Evans, Bill: 12 Classic Albums: 1956-62
Evans, Bill: 12 Classic Albums: 1956-62
Format: CD
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Artist: Evans, Bill
Label: Enlightenment
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 823564642321
Genre: Jazz
Bill Evans is widely considered to be one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time. Evans' use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines continue to resonate today. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey on 16 August 1929, Evans was classically trained and studied at Southeastern Louisiana University. In 1955 he moved to New York, where he worked with bandleader and theorist George Russell. In 1958, Evans joined Miles Davis' sextet, where he was to have a profound influence. In 1959, the band, then immersed in modal jazz, recorded Kind of Blue, the best-selling jazz album of all time. In late 1959, Evans left the Miles Davis band and began his career as a leader with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian, a group now regarded as a seminal modern jazz trio. In 1961, ten days after recording the highly acclaimed Sunday at the Village Vanguard and Waltz for Debby, LaFaro died in a car accident. After months of seclusion, Evans re-emerged with a new trio, featuring bassist Chuck Israels. Despite his success, Evans suffered personal loss and struggled with drug abuse. Both his girlfriend Elaine and his brother Harry committed suicide, and he was a long time user of heroin. Many of his compositions have become standards and have been played and recorded by many artists. Evans was honored with 31 Grammy nominations and seven awards, and was inducted in the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame. This compilation contains Evans' first 12 albums as leader covering the years 1956 - when he recorded and released his debut record New Jazz Conceptions featuring the original version of his most covered track 'Waltz For Debby' - through to his seminal Empathy album in 1962. Generally considered in jazz circles as the period in which Evans' star shone brightest and the era of his finest work, this 6CD set is as close to the perfect Bill Evans collection as is currently available.
Tracks:
1.1 I Love You
1.2 Five
1.3 I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
1.4 Conception
1.5 Easy Living
1.6 Displacement
1.7 Speak Low
1.8 Waltz for Debby
1.9 Our Delight
1.10 My Romance
1.11 No Cover, No Minimum
1.12 Minority
1.13 Young and Foolish
1.14 Lucky to Be Me
1.15 Night and Day
1.16 Peace Piece
1.17 What Is There to Say
1.18 Epilogue
1.19 Honeysuckle Rose
1.20 As Time Goes By
1.21 The Way You Look Tonight
1.22 It Could Happen to You
1.23 The Man I Love
1.24 I Got Rhythm
1.25 Come Rain or Come Shine
1.26 Autumn Leaves
1.27 Witchcraft
1.28 Peri's Scope
1.29 What Is This Thing Called Love
1.30 Spring Is Here
1.31 Someday My Prince Will Come
1.32 Blue in Green
1.33 Israel
1.34 Haunted House
1.35 Beautiful Love
1.36 Elsa
1.37 Nardis
1.38 How Deep Is the Ocean
1.39 I Wish I Knew
1.40 Sweet and Lovely
1.41 Gloria's Step
1.42 My Man's Gone Now
1.43 Solar
1.44 Alice in Wonderland
1.45 All of You
1.46 Jade Visions
1.47 My Foolish Heart
1.48 Waltz for Debby
1.49 Detour Ahead
1.50 My Romance
1.51 Some Other Time
1.52 Milestones
1.53 My Funny Valentine
1.54 I Hear a Rhapsody
1.55 Dream Gypsy
1.56 Romain
1.57 Skating in Central Park
1.58 Darn That Dream
1.59 Re: Person I Knew
1.60 Polka Dots and Moonbeams
1.61 Let's Fall in Love Too Easily
1.62 Stairway to the Stars
1.63 If You Could See Me Now
1.64 It Might As Well Be Spring
1.65 In Love in Vain
1.66 Very Early
1.67 You and the Night and the Music
1.68 When You Wish Upon a Star
1.69 I'll Never Smile Again
1.70 Interplay
1.71 You Go to My Head
1.72 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
1.73 The Washington Twist
1.74 Danny Boy
1.75 Let's Go Back to the Waltz
1.76 With a Song in My Heart
1.77 Goodbye
1.78 I Believe in You
1.79 How My Heart Sings
1.80 I Should Care
1.81 In Your Own Sweet Way
1.82 Walking Up
1.83 Summertime
1.84 34 Skidoo
1.85 Ev'rything I Love
1.86 Show-Type Tune
