Bill Evans

INCLUDES 10 BONUS TRACKS

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This release presents thee complete sessions (including both known alternate takes) that produced the original album Interplay (Riverside RLP 9445). The dates showcased the pianist with such outstanding players as trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims, bassists Percy Heath and Ron Carter, and drummer Philly Joe Jones. As a bonus, two complete sessions which also pair Evans with great horns: Jimmy Knepper and Gene Quill on one date (originally issued on Knepper’s LP A Swinging Introduction), and Sahib Shihab, Phil Woods, and Benny Golson on the other (originally issued on the LP Jazz Shihab). The rest of the tracks from these two LPs didn’t include Bill Evans.

PERSONNEL:

CD 1 [1-7]:
BILL EVANS, piano
FREDDIE HUBBARD, trumpet
JIM HALL, guitar
PERCY HEATH, bass
PHILLY JOE JONES, drums.

New York, July 16 & 17, 1962.

CD 1 [8-12] & CD 2 [1-3]:
Same personnel as above except ZOOT SIMS, tenor sax replaces Hubbard.
RON CARTER, bass replaces Heath
New York, August 21 & 22, 1962

(*) BONUS TRACKS:
CD2 [4-9] from A Swinging Introduction (Bethlehem BCP-77)
Jimmy Knepper (tb), Gene Quill (as), Bill Evans (p),
Teddy Kotick (b),Dannie Richmond (d).
New York, September 1957.

CD2 [10-13] from Jazz Sahib (Savoy MG12124)
Phil Woods (as), Benny Golson (ts), Sahib Shihab (bar),
Bill Evans (p), Oscar Pettiford (b), Art Taylor (d).
New York, November 7, 1957.

CD1:
01) You And The Night And The Music
02) When You Wish Upon A Star
03) I’ll Never Smile Again
04) Interplay
05) You Go To My Head
06) Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
07) I’ll Never Smile Again [Alt Tk]
08) Loose Bloose
09) Time Remembered
10) Funkallero
11) My Bells
12) There Came You

Total time: 76:45

CD2:
01) Fudgesickle Built For Four
02) Fun Ride
03) Loose Bloose [Alt Tk]
04) You Stepped Out Of A Dream*
05) Love Letters*
06) Ogling Ogre*
07) How High The Moon*
08) Idol For The Flies*
09) Avid Admirer*
10) Blue-A-Round*
11) Le Sneak*
12) Ballad To The East*
13) Ba-Dat-Du-Dat*

Total time: 70:47