Bill Evans - 12 Classic Albums 1956-1962 [6CD Box Set] (2014)
Artist: Bill Evans
Title: 12 Classic Albums 1956-1962
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Enlightenment [EN6CD9025]
Genre: Jazz, Cool Jazz, Post Bop
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 7:49:31
Total Size: 1.05 gb / 2.38 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: 12 Classic Albums 1956-1962
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Enlightenment [EN6CD9025]
Genre: Jazz, Cool Jazz, Post Bop
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log, scans)
Total Time: 7:49:31
Total Size: 1.05 gb / 2.38 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Born William John Evans on 16 August 1929, Bill Evans is widely considered to be one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time and is considered by some to have been the most influential post-World War II jazz keyboardist. Evans' use of impressionist harmony, inventive interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block chords, and trademark rhythmically independent, "singing" melodic lines continue to influence jazz pianists today. Unlike many other jazz musicians of his time, Evans never embraced new movements like jazz fusion or free jazz. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, 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 as a jazz artist, 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, and later of cocaine. As a result, his financial stability, personal relationships and musical creativity suffered until his death, in 1980. Many of his compositions have become standards and have been played and recorded by many artists. Evans was honoured 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, his first for the Verve label (after finally getting out of his contract with Riverside) and a collaboration with drummer Shelly Manne. Generally considered in jazz circles as the period in which Evans star shone brightest and the era of his finest work, this 6 CD set is as close to the perfect Bill Evans collection as is currently available.
:: TRACKLIST ::
Disc 1 (01:20:22)
1. Bill Evans – I Love You (03:53)
2. Bill Evans – Five (04:01)
3. Bill Evans – I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (01:38)
4. Bill Evans – Conception (04:45)
5. Bill Evans – Easy Living (03:51)
6. Bill Evans – Displacement (02:34)
7. Bill Evans – Speak Low (05:08)
8. Bill Evans – Waltz For Debby (01:18)
9. Bill Evans – Our Delight (04:43)
10. Bill Evans – My Romance (01:57)
11. Bill Evans – No Cover, No Minimum (07:29)
12. Bill Evans Trio – Minority (05:24)
13. Bill Evans Trio – Young And Foolish (05:54)
14. Bill Evans Trio – Lucky To Be Me (03:41)
15. Bill Evans Trio – Night And Day (07:37)
16. Bill Evans Trio – Peace Piece (06:44)
17. Bill Evans Trio – What Is There To Say (04:55)
18. Bill Evans Trio – Oleo (04:09)
19. Bill Evans Trio – Epilogue (00:41)
Disc 2 (01:20:06)
1. Bob Brookmeyer & Bill Evans – Honeysuckle Rose (05:56)
2. Bob Brookmeyer & Bill Evans – As Time Goes By (07:00)
3. Bob Brookmeyer & Bill Evans – The Way You Look Tonight (07:43)
4. Bob Brookmeyer & Bill Evans – It Could Happen To You (07:30)
5. Bob Brookmeyer & Bill Evans – The Man I Love (06:01)
6. Bob Brookmeyer & Bill Evans – I Got Rhythm (08:34)
7. Bill Evans Trio – Come Rain Or Come Shine (03:24)
8. Bill Evans Trio – Autumn Leaves (06:00)
9. Bill Evans Trio – Witchcraft (04:37)
10. Bill Evans Trio – Peri's Scope (03:15)
11. Bill Evans Trio – What Is This Thing Called Love (04:36)
12. Bill Evans Trio – Spring Is Here (05:09)
13. Bill Evans Trio – Someday My Prince Will Come (04:56)
14. Bill Evans Trio – Blue In Green (05:25)
Disc 3 (01:22:20)
1. Bill Evans Trio – Israel (06:11)
2. Bill Evans Trio – Haunted Heart (03:28)
3. Bill Evans Trio – Beautiful Love (05:08)
4. Bill Evans Trio – Elsa (05:11)
5. Bill Evans Trio – Nardis (05:52)
6. Bill Evans Trio – How Deep Is The Ocean (03:33)
7. Bill Evans Trio – I Wish I Knew (04:42)
8. Bill Evans Trio – Sweet And Lovely (05:55)
9. Bill Evans Trio – Gloria's Step (feat. Scott La Faro) (06:13)
10. Bill Evans Trio – My Man's Gone Now (feat. Scott La Faro) (06:26)
11. Bill Evans Trio – Solar (feat. Scott La Faro) (08:57)
12. Bill Evans Trio – Alice In Wonderland (feat. Scott La Faro) (08:37)
13. Bill Evans Trio – All Of You (feat. Scott La Faro) (08:21)
14. Bill Evans Trio – Jade Visions (feat. Scott La Faro) (03:46)
Disc 4 (01:09:03)
1. Bill Evans Trio, Scott La Faro & Paul Motian – My Foolish Heart (04:58)
2. Bill Evans Trio, Scott La Faro & Paul Motian – Waltz For Debby (07:00)
3. Bill Evans Trio, Scott La Faro & Paul Motian – Detour Ahead (07:37)
4. Bill Evans Trio, Scott La Faro & Paul Motian – My Romance (07:13)
5. Bill Evans Trio, Scott La Faro & Paul Motian – Some Other Time (05:11)
6. Bill Evans Trio, Scott La Faro & Paul Motian – Milestones (06:30)
7. Bill Evans & Jim Hall – My Funny Valentine (05:24)
8. Bill Evans & Jim Hall – I Hear A Rhapsody (04:40)
9. Bill Evans & Jim Hall – Dream Gypsy (04:34)
10. Bill Evans & Jim Hall – Romain (05:23)
11. Bill Evans & Jim Hall – Skating In Central Park (05:24)
12. Bill Evans & Jim Hall – Darn That Dream (05:09)
Disc 5 (01:18:30)
1. The Bill Evans Trio – Re: Person I Knew (05:48)
2. The Bill Evans Trio – Polka Dots And Moonbeams (05:04)
3. The Bill Evans Trio – I Fall In Love Too Easily (02:44)
4. The Bill Evans Trio – Stairway To The Stars (04:55)
5. The Bill Evans Trio – If You Could See Me Now (04:31)
6. The Bill Evans Trio – It Might As Well Be Spring (06:09)
7. The Bill Evans Trio – In Love In Vain (05:03)
8. The Bill Evans Trio – Very Early (05:05)
9. Bill Evans – You And The Night And The Music (07:06)
10. Bill Evans – When You Wish Upon A Star (05:46)
11. Bill Evans – I'll Never Smile Again (06:33)
12. Bill Evans – Interplay (08:15)
13. Bill Evans – You Go To My Head (05:05)
14. Bill Evans – Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (06:26)
Disc 6 (01:17:53)
1. Shelly Manne, Bill Evans & Monty Budwig – The Washington Twist (06:29)
2. Shelly Manne, Bill Evans & Monty Budwig – Danny Boy (03:44)
3. Shelly Manne, Bill Evans & Monty Budwig – Let's Go Back To The Waltz (04:33)
4. Shelly Manne, Bill Evans & Monty Budwig – With A Song In My Heart (09:14)
5. Shelly Manne, Bill Evans & Monty Budwig – Goodbye (05:11)
6. Shelly Manne, Bill Evans & Monty Budwig – I Believe In You (05:54)
7. Bill Evans Trio – How My Heart Sings (04:58)
8. Bill Evans Trio – I Should Care (04:55)
9. Bill Evans Trio – In Your Own Sweet Way (06:58)
10. Bill Evans Trio – Walking Up (04:56)
11. Bill Evans Trio – Summertime (06:00)
12. Bill Evans Trio – 34 Skidoo (06:20)
13. Bill Evans Trio – Ev'rything I Love (04:14)
14. Bill Evans Trio – Show-Type Tune (04:27)
Tracks 1-1 to 1-11 recorded September 18 & 27, 1956, issued 1957 on Bill Evans - New Jazz Conceptions (Riverside RLP 12-223)
Tracks 1-12 to 1-19 recorded December 1958, issued 1959 on Bill Evans Trio* - Everybody Digs Bill Evans (Riverside RLP 12-291)
Tracks 2-1 to 2-6 recorded March 19, 1959, issued 1959 on Bob Brookmeyer & Bill Evans - The Ivory Hunters (United Artists UAS-6044)
Tracks 2-7 to 2-14 recorded December 28, 1959, issued 1960 on Bill Evans Trio* - Portrait In Jazz (Riverside RLP 12-315)
Tracks 3-1 to 3-8 recorded February 2, 1961, issued 1961 on Bill Evans Trio* - Explorations (Riverside RLP-351)
Tracks 3-9 to 3-14 recorded June 25, 1961 and issued 1961 on Bill Evans Trio* Featuring Scott La Faro* - Sunday At The Village Vanguard (Riverside RLP-376)
Tracks 4-1 to 4-6 recorded June 25, 1961, issued 1961 on Bill Evans Trio* With Scott LaFaro, Paul Motian - Waltz For Debby (Riverside RLP-399)
Tracks 4-7 to 4-12, recorded May 14, 1962, issued 1962 on Bill Evans - Jim Hall - Undercurrent (United Artists UAJS 15003)
Tracks 5-1 to 5-8 recorded May & June 1962, issued 1962 on The Bill Evans Trio - Moon Beams (Riverside RLP-428)
Tracks 5-9 to 5-14 recorded July 1962, issued 1962 on Bill Evans - Interplay (Riverside RM-445)
Tracks 6-1 to 6-6 recorded August 14, 1962 , issued 1962 on Shelly Manne / Bill Evans With Monty Budwig - Empathy (Verve V-8497)
Tracks 6-7 to 6-14 recorded May & June 1962, issued 1964 on Bill Evans Trio* - How My Heart Sings (Riverside RM-473)
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