Bill Evans

2-LP ON 1 CD

"Undercurrent" (United Artists UAS-1500) was Bill Evans’ first duet Bcollaboration with Jim Hall, with whom he had already recorded as a sideman on previous albums by John Lewis and Gunther Schuller. Both Evans and Hall had introspective and harmonically advanced styles along with roots in hard-swinging bebop. The complete trio LP Empathy (Verve LPV6-8497), which was the first of just two collaborations between Evans and drummer Shelly Manne, has been added in its entirety as a bonus.

PERSONNEL:

BILL EVANS, piano
JIM HALL, guitar

New York, April 24 & May 14, 1962.

[9-14] BONUS ALBUM: EMPATHY
BILL EVANS, piano; MONTY BUDWIG, bass; SHELLY MANNE, drums.
New York, August 20, 1962.

TRACKS:

01 MY FUNNY VALENTINE
02 I HEAR A RHAPSODY
03 DREAM GYPSY
04 ROMAIN
05 SKATING IN CENTRAL PARK
06 DARN THAT DREAM
07 STAIRWAY TO THE STARS
08 I’M GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU
09 THE WASHINGTON TWIST
10 DANNY BOY
11 LET’S GO BACK TO THE WALTZ
12 WITH A SONG IN MY HEART
13 GOODBYE
14 I BELIEVE IN YOU

TOTAL TIME: 75:58