The Best of Bill Evans

~ Release by Bill Evans (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Waltz for Debby (solo)
recording of:
Waltz for Debby (instrumental)
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)
1:16
2Waltz for Debby (quartet)
recording of:
Waltz for Debby (instrumental)
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)
55:12
3Our 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
4:42
4Night 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
57:31
5Peace 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
4.56:41
6Woody'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
4:10
7Blue in Green (take 3)
recording of:
Blue in Green
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter) and Bill Evans (pianist)
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music, Musical Frontiers Pub. Co. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
55:23
8Nardis
recording of:
Nardis
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music Corporation, Musical Frontiers and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
55:49
9My Romance (take 1)
instrumental recording of:
My Romance
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
57:09
10If You Could See Me Now
instrumental recording of:
If You Could See Me Now (jazz standard)
lyricist:
Carl Sigman (in 1946)
composer:
Tadd Dameron (in 1946)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Robbins Music (publishing company owned by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.)
4:27
11You and the Night and the Music
recording engineer:
Tommy Nola (on 1962-07-17)
engineer:
Tommy Nola
associate producer:
Ed Michel
producer:
Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Percy Heath (on 1962-07-17)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1962-07-17)
guitar:
Jim Hall (US jazz guitarist, composer & arranger) (on 1962-07-17)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1962-07-17)
trumpet:
Freddie Hubbard (on 1962-07-17)
recorded at:
Nola Studios (Nola's Penthouse, NYC) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-07-17)
instrumental recording of:
You and the Night and the Music (on 1962-07-17)
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)
instrumental cover recording of:
You and the Night and the Music
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)
57:03
12Time Remembered
recording of:
Time Remembered
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
publisher:
Acorn Music Corp.
6:00
13Everything Happens to Me
instrumental recording of:
Everything Happens to Me
lyricist:
Tom Adair
composer:
Matt Dennis (American singer, pianist, band leader)
publisher:
Commander Publications, Dorsey Brothers Music, Embassy Music Corporation and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
sub-publisher:
ミュージック・セールス (Music Sales, Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
5:41
14Swedish Pastry
recording of:
Swedish Pastry
composer:
Barney Kessel
publisher:
Jewel Music Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
45:48