Bill Evans

2-CD SET  -  24 BIT DIGITALLY  REMASTERED

4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

After bassist Scott LaFaro’s tragic death in a car accident in July of 1961, Bill Evans was devastated and didn’t feel capable of forming a new trio. The late 1961-1962 formation heard here was a transition group, with bassist Chuck Israels attempting to fill the void left by LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian still on drums (in 1963 he would be replaced by Larry Bunker which set the stage for Bill Evans’ second well-known trio). This release presents all existing recordings by the Evans-Israels-Motian trio, consisting of three studio sessions that were issued on the albums Moonbeams (Riverside RLP9428) and How My Heart Sings! (Riverside RLP9473), a single Birdland broadcast on which the group plays three tunes they’d never record in the studio, and the LP Nirvana (Atlantic SD1426), which featured Herbie Mann added on flute.

PERSONNEL:

BILL EVANS piano
CHUCK ISRAEL bass
PAUL MOTIAN drums

CD1 & CD2 [1-3]: New York, May 17, May 19 & June 5, 1962.
Originally issued on Moonbeams (Riverside RLP9428) and How My Heart Sings! (Riverside RLP9473).
Original sessions produced by Orrin Keepnews.

CD2 [4-6]: Broadcast from Birdland, New York, February 10, 1962.
CD2 [7-12]: Add Herbie Mann (flute). New York, December 8, 1961. Originally issued as Nirvana (Atlantic SD1426).

INCLUDES 20-PAGE BOOKLET

CD1: Total Time: 68:50
01 How My Heart Sings
02 Summertime
03 If You Could See Me Now
04 Walking Up
05 Very Early
06 Show-Type Tune
07 Re: Person I Knew
08 34 Skidoo
09 Polka Dots And Moonbeams
10 I Should Care
11 I Fall In Love Too Easily
12 Ev’rything I Love
13 In Love In Vain
14 Stairway To The Stars

CD2: Total Time: 69:07
01 In Your Own Sweet Way #1
02 In Your Own Sweet Way #2 [A.T]
03 It Might As Well Be Spring
04 Gloria’s Step
05 Haunted Heart
06 Nardis
07 Nirvana
08 Gymnopedie
09 I Love You
10 Willow Weep For Me
11 Lover Man
12 Cashmere