Bill Evans

• LIMITED 2-CD SET

• trifold digipak EDITION

• INCLUDES 52-PAGE BOOKLET

A collection of never-before-released recordings of jazz piano icon Bill Evans captured live in solo, trio and orchestral settings in Denmark in the mid-to-late 1960s.

An official Elemental Music release in collaboration with the Bill Evans Estate, Treasures is truly a ’holy grail’ discovery culled from the private collection of Danish jazz musician Ole Matthiessen and being released for the very first time as a deluxe 2-CD set (A limited edition 180-gram 3-LP set released as an RSD exclusive on April 22nd, 2023).

Highlights of the collection include trio performances from 1965 featuring legendary Danish jazz bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen; the only solo piano version of "My Funny Valentine" by Evans known to exist; a 1966 orchestral suite performed with the Evans trio accompanied by the Danish Radio Big Band conducted by trumpeter/arranger Palle Mikkelborg; and much more!

With a 52-pg booklet with previously unpublished photos by Jan Persson, as well as liner notes by acclaimed author, journalist and Evans scholar, Marc Myers, plus interviews and statements from Danish drummer Alex Riel, Evans discographer Peter Larsen, Palle Mikkelborg, Evans’ longtime trio mates - bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Marty Morell, and pianists Ran Blake and Matthew Shipp.

(ALSO AVAILABLE ON 3-LP SET: LPS-171777)

PERSONNEL:

• Bill Evans (piano) with colletive personnel:

• Niels-Hennig Ørsted Pedersen - (bass)
• Eddie Gomez - (bass)
• Alan Dawson, Alex Riel or Marty Morell - (drums)
• Plus the Royal Danish Symphony Orchestra & the Danish Radio Big Band

Recorded in Denmark, 1965-1969

TRACKS:

• CD ONE: BILL EVANS TRIO & ORCHESTRA
• 01. COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
• 02. SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME
• 03. BEAUTIFUL LOVE
• 04. I SHOULD CARE
• 05. VERY EARLY
• 06. TIME REMEMBERED
• 07. WHO CAN I TURN TO?
• 08. WALTZ FOR DEBBY
• ORCHESTRA SUITE:
• 09. INTRO INTO WALTZ FOR DEBBY
• 10. TIME REMEMBERED
• 11. MY BELLS
• 12. TREASURES
• 13. WALTZ FOR DEBBY (REPRISE)
• 14. WALKIN’ UP

• CD TWO: BILL EVANS SOLO & TRI0
• 01. RE: PERSON I KNEW
• 02. ’ROUND MIDNIGHT
• 03. MY FUNNY VALENTINE
• 04. TIME REMEMBERED
• 05. COME RAIN OR COME SHINE
• 06. EPILOGUE
• 07. ELSA
• 08. STELLA BY STARLIGHT
• 09. DETOUR AHEAD
• 10. IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD
• 11. TIME REMEMBERED
• 12. NARDIS
• 13. AUTUMN LEAVES
• 14. EMILY
• 15. QUIET NOW
• 16. NARDIS