The Best of Bill Evans Live

~ Release by Bill Evans (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Make Someone Happy
double bass [bass]:
Chuck Israels (on 1966-02-21)
drums (drum set):
Arnold Wise (on 1966-02-21)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1966-02-21)
live instrumental recording of:
Make Someone Happy (Do Re Mi) (on 1966-02-21)
orchestrator:
Bruce Coughlin
lyricist:
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Sole Selling Agent and Stratford Music Corporation
part of:
Do Re Mi
4:32
2Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
double bass [bass]:
Eddie Gomez (jazz double bassist) (in 1967-08)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (in 1967-08)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (in 1967-08)
live instrumental recording of:
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (in 1967-08)
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1931) and Billy Moll (songwriter) (in 1931)
composer:
Harry Barris (in 1931)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. and Ted Koehler Music Co.
6:50
3Spring Is Here
engineer:
Rudy van Gelder
producer:
Creed Taylor
double bass [bass]:
Chuck Israels (on 1966-02-21)
drums (drum set):
Arnold Wise (on 1966-02-21)
keyboard and piano and piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1966-02-21)
recorded at:
The Town Hall in Theater District, New York, New York, United States (on 1966-02-21)
live instrumental recording of:
Spring Is Here (on 1966-02-21)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1938)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1938)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp. and United Partnership Ltd.
4:48
4How Deep Is the Ocean?
double bass [bass]:
Chuck Israels (on 1964-07-07)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1964-07-07)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1964-07-07)
live instrumental recording of:
How Deep Is the Ocean? (on 1964-07-07)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1932)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
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)
5:59
5Polka Dots and Moonbeams
engineer:
Phil Ramone
producer:
Helen Keane
mixer and editor:
Frank Laico
double bass [bass]:
Eddie Gomez (jazz double bassist) (on 1967-08-17)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (on 1967-08-17)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1967-08-17)
recorded at:
Village Vanguard in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States (on 1967-08-17)
live instrumental recording of:
Polka Dots and Moonbeams (on 1967-08-17)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
publisher:
ABC Music Co. (799 Sevenih Avenue, New York 1930s-1940s), Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Dorsey Brothers Music, Marke Music Publishing Co., Inc., Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), My Dad’s Songs, Inc., Pocketful of Dreams Music Publisher and Reganesque Music Company
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)
3:24
6Nardis
double bass [bass]:
Chuck Israels (on 1964-07-07)
drums (drum set):
Larry Bunker (on 1964-07-07)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1964-07-07)
live recording of:
Nardis (on 1964-07-07)
composer:
Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Jazz Horn Music Corporation, Musical Frontiers and Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd.
5:39
7Turn Out the Stars
double bass [bass]:
Eddie Gomez (jazz double bassist) (in 1967-08)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (in 1967-08)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (in 1967-08)
live recording of:
Turn Out the Stars (in 1967-08)
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc.
5:52
8Emily
double bass [bass]:
Eddie Gomez (jazz double bassist) (in 1967-08)
drums (drum set):
Philly Joe Jones (US jazz drummer) (in 1967-08)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (in 1967-08)
live instrumental recording of:
Emily (Emily Theme from The Americanization of Emily) (in 1967-08)
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer
composer:
Johnny Mandel (American composer and arranger)
publisher:
EMI Miller Catalog, Inc., Primary Wave Songs and SBK Miller Catalog, Inc.
5:19
9I Loves You, Porgy
double bass [bass]:
Eddie Gomez (jazz double bassist) (on 1968-06-15)
drums (drum set):
Jack DeJohnette (on 1968-06-15)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1968-06-15)
live instrumental recording of:
I Loves You, Porgy (use this for non-operatic performances) (on 1968-06-15)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward
composer:
George Gershwin (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1935)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act II, Scene III. “I loves you, Porgy”
6:03
10The Touch of Your Lips
live instrumental recording of:
The Touch of Your Lips
lyricist and composer:
Ray Noble
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music, Jerry Leiber Music, Range Road Music and Silver Seahorse Music LLC
4:39
11Walkin' Up
double bass [bass]:
Eddie Gomez (jazz double bassist) (on 1968-06-15)
drums (drum set):
Jack DeJohnette (on 1968-06-15)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1968-06-15)
live recording of:
Walkin' Up (on 1968-06-15)
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
publisher:
Acorn Music (label in Berkeley, CA founded by hammered dulcimer player Tony Elman), Folkways Music Publishers Inc. and TRO-Acorn Music
3:33
12My Foolish Heart
double bass [bass]:
Chuck Israels (on 1966-02-21)
drums (drum set):
Arnold Wise (on 1966-02-21)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (on 1966-02-21)
live instrumental recording of:
My Foolish Heart (on 1966-02-21)
lyricist:
Ned Washington
composer:
Victor Young (American composer, arranger, violinist & conductor)
arranger:
Les Harris (Sr., arranger)
publisher:
Anne-Rachel Music, Catharine Hinen Music, Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd., Joy Music, Inc., Largo Music and Patti Washington Music
part of:
The 22nd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
4:47