Bill Evans

• 2 cd set

• 24 BIT DIGITALLY REMASTERED

• INCLUDES 10 BONUS TRACKS

• 20-PAGE BOOKLET

• 4 1/2 STARS DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE

This release presents the complete sessions (including all known alternate takes) that produced the original album Interplay (Riverside RLP9445). 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, we have added 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:

• ON 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.

• ON CD 1 [8-12] & CD 2 [1-3]:
• Same personnel as above except
• Zoot Sims (tenor sax) replaces Heath
• New York, August 21 & 22, 1962.

• BONUS TRACKS:
• CD 2 [4-9]:
• Jimmy Knepper (trombone), Gene Quill (alto sax), Bill Evans (piano), Teddy Kotick (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums).
• New York, September 1957.

• CD 2 [10-13]
• Phil Woods (alto sax), Benny Golson (tenor sax), Sahib Shihab (baritone sax), Bill Evans (piano), Oscar Pettiford (bass), Art Taylor (drums).
• New York, November 7, 1957.

TRACKS:

• CD ONE (77:10 min)
• 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

• CD TWO (71:13 min.)
• 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