Bill Evans

INCLUDES 1 BONUS TRACK

4 1/2 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE   -   4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

PERSONNEL:

BILL EVANS, piano
MONTY BUDWIG, bass
SHELLY MANNE, drums
New York, August 20, 1962.

Original Verve

* BONUS TRACK:
Cannonball Adderley (as), Bill Evans (p),
Percy Heath (b), Connie Kay (d). New York, January 27, 1961.

SIDE A:
01 THE WASHINGTON TWIST (Irving Berlin) 6:26
02 DANNY BOY (Frederick Edward Weatherly) 3:41
03 LET’S GO BACK TO THE WALTZ (Irving Berlin) 4:32
04 GOODBYE [Quartet version] (Gordon Jenkins) 6:14 *

SIDE B:
01 WITH A SONG IN MY HEART (Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart) 9:12
02 GOODBYE (Gordon Jenkins) 5:11
03 I BELIEVE IN YOU (Frank Loesser) 5:51

DownBeat Magazine review: “This meeting involved a serious challenge to both Evans and Manne. To give joint billing to a pianist and a drummer in a trio date is virtually to invite confusion and conflict. It is to the credit of both men that the results reflect only the title of the album. Clearly the teaming with Manne was an inspired concept for a partnership.” (Leonard Feather)

All Music Guide review: “Shelly Manne & His Men were appearing at New York’s Village Vanguard, sharing the bill with the Bill Evans Trio. Creed Taylor set up a session at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio with Evans and Manne sharing top billing. Manne’s bass player, Monty Budwig, made up the trio. This was a busman’s holiday for Evans, who was freed from the musical parameters he had set for his then-current trio. The result is that his playing seemed lighter, freer, and more relaxed than it had for a while.” (Dave Nathan)