Over half of this collection appears UNPLAYED and NEW. The other half is NM. Sleeve Condition EX = some light wear on the box. Book = NM.

Bill Evans ‎– The Complete Riverside Recordings

Name: Bill Evans - The Complete Riverside Recordings 18 LP Box Set UNPLAYED &amp; NM Jazz Piano
SKU: 645869258
Availability: OutOfStock

Label:

Riverside Records ‎– R-018

Format:

18 × Vinyl, LP
Box Set, Compilation, Limited Edition

Country:

Released:

1984

Genre:

Jazz

Style:

Bop, Post Bop, Modal, Cool Jazz

Tracklist

A1	I Love You Written-By – Cole Porter	3:52
A2	Five Written-By – Bill Evans	4:01
A3	Conception Written-By – George Shearing	4:43
A4	Easy Living Written-By – Robin, Rainger	3:49
A5	Displacement Written-By – Evans*	2:33
A6	Speak Low Written-By – Weill, Nash	5:06
B1	Our Delight Written-By – Tadd Dameron	4:42
B2	No Cover, No Minimum [Take 1-Alternate] Written-By – Evans*	8:09
B3	No Cover, No Minimum [Take 2-Originally Issued]	7:30
B4	I’ve Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good) Written-By – Ellington, Webster	1:36
B5	Waltz For Debby Written-By – Evans, Lees	1:16
B6	My Romance Written-By – Rodgers-Hart*	1:54
C1	Minority Written-By – Gigi Gryce	5:18
C2	Young And Foolish Written-By – Hague, Horwitt	5:52
C3	Night And Day Written-By – Porter*	7:32
C4	Oleo Written-By – Sonny Rollins	4:07
D1	Tenderly Written-By – Lawrence, Gross	3:30
D2	What Is There To Say? Written-By – Harburg, Duke	4:52
D3	Peace Piece Written-By – Evans*	6:41
D4	Lucky To Be Me Written-By – Comden – Green, Bernstein	3:36
D5	Some Other Time Written-By – Comden – Green, Bernstein	6:07
D6	Epilogue Written-By – Evans*	0:39
E1	You And The Night And The Music Written-By – Schwartz – Dietz*	7:20
E2	How Am I To Know? Written-By – Parker, King	6:18
E3	Woody’n You [Take 1] Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie	4:25
E4	Woody’n You [Take 2]	4:10
F1	My Heart Stood Still Written-By – Rodgers-Hart*	5:21
F2	Green Dolphin Street Written-By – Kaper, Washington	8:09
F3	Peri’s Scope Written-By – Evans*	3:12
F4	Witchcraft Written-By – Leigh, Coleman	4:32
G1	Spring Is Here Written-By – Rodgers-Hart*	5:04
G2	What Is This Thing Called Love? Written-By – Porter*	4:34
G3	Come Rain Or Come Shine Written-By – Arlen – Mercer*	3:19
G4	Blue In Green [Take 2-Previously Unissued] Written-By – Evans, Davis	4:24
G5	Blue In Green [Take 3-Originally Issued]	5:23
H1	Autumn Leaves [Mono] Written-By – Prevert, Mercer, Kosma*	5:22
H2	Autumn Leaves [Stereo]	5:56
H3	Some Day My Prince Will Come Written-By – Churchill, Morey	4:52
H4	When I Fall In Love Written-By – Heyman, Young	4:54
I1	Elsa Written-By – Earl Zindars	5:08
I2	Sweet And Lovely Written-By – Arnheim, Tobias, Lemare*	5:51
I3	Beautiful Love [Take 1-Previously Unissued] Written-By – Van Alstyne, Gillespie, Young, King	6:03
I4	Beautiful Love [Take 2-Originally Issued]	5:04
J1	I Wish I Knew Written-By – Warren, Gordon	4:39
J2	The Boy Next Door Written-By – Martin, Blane	5:06
J3	Haunted Heart Written-By – Schwartz – Dietz*	3:25
J4	Nardis Written-By – Miles Davis	5:49
J5	How Deep Is The Ocean? Written-By – Irving Berlin	3:31
K1	Israel Written-By – John Carisi	6:09
K2	Who Cares? [Take 4-Previously Unissued] Written-By – George & Ira Gershwin	5:53
K3	Who Cares? [Take 5-Originally Issued]	5:55
K4	Goodbye Written-By – Gordon Jenkins	6:14
L1	Nancy (With The Laughing Face) Written-By – Van Heusen, Silvers	4:05
L2	Toy Written-By – Clifford Jordan	5:06
L3	Elsa Written-By – Zindars*	5:48
L4	Waltz For Debby Written-By – Evans, Lees	5:12
L5	Venice Written-By – John Lewis (2)	2:52
M1	Know What I Mean? [Take 12-Alternate] Written-By – Evans*	7:01
M2	Know What I Mean? [Take Re-7-Originally Issued]	4:52
M3	Alice In Wonderland [Take 1-Alternate] Written-By – Hilliard, Fain	6:59
M4	My Foolish Heart Written-By – Washington, Young	4:53
N1	All Of You [Take 1-Previously Unissued] Written-By – Porter*	8:07
N2	My Romance [Take 1-Originally Issued] Written-By – Rodgers & Hart	7:09
N3	Some Other Time Written-By – Comden – Green, Bernstein	4:56
O1	Solar Written-By – Miles Davis	8:52
O2	Gloria’s Step [Take 2-Originally Issued] Written-By – Scott LaFaro	6:09
O3	My Man’s Gone Now Written-By – Dubose Heyward, George Gershwin	6:23
P1	All Of You [Take 2-Originally Issued] Written-By – Porter*	8:16
P2	Detour Ahead [Take 1-Alternate] Written-By – Ellis, Frigo, Carter*	7:13
P3	Waltz For Debby [Take 1-Alternate] Written-By – Evans, Lees	6:46
Q1	Alice In Wonderland [Take 2-Originally Issued] Written-By – Hilliard, Fain	8:33
Q2	Porgy [I Love You, Porgy] Written-By – Heyward, Gershwin-Gershwin	5:57
Q3	My Romance [Take 2-Alternate] Written-By – Rodgers & Hart	7:12
R1	Milestones Written-By – Miles Davis	6:29
R2	Detour Ahead [Take 2-Originally Issued] Written-By – Ellis, Frigo, Carter*	7:38
R3	Gloria’s Step [Take 3-Alternate] Written-By – LaFaro*	6:54
S1	Waltz For Debby [Take 2-Originally Issued] Written-By – Evans, Lees	6:54
S2	All Of You [Take 3-Alternate] Written-By – Porter*	8:04
S3	Jade Visions [Take 1-Alternate] Written-By – LaFaro*	4:13
S4	Jade Visions [Take 2-Originally Issued]	3:43
S5	… A Few Final Bars	0:24
T1	Danny Boy Written-By – Traditional	10:37
T2	Like Someone In Love Written-By – Van Heusen – Burke*	6:25
T3	In Your Own Sweet Way Written-By – Brubeck*	2:54
T4	Easy To Love Written-By – Porter*	4:40
U1	How My Heart Sings Written-By – Zindars*	4:57
U2	Summertime Written-By – Heyward, Gershwin	5:58
U3	If You Could See Me Now Written-By – Sigman, Dameron	4:28
U4	Walking Up Written-By – Evans*	4:54
V1	Very Early Written-By – Evans*	5:04
V2	Show Type-Tune Written-By – Evans*	4:22
V3	Re: Person I Knew Written-By – Evans*	5:43
V4	34 Skidoo Written-By – Evans*	6:20
W1	Polkadots And Moonbeams Written-By – Van Heusen – Burke*	5:00
W2	I Should Care Written-By – Stordahl, Weston, Cahn*	4:54
W3	I Fall In Love To Easily Written-By – Styne-Cahn*	2:40
W4	Ev’rything I Love Written-By – Porter*	4:12
W5	In Love In Vain Written-By – Kern, Robin	4:59
X1	Starway To The Stars Written-By – Signorelli, Malneck, Parish*	4:50
X2	In Your Own Street Way [Take 1-Originally Issued] Written-By – Brubeck*	6:56
X3	In Your Own Street Way [Take 2-Previously Unissued]	5:52
X4	It Might As Well Be Spring Written-By – Rodgers-Hammerstein*	6:04
Y1	Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams Written-By – Moll, Barris, Koehler*	6:25
Y2	When You Wish Upon A Star Written-By – Harline, Washington	5:43
Y3	You Go To My Head Written-By – Gillespie, Coots	5:03
Y4	You And The Night And The Music Written-By – Arthur Schwartz – Howard Dietz*	7:03
Z1	Interplay Written-By – Evans*	8:13
Z2	I’ll Never Smile Again [Take Re-6*-Previously Unissued] Written-By – Ruth Lowe	6:35
Z3	I’ll Never Smile Again [Take Re-7*-Originally Issued]	6:32
AA1	Loose Bloose [Take 3] Written-By – Evans*	5:32
AA2	Loose Bloose [Take 4 And 2]	7:05
AA3	Fudgesickle Built For Four Written-By – Evans*	4:29
AA4	Time Remembered Written-By – Evans*	6:00
BB1	Funkarello Written-By – Evans*	6:11
BB2	My Bells Written-By – Evans*	5:22
BB3	There Came You Written-By – Evans*	5:50
BB4	Fun Ride Written-By – Evans*	5:15
CC1	What Kind Of Fool Am I? [Take 1-Previously Unissued] Written-By – Newley, Bricusse	6:13
CC2	Medley: My Favorite Things / Easy To Love / Baubles, Bangles And Beads [Previously Unissued] Written-By [Baubles, Bangles And Beads] – Borodin, Forrest, WrightWritten-By [Easy To Love] – PorterWritten-By [My Favorite Things] – Rodger-Hammerstein*	12:27
CC3	When I Fall In Love [Previously Unissued] Written-By – Heyman, Young	3:01
DD1	Medley: “Spartacus” Love Theme / Nardis [Previously Unissued] Written-By [“spartacus” Love Theme] – Alex NorthWritten-By [Nardis] – Davis*	8:37
DD2	Everything Happens To Me [Previously Unissued] Written-By – Dennis, Adair	5:41
DD3	April In Paris [Previously Unissued] Written-By – Harburg, Duke	5:51
EE1	All The Things You Are [Previously Unissued] Written-By – Hammerstein-Kern	9:07
EE2	Santa Claus Is Coming To Town [Previously Unissued] Written-By – Gillespie, Coots	4:29
EE3	I Loves You, Porgy [Previously Unissued] Written-By – Heyward, Gershwin – Gershwin	5:49
FF1	What Kind Of Fool Am I? [Previously Unissued] Written-By – Newley, Bricusse	6:48
FF2	Love Is Here To Stay [Previously Unissued] Written-By – G. & I. Gershwin*	3:59
FF3	Ornithology [Previously Unissued] Written-By – Harris, Parker	5:30
FF4	Medley: Autumn In New York / How About You? [Previously Unissued] Written-By [Autumn In New York] – Vernon DukeWritten-By [How About You?] – Lane, Freed	6:20
GG1	All The Things You Are [Previously Unissued] Written-By – Hammerstein-Kern	8:48
GG2	Lover Man Written-By – Davis, Sherman, Ramirez*	5:05
GG3	Love Is Here To Stay Written-By – G. & I. Gershwin*	4:48
GG4	Stella By Starlight Written-By – Washington, Young	4:59
HH1	‘Round Midnight Written-By – Hanighen, Williams, Monk*	8:58
HH2	Who Cares? Written-By – G. & I. Gershwin*	5:22
HH3	The Boy Next Door Written-By – Martin, Blane	5:24
HH4	Isn’t It Romantic? Written-By – Rodgers-Hart*	4:39
II1	What Is This Thing Called Love? Written-By – Porter*	5:48
II2	How About You? Written-By – Lane, Freed	4:04
II3	Blues In F / Five Written-By [Blues In F] – Chuck IsraelsWritten-By [Five] – Evans*	5:41
II4	Everything Happens To Me Written-By – Dennis, Adair	4:46
II5	In A Sentimental Mood Written-By – Ellington, Mills, Kurtz*	4:23
JJ1	My Heart Stood Still Written-By – Rodgers-Hart*	4:33
JJ2	Time Remembered Written-By – Evans*	5:37
JJ3	Wonder Why Written-By – Brodszky, Cahn	5:16
JJ4	Swedish Pastry Written-By – Barney Kessel	5:48

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Fantasy, Inc.
Copyright (c) – Fantasy, Inc.
Recorded At – Nola Recording Studios
Recorded At – Reeves Sound Studios
Recorded At – Plaza Sound Studios
Recorded At – Bell Sound Studios
Recorded At – Sound Makers Studio
Recorded At – Village Vanguard
Recorded At – Shelly’s Manne-Hole

Credits

Compilation Producer, Producer [Original] – Orrin Keepnews
Compiled By – Ralph Kaffel
Design – Georgia Gillfillan
Liner Notes – Martin Williams (6)
Photography By – Burt Goldblatt, Donald Silverstein, Fred Seligo, Lee Tanner, Steve Schapiro
Photography By, Cover [Front Cover Art Based On A Photograph] – Jim Marshall (3)
Producer [Production] – Georgia Gillfillan, Jerri Linn, Zand Gee
Recorded By [Rerecording And Tape Assembly] – Danny Kopelson

Notes

This compilation presents, on 18 LP’S, the full results of 20 recording sessions from the pivotal eight-year period (1956-63) that launched the remarkable career of Bill Evans and defined his position as one of the most significant, pace-setting jazz pianists of all time.

Here, in chronological order, are 151 performances, including the entire existing output of the legendary 1961 Village Vanguard session, as well as 17 selections from a previously unissued solo studio session and seven other unreleased items. Ranging from solo to quintet, this collection also features such major artists as Cannonball Adderley, Freddie Hubbard, Philly Joe Jones, Jim Hall, Percy Heath, Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Zoot Sims, and Scott LaFaro.

Contains a 32-page illustrated booklet that includes rare photographs, full discographical details, an appreciation of Evans by noted critic Martin Williams, and personnal commentary on each session by producer Orrin Keepnews

Riverside Records
Tenth and Parker
Berkeley, CA 94710
℗ 1984 Fantasy, Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.

Weight	135 oz
Dimensions	12 × 12 × 4 in
Sleeve condition	Near Mint (NM or M-)
Condition	Near Mint (NM or M-)
Title	The Complete Riverside Recordings
Artist	Bill Evans
Format	18xLP + Box, Comp, Ltd
Catalog number	R-018
Year	1984
Label	Riverside Records
Format name	Vinyl
Genres	Jazz
Styles	Bop, Cool Jazz, Modal, Post Bop