Bill Evans

• DELUXE 2-CD SET

• INCLUDES 2 NEWLY DISCOVERED TRACKS WITH THE METROPOLE ORKEST

32-PAGE BOOKLET WITH RARE AND PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN BILL EVANS PHOTOS, ALSO INCLUDING NEW EDDIE GOMEZ AND MARTY MORELL INTERVIEWS, AS WELL AS SPECIALLY PREPARED ESSAYS BY DUTCH JAZZ PIANIST BERT VUIJSJE, AND PRODUCERS FRANK JOCHEMSEM & ZEV FELDMAN.

THE COMPLETE HILVERSUM CONCERT, AS WELL AS THE METROPOLE SESSION ARE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED. THE AMSTERDAM CONCERT HAS BEEN ONLY AVAILABLE BEFORE ON BOOTLEG EDITIONS WITH MUCH INFERIOR SOUND QUALITY. THIS IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL RELEASE OF THE THREE PERFORMANCES.

ALL OF THE MUSIC PRESENTED HERE BEARS SPLENDID SOUND QUALITY AND HAS BEEN MASTERED FOR VINYL BY BERNIE GRUNDMAN FROM THE ORIGINAL DUTCH RADIO SOURCE TAPES.

THE HILVERSUM CONCERT CONTAINS BILL EVANS’ ONLY EXISTING VERSION OF DUKE ELLINGTON’S CLASSIC “I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART.”

PERSONNEL:

• Bill Evans - piano
• Eeddie Gomez - bass
• Marty Morell - drums

• CD ONE & CD TWO, TRACKS 1-3:
• KRO Studio, Hilversum, Holland, March 26, 1969.

• CD TWO, TRACKS 4-10:
• RAI CONGRESCENTRUM, Amsterdam, Holland, November 28, 1969.

• CD TWO, TRACK 11-12:
• Add the Metropole Orkest under the direction of Dolf van der Linden.
• Arrangements by Claus Ogerman.
• VARA STUDIO 8, Hilversum, Holland, March 25, 1969.

TRACKS:

• DISC ONE:
• 01 Announcement by Michiel de Ruyter
• 02 YOU’RE GONNA HEAR FROM ME
• 03 EMILY
• 04 STELLA BY STARLIGHT
• 05 TURN OUT THE STARS
• 06 WALTZ FOR DEBBY
• 07 ‘ROUND MIDNIGHT
• 08 I LET A SONG GO OUT OF MY HEART
• 09 ALFIE
• 10 BEAUTIFUL LOVE
• 11 MY FUNNY VALENTINE
• 12 SPARTACUS’ LOVE THEME

• DISC TWO
• 01 ONE FOR HELEN
• 02 QUIET NOW
• 03 SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME
• 04 Announcement by Aad Bos
• 05 VERY EARLY
• 06 A SLEEPIN’ BEE
• 07 TURN OUT THE STARS #2
• 08 AUTUMN LEAVES
• 09 QUIET NOW #2
• 10 NARDIS
• 11 GRANADAS
• 12 PAVANE