc., The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC, Universal Music Publishing AB (Sweden), Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases) and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
On the Town
3:39
5Some Other Time
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 1956-12-15, on 1958-12-15)
instrumental recording of:
On the Town: Some Other Time (on 1958-12-15)
lyricist:
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
composer:
Leonard Bernstein (American conductor, composer, pianist)
publisher:
The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co., LLC, Universal Music Publishing AB (Sweden), Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), 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) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
On the Town
instrumental recording of:
Some Other Time (on 1958-12-15)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Music Publishing Company of America, Quaytor Productions LLC, Universal PolyGram International (SESAC), Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases) and WC Music Corp.
instrumental cover recording of:
Some Other Time (on 1968-12-15)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Music Publishing Company of America, Quaytor Productions LLC, Universal PolyGram International (SESAC), Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases) and WC Music Corp.
6:11
6Epilogue
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1958-12-15)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
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)
recording of:
Epilogue (on 1958-12-15)
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
publisher:
Folkways Music and TRO-Acorn Music
0:41
7You and the Night and the Music
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1959-01-19)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-01-19)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1959-01-19)
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 1959-01-19)
instrumental cover recording of:
You and the Night and the Music (on 1959-01-19)
lyricist:
Howard Dietz (librettist)
composer:
Arthur Schwartz
publisher:
Arthur Schwartz Music Ltd., Bienstock Publishing Company (ASCAP affiliated), Carlin Music Corporation, Chappell Music Ltd., Harms, Inc. and Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
The Band Wagon (1953 film)
7:22
8How Am I to Know?
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1959-01-19)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-01-19)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1959-01-19)
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 1959-01-19)
instrumental cover recording of:
How Am I to Know? (on 1959-01-19)
lyricist:
Dorothy Parker
composer:
Jackie King
publisher:
Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
6:21
9Woody'n You (take 1)
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1959-01-19)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-01-19)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1959-01-19)
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 1959-01-19)
cover recording of:
Woody ’n’ You (on 1959-01-19)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
4:27
10Woody'n You (take 2)
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1959-01-19)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-01-19)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1959-01-19)
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 1959-01-19)
cover recording of:
Woody ’n’ You (on 1959-01-19)
composer:
Dizzy Gillespie
4:12
11My Heart Stood Still
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1959-01)
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1959-01-19)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-01-19)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1959-01-19)
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 1959-01-19)
instrumental cover recording of:
My Heart Stood Still (on 1959-01-19)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1927)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1927)
publisher:
Harms, Inc., Laurence Harms, Inc., Warner Bros. (holding: file NO releases), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
One Dam Thing After Another
5:21
12Green Dolphin Street
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1959-01)
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1959-01-19)
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass:
Paul Chambers (US jazz bassist) (on 1959-01-19)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1959-01-19)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1959-01-19)
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 1959-01-19)
instrumental cover recording of:
On Green Dolphin Street (on 1959-01-19)
lyricist:
Ned Washington (in 1947)
composer:
Bronisław Kaper (in 1947)
publisher:
Catharine Hinen Music, Leo Feist Inc. and Patti Washington Music
8:10
13Peri's Scope
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1959-12-28)
bass:
Scott LaFaro (on 1959-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (on 1959-12-28)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1959-12-28)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1959-12-28)
recording of:
Peri's Scope (on 1959-12-28)
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
publisher:
Acorn Music Corp. and TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
3:16
14Witchcraft
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (on 1959-12-28)
bass:
Scott LaFaro (on 1959-12-28)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (on 1959-12-28)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1959-12-28)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (on 1959-12-28)
instrumental cover recording of:
Witchcraft (on 1959-12-28)
lyricist:
Carolyn Leigh
composer:
Cy Coleman
publisher:
Morley Music Co. Inc., Notable Music, Sony/ATV Songs LLC and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
4:34
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