Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Mornin' Glory [Live]
2. Up With the Lark [Live]
3. Yesterday I Heard the Rain [Live]
4. My Romance [Live]
5. When Autumn Comes [Live]
6. T.T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune Two) [Live]
7. Hullo Bolinas [Live]
8. Gloria's Step [Live]
9. On Green Dolphin Street [Live]

Disc 2:

1. Up With the Lark [Live]
2. Quiet Now [Live]
3. Gloria's Step [Live]
4. When in Rome [Live]
5. It Amazes Me [Live]
6. Since We Met [Live]
7. Midnight Mood [Live]
8. See-Saw [Live]
9. Elsa [Live]
10. Sareen Jurer [Live]
11. Time Remembered [Live]
12. Turn Out the Stars [Live]
13. But Beautiful [Live]

Disc 3:

1. Re: Person I Knew [Live]
2. Sugar Plum [Live]
3. Alfie [Live]
4. T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune) [Live]
5. Dolphin Dance/Very Early [Live][Excerpt]
6. 34 Skidoo [Live]
7. Emily [Live]
8. Are You All the Things [Live]
9. Invitation
10. Blue Serge
11. Show-Type Tune
12. Nature of Things

Disc 4:

1. Are You All the Things
2. Face Without a Name
3. Falling Grace
4. Hi Lili, Hi Lo (For Ellaine)
5. Gone With the Wind
6. Saudade Do Brasil
7. My Foolish Heart
8. Touch of Your Lips
9. Some Other Time
10. When in Rome
11. We'll Be Together Again
12. Young and Foolish
13. Waltz for Debby
14. But Beautiful
15. Days of Wine and Roses

Disc 5:

1. Elsa [Live]
2. Milano [Live]
3. Venutian Rhythm Dance [Live]
4. Django [Live]
5. But Beautiful [Live]
6. Minha (All Mine) [Live]
7. Driftin' [Live]
8. I Love You [Live]
9. Summer Knows [Live]
10. In a Sentimental Mood [Live]
11. Touch of Your Lips
12. In Your Own Sweet Way
13. Make Someone Happy

Disc 6:

1. All of You
2. What Kind of Fool Am I?
3. People
4. Since We Met
5. But Not for Me/Isn't It Romantic/The Opener
6. Sweet Dulcinea
7. Martina
8. Second Time Around
9. Child Is Born
10. Bass Face
11. Nobody Else But Me

Disc 7:

1. Sugar Plum [Live][#]
2. Time Remembered [Live][#]
3. 34 Skidoo [Live][#]
4. T.T.T.T. (Twelve Tone Tune Two) [Live][#]
5. Turn Out the Stars [Live][#]
6. Someday My Prince Will Come [Live][#]
7. Minha (All Mine) [Live][#]
8. All of You [Live][#]
9. Waltz for Debby [Live][#]
10. Eiderdown
11. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
12. Pensativa

Disc 8:

1. Speak Low
2. When I Fall in Love
3. Night and Day
4. I Will Say Goodbye
5. Dolphin Dance
6. Seascape
7. Peau Douce
8. Nobody Else But Me
9. I Will Say Goodbye [Take 2]
10. Opener
11. Quiet Light
12. House Is Not a Home
13. Orson's Theme

Disc 9:

1. Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Interview [Live]
2. Kaleidoscope (Theme) [Live]
3. Waltz for Debby [Live]
4. All of You [Live]
5. In Your Own Sweet Way [Live]
6. Touch of Your Lips [Live]
7. Reflections in D [Live]
8. I Love You [Live]
9. Days of Wine and Roses [Live]
10. This Is All I Ask [Live]
11. While We're Young [Live]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #113712 in Music
• Released on: 1991-07-01
• Number of discs: 9
• Format: Box set

Amazon.com
Given the peerless depth of Bill Evans's work for Riverside in the early 1960s (collected in its entirety on The Complete Riverside Recordings) followed by some similarly stellar outings on Verve (collected on the mammoth 18-CD Complete Bill Evans on Verve), it's understandable that the pianist's work from the 1970s might get short shrift. Understandable, but not justified, as this nine-CD set illustrates. Evans's years at Fantasy brought forth some monuments, including his first session of duets with Tony Bennett. His solo and trio work continues to develop over the course of these sessions, all of them corrected for chronology, ignoring earlier albums' track orders. His group playing also shows development, intensified refinement, and an acute collective sense that seems to grow and absorb whoever is on the gig. Tenor saxophonist Harold Land makes a fine showing, as does the underrated, dynamic duo of Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh. Sure, Evans makes the ill-considered stumble of trying to get a Fender Rhodes to reflect his sense of touch and phrasing, but he shows again and again why he is so magnificent a composer, improviser, and group-leading thinker. As he neared his death in 1980, his flow of ideas seems--at least in hindsight--irrepressible, and for that reason, fascinating. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews

Transitional Evans
This set represents all of the recordings made for Fantasy Records from 1973 through until 1979. The recordings are primarily in trio format, with one solo set and two quintet sets. The Bill Evans/Tony Bennett Album is also included in full.

Over this period of time Bill Evans was reportedly drug free and his playing repartiore is greatly enhanced. However, despite new material, Evans failed to grow much musically. The playing is these 9 discs is technically near-perfect with multiple highlights. The music is typically mellow and complex in the style of Evans, with the solo set really showing the depth of Bill Evans as an jazz pianist.

Overall, these recordings are both interesting and enjoyable. The recording quality is consistantly good, even in the live situations. As a bonus, the ninth disc represents a 1979 interview with Marian McPartland. I found this interview to be very information and of great interest. These recordings represent Bill Evans in a transitional stage which eventually led to his more aggressive approach over his last year of performance. This set comes recommended to both Evans fanatics and general jazz listeners.

Emotionally Naked
More emotionally naked than his recordings with other labels. Some of his work for Riverside sounds a bit too abstract, though brilliant, compared to this Fantasy set. Good examples are the surprising passion of Gloria's Steps or honest lyricism of But Beautiful. And you cannot miss the duet tracks with Eddie Gomez. The music is as overwhelming and heart-wrenching as the extremely personal liner notes.