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A1 Beautiful Love
Bass – Chuck IsraelsDrums – Arnie Wise*Engineer – Rudy Van GelderPiano – Bill EvansWritten-By – Van Alstyne*, Gillespie*, Young*, King*
5:20
A2 Spartacus-Love Theme (From "Spartacus")
Engineer – Ray HallPiano [Three Pianos] – Bill EvansWritten-By – North*
5:05
A3 I Believe In You
Bass – Monty BudwigDrums – Shelly MannePiano – Bill EvansWritten-By – Loesser*
5:48
A4 Valse (Based On A Theme By J.S. Bach)
Arranged By – Claus OgermanBass – Chuck IsraelsDrums – Grady TatePiano – Bill EvansWritten-By – Ogerman*, Bach*
5:50
B1 Bemsha-Swing
Engineer – Ray HallPiano [Three Pianos] – Bill EvansWritten-By – Best*, Monk*
2:54
B2 Danny Boy
Bass – Monty BudwigDrums – Shelly MannePiano – Bill EvansWritten-By – Weatherly*
3:40
B3 I've Got You Under My Skin
Guitar – Jim HallPiano – Bill EvansWritten-By – Porter*
3:10
B4 My Foolish Heart
Bass – Chuck IsraelsDrums – Arnie Wise*Engineer – Rudy Van GelderPiano – Bill EvansWritten-By – Washington*, Young*
5:10
B5 How About You
Engineer – Ray HallPiano [Three Pianos] – Bill EvansWritten-By – Lane*, Freed*
2:45

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured By – MGM Records, Inc.
  • Recorded At – Town Hall, New York – A1, B4
  • Recorded At – Webster Hall – A2, B1, B5
  • Recorded At – Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey – A3, A4, B2, B3

Credits

  • Coordinator, Supervised By, A&R – Helen Keane
  • Design [Cover] – Acy R. Lehman*
  • Engineer [Director Of Engineering] – Val Valentin
  • Engineer [Re-engineering] – Dave Green*, Sandy Lehmann-Haupt
  • Liner Notes – Leonard Feather
  • Photography By – Roberto Polillo
  • Producer [Original Recordings] – Creed taylor

Notes

Three of the nine releases are: Previously Unreleased. Gatefold cover.

A1, B4: Recorded February 21, 1966. Previously unreleased.

A2, B5: Recorded January and February, 1963. Originally released on the Verve album "Conversations With Myself" (V6-8526)

B1: Recorded January and February, 1963. Previously unreleased.

A3, B2: Recorded August 14, 1962. Originally released on the Verve album "Empathy" (v6-8497)

B3: Recorded April 7 and May 10, 1966. Originally released on the Verve album "Inter-Modulation" (V6-8655)

A4: Recorded October and December, 1965. Originally released on the Verve album "Bill Evans Trio With Symphony Orchestra" (V6-8640)

Reissue version with Sunset Boulevard address on the labels circa 1973

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): MGS-1466
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): MGS-1467
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A): V6 8747 Side-1 MGS-1466 RE3
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B): V6 8747 MGS 1467
  • Rights Society (A4, B1): BMI
  • Rights Society (A1 to A3, B2 to B5): ASCAP

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
V6-8747 Bill Evans The Best Of Bill Evans ‎(LP, Comp) Verve Records V6-8747 US Unknown
V6-8747 Bill Evans The Best Of Bill Evans ‎(LP, Comp, Promo, Yel) Verve Records V6-8747 US 1966
V6-8747 Bill Evans The Best Of Bill Evans ‎(LP, Comp, Gat) Verve Records V6-8747 Scandinavia Unknown
XV 1012 Bill Evans The Best Of Bill Evans ‎(Reel, 4tr Stereo, 7" Reel, Comp) Verve Records XV 1012 Japan Unknown
VVC 8747 Bill Evans The Best Of Bill Evans ‎(Reel, 4tr Stereo, 7" Reel, Comp, Lar) Verve Records VVC 8747 US Unknown

Bill Evans - The Best Of Bill Evans

Performer: Bill Evans

Album Title: The Best Of Bill Evans

Genre: Jazz

Label: Verve Records ‎– V6-8747
Type: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
Country: US
Date of released:
Category: Jazz
Style: Post Bop

MP3 album zip size: 1826 mb

FLAC album zip size: 1457 mb

Rating: 4.1 / 5

Votes: 464

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