Up With the Lark [Live] - Bill Evans, Kern, Jerome
Yesterday I Heard the Rain [Live] - Bill Evans, Lees, Gene
My Romance [Live] - Bill Evans, Hart, Lorenz
When Autumn Comes [Live] - Bill Evans, Fischer, Clare
T.T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune Two) [Live] - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
Hullo Bolinas [Live] - Bill Evans, Swallow, Steve [1][
Gloria's Step [Live] - Bill Evans, LaFaro, Scott
On Green Dolphin Street [Live] - Bill Evans, Kaper, Bronislaw
Track Listings (12) - Disc #2
Up With the Lark [Live] - Bill Evans, Kern, Jerome
Quiet Now [Live] - Bill Evans, Zeitlin, Denny
Gloria's Step [Live] - Bill Evans, LaFaro, Scott
When in Rome [Live] - Bill Evans, Coleman, Cy
It Amazes Me [Live] - Bill Evans, Coleman, Cy
Since We Met [Live] - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
Midnight Mood [Live] - Bill Evans, Raleigh, Ben
See-Saw [Live] - Bill Evans, Coleman, Cy
Elsa [Live] - Bill Evans, Zindars, Earl
Sareen Jurer [Live] - Bill Evans, Zindars, Earl
Time Remembered [Live] - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
Turn Out the Stars [Live] - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
Track Listings (12) - Disc #3
Re: Person I Knew [Live] - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
Sugar Plum [Live] - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
Alfie [Live] - Bill Evans, Bacharach, Burt
T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune) [Live] - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
Dolphin Dance/Very Early [Live][Excerpt] - Bill Evans, Hancock, Herbie
34 Skidoo [Live] - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
Emily [Live] - Bill Evans, Mandel, Johnny
Are You All the Things [Live] - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
Invitation - Bill Evans, Kaper, Bronislaw
Blue Serge - Bill Evans, Ellington, Mercer
Show-Type Tune - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
The Nature of Things - Bill Evans, Rochlin, Irvin
Track Listings (15) - Disc #4
Are You All the Things - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
A Face Without a Name - Bill Evans, Ogerman, Claus
Falling Grace - Bill Evans, Swallow, Steve [1][
Hi Lili, Hi Lo (For Ellaine) - Bill Evans, Deutsch
Gone With the Wind - Bill Evans, Magidson, Herbert
Saudade Do Brasil - Bill Evans, Jobim, Antonio Carl
My Foolish Heart - Bill Evans, Washington, Ned
The Touch of Your Lips - Bill Evans, Noble, Ray
Some Other Time - Bill Evans, Bernstein, Leonard
When in Rome - Bill Evans, Coleman, Cy
We'll Be Together Again - Bill Evans, Fischer, Carl [1]
Young and Foolish - Bill Evans, Hague, Albert
Waltz for Debby - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
But Beautiful - Bill Evans, Burke, Johnny [Lyri
Days of Wine and Roses - Bill Evans, Mancini, Henry
Track Listings (13) - Disc #5
Elsa [Live] - Bill Evans, Zindars, Earl
Milano [Live] - Bill Evans, Lewis, John [01]
Venutian Rhythm Dance [Live] - Bill Evans, Stevens, Clive
Django [Live] - Bill Evans, Lewis, John [01]
But Beautiful [Live] - Bill Evans, Burke, Johnny [Lyri
Minha (All Mine) [Live] - Bill Evans, Hime, Francis
Driftin' [Live] - Bill Evans, Haerle, Dan
I Love You [Live] - Bill Evans, Porter, Cole
The Summer Knows [Live] - Bill Evans, Bergman, Alan
In a Sentimental Mood [Live] - Bill Evans, Ellington, Duke
The Touch of Your Lips - Bill Evans, Noble, Ray
In Your Own Sweet Way - Bill Evans, Brubeck, Dave
Make Someone Happy - Bill Evans, Comden, Betty
Track Listings (11) - Disc #6
All of You - Bill Evans, Porter, Cole
What Kind of Fool Am I? - Bill Evans, Bricusse, Leslie
People - Bill Evans, Merrill, Bob [Songw
Since We Met - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
But Not for Me/Isn't It Romantic/The Opener - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
Sweet Dulcinea - Bill Evans, Wheeler, Kenny
Martina - Bill Evans, Legrand, Michel
Second Time Around - Bill Evans, Cahn, Sammy
A Child Is Born - Bill Evans, Jones, Thad
Bass Face - Bill Evans, Burrell, Kenny
Nobody Else But Me - Bill Evans, Hammerstein, Oscar
Track Listings (12) - Disc #7
Sugar Plum [Live][#] - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
Time Remembered [Live][#] - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
34 Skidoo [Live][#] - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
T.T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune Two) [Live][#] - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
Turn Out the Stars [Live][#] - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
Someday My Prince Will Come [Live][#] - Bill Evans, Churchill, Frank
Minha (All Mine) [Live][#] - Bill Evans, Hime, Francis
All of You [Live][#] - Bill Evans, Porter, Cole
Waltz for Debby [Live][#] - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
Eiderdown - Bill Evans, Swallow, Steve [1][
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Bill Evans, Porter, Cole
Pensativa - Bill Evans, Fischer, Clare
Track Listings (13) - Disc #8
Speak Low - Bill Evans, Nash, Ogden [Author
When I Fall in Love - Bill Evans, Heyman, Edward
Night and Day - Bill Evans, Porter, Cole
I Will Say Goodbye - Bill Evans, Legrand, Michel
Dolphin Dance - Bill Evans, Hancock, Herbie
Seascape - Bill Evans, Mandel, Johnny
Peau Douce - Bill Evans, Swallow, Steve [1][
Nobody Else But Me - Bill Evans, Hammerstein, Oscar
I Will Say Goodbye [Take 2] - Bill Evans, Legrand, Michel
The Opener - Bill Evans, Evans, Bill [Piano]
Quiet Light - Bill Evans, Zindars, Earl
A House Is Not a Home - Bill Evans, Bacharach, Burt
Orson's Theme - Bill Evans, Legrand, Michel
Track Listings (1) - Disc #9
Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Interview [Live] - Bill Evans,
Given the peerless depth of Bill Evans's work for Riverside in the early 1960s (collected in its entirety on The Complete Riverside Recordings) followed by some similarly stellar outings on Verve (collected on the mammoth ... more »18-CD Complete Bill Evans on Verve), it's understandable that the pianist's work from the 1970s might get short shrift. Understandable, but not justified, as this nine-CD set illustrates. Evans's years at Fantasy brought forth some monuments, including his first session of duets with Tony Bennett. His solo and trio work continues to develop over the course of these sessions, all of them corrected for chronology, ignoring earlier albums' track orders. His group playing also shows development, intensified refinement, and an acute collective sense that seems to grow and absorb whoever is on the gig. Tenor saxophonist Harold Land makes a fine showing, as does the underrated, dynamic duo of Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh. Sure, Evans makes the ill-considered stumble of trying to get a Fender Rhodes to reflect his sense of touch and phrasing, but he shows again and again why he is so magnificent a composer, improviser, and group-leading thinker. As he neared his death in 1980, his flow of ideas seems--at least in hindsight--irrepressible, and for that reason, fascinating. --Andrew Bartlett« less
Given the peerless depth of Bill Evans's work for Riverside in the early 1960s (collected in its entirety on The Complete Riverside Recordings) followed by some similarly stellar outings on Verve (collected on the mammoth 18-CD Complete Bill Evans on Verve), it's understandable that the pianist's work from the 1970s might get short shrift. Understandable, but not justified, as this nine-CD set illustrates. Evans's years at Fantasy brought forth some monuments, including his first session of duets with Tony Bennett. His solo and trio work continues to develop over the course of these sessions, all of them corrected for chronology, ignoring earlier albums' track orders. His group playing also shows development, intensified refinement, and an acute collective sense that seems to grow and absorb whoever is on the gig. Tenor saxophonist Harold Land makes a fine showing, as does the underrated, dynamic duo of Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh. Sure, Evans makes the ill-considered stumble of trying to get a Fender Rhodes to reflect his sense of touch and phrasing, but he shows again and again why he is so magnificent a composer, improviser, and group-leading thinker. As he neared his death in 1980, his flow of ideas seems--at least in hindsight--irrepressible, and for that reason, fascinating. --Andrew Bartlett
twinky@start.com.au | Canberra, Australia | 06/19/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This set represents all of the recordings made for Fantasy Records from 1973 through until 1979. The recordings are primarily in trio format, with one solo set and two quintet sets. The Bill Evans/Tony Bennett Album is also included in full. Over this period of time Bill Evans was reportedly drug free and his playing repartiore is greatly enhanced. However, despite new material, Evans failed to grow much musically. The playing is these 9 discs is technically near-perfect with multiple highlights. The music is typically mellow and complex in the style of Evans, with the solo set really showing the depth of Bill Evans as an jazz pianist. Overall, these recordings are both interesting and enjoyable. The recording quality is consistantly good, even in the live situations. As a bonus, the ninth disc represents a 1979 interview with Marian McPartland. I found this interview to be very information and of great interest. These recordings represent Bill Evans in a transitional stage which eventually led to his more aggressive approach over his last year of performance. This set comes recommended to both Evans fanatics and general jazz listeners."
Emotionally Naked
Johnson Lee | Irvine, CA USA | 11/09/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"More emotionally naked than his recordings with other labels. Some of his work for Riverside sounds a bit too abstract, though brilliant, compared to this Fantasy set. Good examples are the surprising passion of Gloria's Steps or honest lyricism of But Beautiful. And you cannot miss the duet tracks with Eddie Gomez. The music is as overwhelming and heart-wrenching as the extremely personal liner notes."