Bill Evans

INCLUDES 6 BONUS TRACKS

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Included here in its entirety, Undercurrent (United Artists UAS 1500), which was Bill Evans’ first duet collaboration with Jim Hall, with whom he had already recorded as a sideman on previous albums by John Lewis and Gunther Schuller. In addition to the tracks from the original LP, the only two known alternate takes has been added, as well as a full solo piano session by Evans taped just a few weeks before Undercurrent. This unaccompanied session marked the pianist’s return to the recording studios after bassist Scott LaFaro’s sudden death in July of 1961.

PERSONNEL:

BILL EVANS, piano
& JIM HALL, guitar

New York, April 24 & May 14, 1962.

Bonus tracks
[9-10]: From the May 14, 1962 session, but not included on the original album.
[11-14]: BILL EVANS, unaccompanied piano. New York, April 4, 1962.

INCLUDES 12-PAGE BOOKLET

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 My Funny Valentine [Alt Tk]
10 Romain [Alt Tk]
11 Danny Boy
12 Like Someone In Love
13 In Your Own Sweet Way
14 Easy To Love

Total Time: 77:43