Alyn Shipton offers guidance to building a jazz library. This programme features pianist Bill Evans, whose work with Miles Davis and a string of trio recordings made him one of the most influential pianists of his generation.
Recommendations:
Sunday at The Village Vanguard (Riverside)
Conversations with Myself (Verve)
We Will Meet Again (Warner Jazz)
Playlist
DISC 1
Title Waltz For Debby
Artist Bill Evans
Composer Evans
Album Waltz for Debby
Label Riverside
Number OJCCD 210-2 Track 2
Duration 2.52
DISC 2
Title Concerto For Billy The Kid
Artist George Russell / Jazz Workshop
Composer Russell
Album Complete Bluebird Recordings
Label Lonehill Jazz
Number LHJ 10177 Track 5
Duration 2.24
DISC 3
Title Our Delight
Artist Bill Evans
Composer Dameron
Album New Jazz Conceptions
Label Riverside / OJC
Number CDRIVM 005 Track 9
Duration 4.40
DISC 4
Title Peace Piece
Artist Bill Evans
Composer Evans
Album Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Label Riverside
Number OJCCD 0682 Track 7
Duration 3.47
DISC 5
Title Blue In Green
Artist Miles Davis
Composer Davis
Album Kind of Blue
Label Columbia Legacy
Number 64935 Track 3
Duration 3.37
DISC 6
Title Gloria's Step (take 2)
Artist Bill Evans
Composer Evans
Album Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Label Riverside
Number OJCCD 1402 track 1
Duration 4.18
DISC 7
Title Gloria's Step (take 3)
Artist Bill Evans
Composer Evans
Album Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Label Riverside
Number OJCCD 1402 Track 2
Duration 1.44
DISC 8
Title Solar
Artist Bill Evans
Composer Evans
Album Sunday at the Village Vanguard
Label Riverside
Number OJCCD 1402 Track 4
Duration 3.37
DISC 9
Title Spartacus Love Theme
Artist Bill Evans
Composer Alex North
Album Conversations With Myself
Label Verve
Number 8219842 Track 3
Duration 4.27
DISC 10
Title Bemsha Swing
Artist Bill Evans
Composer Monk
Album Conversations With Myself
Label Verve
Number 8219842 Track 9
Duration 2.55
DISC 11
Title I Do It For Your Love
Artist Bill Evans
Composer Paul Simon
Album Affinity
Label Warner Jazz
Number 7599273872 Track 1
Duration 3.36
DISC 12
Title If You Could See me Now
Artist Bill Evans
Composer Dameron
Album We Will Meet Again
Label Warner Jazz
Number 5101 11507 2 CD 2 Track 6
Duration 5.45
Recommendations:
Sunday at The Village Vanguard (Riverside)
Conversations with Myself (Verve)
We Will Meet Again (Warner Jazz)
Read Alyn Shipton's Bill Evans Profile
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazz/profiles/bill_evans.shtml
email the programme at jazzlibrary@bbc.co.uk
