New Jazz Conceptions

~ Release by Bill Evans (see all versions of this release, 10 available)

Annotation

This release contains Bill Evans' debut album as a leader: "New Jazz Conceptions" (includes an alternate version of "No Cover, No Minimum").
Six additional bonus tracks (tracks 13-18) present material from two rare sessions, featuring Bill Evans as a sideman.

# 1-12. Recorded: New York, September 18 and 27, 1956.
# 13-15. Recorded: New York, 1955. (With guitarist Dick García).
# 16-18. Recorded: New York, late summer 1957. (With guitarist Joe Puma).

Annotation last modified on 2009-12-04 16:04 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1I Love You
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Teddy Kotick (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
instrumental recording of:
I Love You (Mexican Hayride musical) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1944)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), EMI Feist Catalog Inc. and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
3:55
2Five
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Teddy Kotick (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recording of:
Five (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc., TRO-Acorn Music and TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
4:02
3Conception
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Teddy Kotick (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recording of:
Conception (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
composer:
George Shearing (British jazz pianist)
4:47
4Easy Living
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Teddy Kotick (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
instrumental recording of:
Easy Living (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
writer:
Ralph Rainger (in 1937) and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter) (in 1937)
composer:
Ralph Rainger and Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody) (in 1937, in 1964)
3:53
5Displacement
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Teddy Kotick (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recording of:
Displacement (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
writer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
2:36
6Speak Low
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Teddy Kotick (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
instrumental recording of:
Speak Low (One Touch of Venus) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
lyricist:
Ogden Nash
composer:
Kurt Weill (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
part of:
One Touch of Venus (1943 musical)
5:10
7Our Delight
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Teddy Kotick (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recording of:
Our Delight (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
composer:
Tadd Dameron
4:42
8No Cover, No Minimum
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Teddy Kotick (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recording of:
No Cover, No Minimum (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
7:32
9I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
instrumental recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony and Webster Music Co.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
1:38
10Waltz for Debby
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recording of:
Waltz for Debby (instrumental) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
publisher:
Acorn Music Corp., Folkways Music Publishers Inc. and Kensington Music Ltd.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
1:19
11My Romance
recording engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
recorded at:
Reeves Sound Studios in New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
instrumental recording of:
My Romance (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
lyricist:
Lorenz Hart (in 1935)
composer:
Richard Rodgers (composer) (in 1935)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Lorenz Hart Publishing Co., T.B. Harms Co., Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Williamson Music Company, シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.) and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division)
part of:
Jumbo
1:57
12No Cover, No Minimum (alternate version)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (from 1956-09-18 until 1956-09-27)
engineer:
Jack Higgins (recording engineer)
producer:
Bill Grauer, Jr. and Orrin Keepnews
double bass [bass]:
Teddy Kotick (in 1956-09)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (in 1956-09)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (in 1956-09)
recording of:
No Cover, No Minimum
composer:
Bill Evans (pianist)
8:09
13Kimona My House
double bass:
Jerry Bruno (in 1955)
drums (drum set):
Camille Morin (in 1995)
guitar:
Dick Garcia (in 1955)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (in 1955)
recording of:
Kimona My House (in 1955)
writer:
Dick Garcia
3:40
14Like Someone in Love
double bass:
Jerry Bruno (in 1955)
drums (drum set):
Camille Morin (in 1995)
guitar:
Dick Garcia (in 1955)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (in 1955)
instrumental cover recording of:
Like Someone in Love (in 1955)
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908-1964) (in 1944)
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen (in 1944)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher), Chappell Morris Ltd., Dorsey Brothers Music and Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
5:20
15Ev’ry Night About This Time
double bass:
Jerry Bruno (in 1955)
drums (drum set):
Camille Morin (in 1995)
guitar:
Dick Garcia (in 1955)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (in 1955)
recording of:
Every Night About This Time (in 1955)
lyricist and composer:
Antoine Dominique Domino (Fats Domino) and Dave Bartholomew
2:51
16I Got It Bad and That Ain’t Good
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (in 1957)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (in 1957)
guitar:
Joe Puma (in 1957)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (in 1957)
vibraphone:
Eddie Costa (in 1957)
instrumental recording of:
I Got It Bad (and That Ain’t Good) (in 1957)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1941)
composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp., Sony/ATV Harmony and Webster Music Co.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
4:39
17Mother of Earl
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (in 1957)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (in 1957)
guitar:
Joe Puma (in 1957)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (in 1957)
vibraphone:
Eddie Costa (in 1957)
recording of:
Mother of Earl (in 1957)
composer:
Earl Zindars
4:35
18Indian Summer
double bass:
Oscar Pettiford (in 1957)
drums (drum set):
Paul Motian (US jazz drummer, percussionist & composer) (in 1957)
guitar:
Joe Puma (in 1957)
piano:
Bill Evans (pianist) (in 1957)
vibraphone:
Eddie Costa (in 1957)
instrumental recording of:
Indian Summer (in 1957)
lyricist:
Al Dubin (in 1939)
composer:
Victor Herbert (composer) (in 1919)
publisher:
Harms, Inc.
7:10