1976-1980
196—Bill Evans Quintet; May 1976 Berkeley, CA
Harold Land, ts; Kenny Burrell, g; Evans, p; Ray Brown, b; Philly Joe Jones, dm.
196/1 Sweet Dulcenia 6:05
196/2 Martina 8:15
196/3 A Child Is Born 7:33
196/4 Bass Face 10:09
196/5 The Second Time Around 3:50
196/6 Nobody Else But Me 7:30
1-5: Fantasy F-9529 (US-also as reel and cassette tape) Fantasy 5969 (France) Fantasy SMJ 6165 (Japan) Fantasy VIJ 4017 (Japan) Album title: QUINTESSENCE; 1-6: Fantasy OJCCD 698-2 QUINTESSENCE; 6: Fantasy F-9630 (US) Fantasy VIJ 6419 (Japan) Album title: FROM THE 70's
197—Bill Evans Trio; June 9, 1976, Cologne, Germany
Evans, p; Eddie Gomez, b; Eliot Zigmund, d.
197/1 Time Remembered 5:46
197/2 In Your Own Sweet Way 9:38
197/3 Sareen jurer 6:24
197/4 Morning Glory 4:09
197/5 34 Skidoo 6:52
197/6 Sugar Plum 6:46
183A/7 Turn Out the Stars 5:21
1-7: Gambit Records 69228 (place unknown) Album title: BILL EVANS TRIO: KöLN CONCERT 1976
198—Bill Evans-Tony Bennett Duo/Bill Evans Trio; June 25th 1976, Carnegie Hall New York, NY
Bennett, vo; Evans, p.
198/1 My Foolish Heart
Same date and location
Evans, p; Eddie Gomez, b; Eliot Zigmund, dm.
198/2 Sugar Plum 6:24
198/3 Up With the Lark 6:04
198/4 Someday My Prince Will Come 5:52
198/5 TTT 4:53
198/6 All Mine 3:30
198/7 In Your Own Sweet Way 8:48
198/8 Sugar Plum 6:30
198/9 Up With the Lark 5:57
198/10 Someday My Prince Will Come 6:20
198/11 TTT 4:35
198/12 All Mine 4:25
198/13 In Your Own Sweet Way 9:30
1-13: Taped and broadcast by Voice of America. NOTE: #1-7 is from an early evening concert, whereas the remaining songs are from the late concert.
199—Bill Evans Trio & Warne Marsh & Lee Konitz; July 1st 1976, Radio City Music Hall New York, NY
Konitz, as; Marsh, ts; Evans, p; Eddie Gomez, b; Elvin Jones, dm.
199/1 Someday My Prince Will Come (omit Konitz & Marsh) 5:12
199/2 Billie's Bounce 6:40
199/3 Subconscious Lee nc
1-3: Taped and broadcast by Voice of America
200—Bill Evans-Tony Bennett Duo; September 27th-30th 1976 San Francisco, CA
Bennett, vo; Evans, p.
200/1 Lucky to Be Me 3:43
200/2 Make Someone Happy 3:50
200/3 You Must Believe in Spring 5:41
200/4 Lonely Girl 2:44
200/5 The Two Lonely People 4:22
200/6 The Bad and the Beautiful (piano solo) 2:14
200/7 You're Nearer 2:20
200/8 A Child Is Born 3:17
200/9 You Don't Know What Love Is 3:27
200/10 Maybe September 3:51
1-10: Improv 7117 (US) DRG MRS 901 (US) Improv UXP 112 (Japan) Improv ULS 1679-V (Japan) Album title: TOGETHER AGAIN
201—Bill Evans Trio; November 5th 1976, Maison de l'ORTF Paris, France
Evans, p; Eddie Gomez, b; Eliot Zigmund, dm.
201/1 TTT 6:27
201/2 Sugar Plum 6:28
201/3 Turn Out the Stars 4:59
201/4 Someday My Prince Will Come 7:08
201/5 All Mine (Minha) 3:28
201/6 All of You 7:52
201/7 Time Remembered 5:23
201/8 34 Skidoo 6:58
201/9 Quiet Now 5:01
201/10 TTTT nc
1-10: Taped and broadcast by Radio France. Parts of the concert filmed in super 8 by François Paudras, Paris.
202—Bill Evans Trio & Warne Marsh & Lee Konitz; February 28th & March 1st and 2nd 1977 Berkeley, CA
Konitz, as; Marsh, ts; Evans, p; Eddie Gomez, b; Eliot Zigmund, dm.
202/1 Eiderdown 8:17
202/2 Every Time We Say Goodbye (omit Konitz) 3:28
202/3 Speak Low 6:30
202/4 When I Fall in Love (omit Marsh, Gomez & Zigmund) 4:16
202/5 Night and Day 6:05
202/6 Pensativa 5:35
1-6: Fantasy F-9568 (US-also as cassette tape) Fantasy HBS 6091 (Italy) Fantasy 5951 (France) Fantasy SMJ 6263 (Japan) Fantasy VIJ 4018 (Japan) Album title: CROSSCURRENTS Carrere CA 271-68523 (France) Album title: BILL EVANS; 5: I Grandi del Jazz gdj 053 (Italy) Album title: BILL EVANS
203—Bill Evans Trio; May 11th-13th 1977 Berkeley, CA
Evans, p; Eddie Gomez, b; Eliot Zigmund, dm.
203/1 I Will Say Goodbye, take 1 3:27
203/2 I Will Say Goodbye, take 2 4:47
203/3 Dolphin Dance 6:00
203/4 Seascape 5:20
203/5 Peau Douce 4:15
203/6 The Opener 6:09
203/7 Quiet Lights 2:26
203/8 A House Is Not a Home 4:36
203/9 Nobody Else But Me 5:03
203/10 Orson's Theme 3:46
1-8: Fantasy F-9593 (US-also as cassette tape) Fantasy VIJ 6328 (Japan) Fantasy 506.7116 (Brazil) Album title: I WILL SAY GOODBYE; 1-10: Fantasy OJCCD 761-2 I WILL SAY GOODBYE; 9-10: Fantasy F-9639 (US) Fantasy VIJ 6419 (Japan) Album title: FROM THE 70's
204—Bill Evans Trio; August 23rd-25th 1977 Holllywood, CA
Evans, p; Eddie Gomez, b; Eliot Zigmund, dm.
204/1 B Minor Waltz 3:12
204/2 You Must Believe in Spring 5:37
204/3 Gary's Theme 4:15
204/4 We Will Meet Again 3:59
204/5 The Peacocks 6:00
204/6 Sometime Ago 4:52
204/7 Theme from MASH 5:53
1-7: Warner Bros HS 3504-Y (US-also as cassette tape) Warner Bros Y 56879 (Germany) Warner Bros WE 341-56879 (France) Warner Bros P-10967 W (Japan) Warner Bros WB 56.007 (Brazil) Album title: YOU MUST BELIEVE IN SPRING
205—Bill Evans Trio; Fall 1977, The Top Boston, MA
Evans, p; Chuck Israels, b; Eliot Zigmund, dm.
205/1 Emily 6:10
205/2 Time Remembered 6:55
205/3 Summertime 6:38
205/4 In Your Own Sweet Way 8:43
205/5 I Loves You, Porgy, (piano solo) 5:44
205/6 Up With the Lark 6:19
205/7 Some Other Time nc
1-7: Radio broadcast
206—Bill Evans Trio; January 15, 1978, Village Vanguard, New York, NY
Evans, p; Michael Moore, b; Philly Joe Jones, d
206/1 I Should Care 4:56
206/2 How My Heart Sings 5:15
206/3 Gary’s Theme 4:46
206/4 I’m Getting Sentimental Over You 4:42
206/5 Quiet Now 5:31
206/6 Re: Person I Knew 4:56
206/7 The Peacocks 6:10
206/8 Emily 4:56
206/9 Theme from “MASH” (Suicide is Painless) 4:49
206/10 Turn Out the Stars 5:09
206/11 When I Fall In Love 4:17
206/12 In Your Own Sweet Way 6:13
206/13 But Beautiful 5:32
206/14 I Love You 5:08
1-14: Milestone MCD-9336-2 Album title: GETTING SENTIMENTAL (from private tape made by Michael Harris)
207—Bill Evans Solo; January 26th-28th & 30th and February 13th-16th 1978 New York, NY
Evans, p & el-p (overdubbing himself)
207/1 Song for Helen (p & P & el-p) 7:43
207/2 Nobody Else But Me (p & el-p) 4:33
207/3 Maxine (p & p & el-p) 4:32
207/4 For Nenette (p & p & el-p) 7:16
207/5 I Love My Wife (p & p) 6:39
207/6 Remembering the Rain (p & p & el-p) 4:24
207/7 After You (p & p) 3:35
207/8 Reflections in D (p) 7:00
1-8: Warner Bros BSK 3177-Y (US-also as cassette tape) Warner Bros 56511-U (Germany) Warner Bros P 10516-W (Japan) Warner Bros WB 56.003 (Brazil) Album title: NEW CONVERSATIONS
208—Bill Evans Trio; June 16th 1978, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Philly Joe Jones, dm.
208/1 Reflections in D (piano solo)
208/2 TTT
1-2: Taped and broadcast by WNET (TV)
209—Bill Evans Trio & Lee Konitz & Curtis Fuller & Stan Getz & Christian Escoudé; July 6th 1978, Arénes de Cimiez, Nice France
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Philly Joe Jones, dm.
209/1 Like Someone in Love
209/2 You Don't Know What Love Is
209/3 Someday My Prince Will Come
Add Konitz, as
209/4 Solar
209/5 What Is This Thing Called Love
July 7th 1978, same location
Evans, p; Johnson, b; Jones, dm
209/6 When I Fall in Love
209/7 Nardis
209/8 I Should Care
209/9 Theme from MASH
209/10 Turn Out The Stars
209/11 On Green Dolphin Street
209/12 Emily
Add Konitz
209/13 You Don't Know What Love Is
209/14 Someday My Prince Will Come
209/15 Solar
July 11th 1978, same location
Evans, p; Johnson, b; Jones, dm
209/16 I Should Care
209/17 But Beautiful
209/18 Theme from MASH
209/19 On Green Dolphin Street
209/20 Midnight Mood
209/21 The Peacocks
209/22 Nardis
Add Escoudé, g
209/23 Like Someone In Love 7:45
Add Getz, ts; Fuller, tb
209/24 Walkin'
209/25 Lover Man
209/26 All the Things You Are 10:28
209/27 Autumn Leaves 10:05
1-24: Taped by Radio France. Parts broadcast, also by US-NET; 16,17,18, 20,21,23,, 27: Super 8 movie from the files of François Paudras, Paris
210—Bill Evans Trio & Kenny Burrell; July 12th 1978, Casino de Montreux Switzerland
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Philly Joe Jones, dm.
210/1 The Peacocks 6:35
210/2 Theme from MASH4 4:08
210/3 Reflections in D (piano solo) 5:45
210/4 Up With the Lark (omit Jones) 6:29
210/5 Nardis 9:06
Add Burrell, g
210/6 Take the A Train 6:27
210/7 The Song Is You 6:20
210/8 A Child Is Born (omit Johnson & Jones)
1-9: Taped and broadcast by Radio Suisse Romande, parts also on TV; 9: 16 mm movie from the files of François Paudras, Paris.
211—Bill Evans Trio & Lee Konitz; July 13th 1978 Arénes de Nimes, France
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Philly Joe Jones, dm.
211/1 Midnight Mood nc
211/2 The Peacocks 5:20
211/3 Theme from MASh 4:05
211/4 But Beautiful 4:25
211/5 Nardis 8:18
Add Konitz, as
211/6 Like Someone in Love 10:42
211/7 You Don't Know What Love Is (omit Johnson & Jones) 6:45
211/8 What Is This Thing Called Love 11:15
211/9 Someday My Prince Will Come 7:55
1-9: Private tape of reasonable quality
212—Bill Evans Trio & Lee Konitz; July 19th 1978 Terni, Italy
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Philly Joe Jones, dm.
212/1 Re: Person I Knew 4:23
212/2 The Peacocks 6:12
212/3 Theme from MASH 4:13
212/4 Midnight Mood 5:15
212/5 But Beautiful 4:08
212/6 Nardis 7:58
Add Konitz, as
212/7 Solar 8:34
212/8 You Don't Know What Love Is nc
212/9 All The Things You Are 8:20
1-9: Italian radio broadcast
213—Bill Evans Trio; July 21st 1978, Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough, England
Konitz, as; Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Philly Joe Jones, dm.
213/1 Like Someone in Love
213/2 Solar
213/3 You Don't Know What Love Is (omit Johnson & Jones)
1-3: British TV broadcast
214—Bill Evans Trio & Toots Thielemans & Larry Schneider; October 30th and 31st & November 1st and 2nd 1978 New York, NY
Thielmans, hca; Schneider, ts & ss & fl; Evans, p & el-p; Marc Johnson, b; Eliot Zigmund, dm.
214/1 I Do It For Your Love 7:16
214/2 Sno' Peas 5:51
214/3 This Is All I Ask 4:14
214/4 The Days of Wine and Roses 6:40
214/5 Jesus and Me (Jesus' Last Ballad) 5:52
214/6 Tomato Kiss 5:17
214/7 Blue in Green 4:09
214/8 Noëlle's Theme 3:17
214/9 Body and Soul 6:15
1-9: Warner Bros BSK 3293-Y (US-also as cassette tape) Warner Bros WE 341-56617 (France) Warner Bros U 56617 (Germany) Warner Bros P 10634 (Japan) Warner Bros WB 56.006 (Brazil) Album title: AFFINITY
215—Bill Evans Trio; 1979, Live At Lelystad
Evans, p: Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbara, dm.
215/1 Django 7:00
215/2 Waltz For Debby 5:02
215/3 Twelve Tone Tune (T.T.T) 3:14
215/4 unknown title 6:20
215/5 Gone With the Wind 6:28
1-5 private tape, medium quality.
216—Bill Evans Trio; January 1979, The Maintainence Shop Ames, Iowa
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbera, dm.
216/1 Morning Glory 3:50
216/2 34 Skidoo 6:43
216/3 But Beautiful 3:53
216/4 Who Can I Turn To 5:31
216/5 Gary's Theme 4:38
216/6 Turn Out the Stars 4:52
216/7 Someday My Prince Will Come 6:26
216/8 Minha (All Mine) 3:26
216/9 Nardis nc
216/10 Re: Person I Knew 4:38
216/11 Midnight Mood 8:38
216/12 Theme from MASH 4:19
216/13 Quiet Now 5:34
216/14 Up With the Lark 6:21
216/15 I Do It For Your Love nc
216/16 In Your Own Sweet Way 8:37
216/17 My Romance nc
1-17: Taped and braodcasted by Public Radio, also on TV. 16 mm movie from the files of François Paudras, Paris. Broadcast released on Video Disk in Japan and VHS Cassette in US.
217—Bill Evans Trio, early 1979, TV Broadcast
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbera, dm.
217/1 In Your Own Sweet Way 8:16
217/2 The Peacocks 5:48
1-2: Jazz Music Performances 2869062 (US-DVD) BILL EVANS TRIO: THE EVOLUTION OF A TRIO 1971-79
218—Bill Evans Trio 1979 concert of Bill Evans trio in Buenos Aires, with Marc Johnson and Joe Labarbera
218/1 STELLA BY STARLIGHT
218/2 LAURIE (incorrectly labelled GARY'S THEME)
218/3 THEME FROM 'MASH'
218/4 TURN OUT THE STARS (incorrectly labelled WE WILL MEET AGAIN)
218/5 I DO IT FOR YOUR LOVE (incorrectly labelled LETTER TO EVAN)
218/6 MY ROMANCE
218/7 LETTER TO EVAN (incorrectly labelled NOELLE'S THEME) Evans solo
218/8 I LOVES YOU PORGY Evans solo
218/9 UP WITH THE LARK
218/10 MINHA
BILL EVANS TRIO IN BUENOS AIRES - VOL. 2, 1979 Concert: Recorded at the Teatro Municipal General San Martin of Buenos Aires, September 27, 1979, Bill Evans, Marc Johnson and Joe La Barbera. 1989 by Yellow Note Records, Jazz Lab JLCD - 2; made in Switzerland
219—Bill Evans Trio; Summer, 1979, Bushnell Park, Hartford, CT
Evans, p; Johnson, b; LaBarbara, dm. short interview
219/1 RE: Person I Knew
219/2 Midnight Mood
219/3 The Peacocks
219/4 Theme From M.A.S.H.
219/5 Turn Out the Stars
219/6 Someday My Prince Will Come (ID voice over on intro)
219/7 I Do It For Your Love
Side Two (intermission: Bill admonishes part of audience to be quiet.)
219/8 My Romance
219/9 Up With The Lark
219/10 34 Skidoo
219/11 Quiet Now
219/12 Nardis
219/13 But Beautiful (encore)
1-13: taped and broadcast by WWVH-FM, University of Hartford.
220—Bill Evans Quintet; August 6th-9th 1979 New York, NY
Tom Harrell, tp; Larry Schneider, ts; Evans, p & el-p; Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbera, dm.
220/1 Comrad Conrad 10:03
220/2 Laurie 8:18
220/3 Bill's Hit Tune 10:48
220/4 For All We Know 3:39
220/5 Only Child 10:45
220/6 Peri's Scope 6:10
220/7 We Will Meet Again 2:33
220/8 Five 9:09
1-8: Warner Bros 3411-Y (US-also as cassette tape), CD = 3411-2 Warner Bros Y 56807 (Germany) Warner Bros WE 341-56807 (France) Warner Bros P 10808-W (Japan) Warner Bros WB 36.153 (Brazil) Album title: WE WILL MEET AGAIN
221—Bill Evans Trio; October 1979, The Lulu Whites Boston, MA
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, Joe LaBarbera, dm.
221/1 How My Heart Sings
221/2 Midnight Mood
221/3 The Peacocks
221/4 Theme from MASH
221/5 Laurie
221/6 Up With the Lark
221/7 I Do It For Your Love
221/8 My Romance
221/9 Re: Person I Knew 5:07
221/10 Emily 4:45
221/11 If You Could See Me Now 6:13
221/12 Theme from MASH 4:30
221/13 Laurie 7:56
221/14 Someday My Prince Will Come 8:55
221/15 I Do It For Your Love nc
1-15: Radio broadcast, may be issued. NOTE: This is a recording of two sets from the same evening, which explains the presence of two versions of the same tune.
222—Bill Evans Trio; Autumn 1979, Ritz Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbera, dm.
222/1 My Romance 6:22
222/2 Mornin' Glory 3:22
222/3 Up With the Lark 5:29
222/4 Quiet Now 4:55
222/5 In Your Own Sweet Way 10:03
222/6 I Do It For Your Love 5:51
1-6: Taped and broadcast by Radio Canada
223—Bill Evans-Walther Davis Duo/Bill Evans Solo/Bill Evans Trio; November 25th and 26th 1979, private and at Espace Cardin Paris, France
Evans, Walther Davis, p.
223/1 Unknown Title
Evans teaching Stephane Paudras, p
223/2 Turn Out the Stars
Evans, p
223/3 Laurie
223/4 Letter to Evan
223/5 Turn Out the Stars
223/6 My Romance
223/7 Theme a la Francaise
223/8 Your Story
223/9 Like Someone in Love (rehearsal at Espace Cardin)
223/10 Laurie (Espace Cardin)
223/11 Letter to Evan (Espace Cardin)
Add Marc Johnson, b & Joe LaBarbera, dm.
223/12 Five (Espace Cardin)
Evans, p
223/13 Improvisations over various themes (private)
1-12: 16 mm movie from the files of François Paudras, Paris; 13: Private tape made with studio equipment
224—Bill Evans Trio; November 26th 1979, Espace Pierre Cardin Paris, France
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbera, dm.
224/1 Re: Person I Knew 5:01
224/2 Quiet Now 5:54
224/3 Theme from MASH 4:10
224/4 Gary's Theme 5:12
224/5 34 Skidoo 6:30
224/6 Laurie 7:50
224/7 My Romance 9:15
224/8 Noël's Theme 4:19
224/9 Letter to Evan 4:31
224/10 Porgy (piano solo) 7:02
224/11 Up With the Lark 6:39
224/12 All Mine (Minha) 4:03
224/13 Beautiful Love 9:22
224/14 I Do It For Your Love 6:17
224/15 Nardis 16:58
224/16 But Beautiful 4:25
2,7,8,10-14: Elektra Musician 1-60164-D (US) Elektra Musician Y 96 0164-1 (Germany) Elektra Musician WE 351-96 0164 (France) Elektra Musician E 0164 (England) Elektra Musician P-11251 (Japan) Elektra Musician 22.067 (Brazil) Album title: THE PARIS CONCERT, EDITION ONE; 1,4-6,9,15: Elektra Musician 1-60311-D (US) Elektra Musician Y 96 0311-1 (Germany) Elektra Musician WE 361-96 0311 (France) Elektra Musician E 0311 (England) Elektra Musician P-11460 (Japan) Album title: THE PARIS CONCERT, EDITION TWO. Warner Bros now owns this material and does not have any plans to release on CD. 1-16: Taped and broadcast by Radio France. 16 mm movie from the files of François Paudras, Paris
225—Bill Evans Trio; December 3rd 1979, Lederhalle Stuttgart, West Germany
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbera, dm.
225/1 Noëlle's Theme (piano solo) 3:20
225/2 All of You 8:14
225/3 All Mine (Minha) 3:35
225/4 Nardis 13:42
225/5 Re: Person I Knew 4:41
225/6 Laurie 7:48
225/7 Porgy (piano solo) 6:12
225/8 Up With the Lark (omit LaBarbera) 5:33
225/9 Theme from MASH 4:01
225/10 But Beautiful 4:09
1-10: Taped and broadcast by Suddeutsche Rundfunk
226—Bill Evans Trio; December 4th 1979 Lyon, France
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbera, dm.
226/1 Re: Person I Knew
226/2 Spring Is Here
226/3 You and the Night and the Music
226/4 Letter to Evan (piano solo)
226/5 Porgy (piano solo)
226/6 Up With the Lark (omit LaBarbera)
226/7 Minha (All Mine) (omit LaBarbera)
226/8 Theme from MASH
226/9 Laurie
226/10 Nardis
226/11 But Beautiful
1-11: Private tape; 1,2,4-7,9-11: Filmed by Leon Terjanian, Strasbourg, and part of Terjanian's portrait movie of Evans entitled "Turn Out the Stars." The director's movie also includes a sequence of Evans' trio rehearsing over tunes "Polka Dots and Moonbeams," "Bill's Hit Tune," "Letter to Evan" and "Laurie."
227—Bill Evans Trio & Toots Thielemans; December 6th 1979, Nick Vollebrecgts Jazz Cate, Laren Holland
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbera, dm.
227/1 TTT nc
227/2 Laurie 7:12
227/3 Nardis 12:20
Add Thielemans, hca
227/4 What Is This Thing Called Love 6:25
227/5 Blue in Green 4:06
227/6 The Days of Wine and Roses 7:21
227/7 I Do It For Your Love
227/8 Bluesette
1-8: Taped and broadcast by TROS-Radio
227a— Bill Evans Trio; December 11th 1979, Balboa Jazz Club Madrid, Spain
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbera, dm.
227a/1 Polka Dots And Moonbeams
227a/2 Who Can I Turn To?
227a/3 My Man's Gone Now
227a/4 Quiet Now
227a/5 Autumn Leaves
227a/6 Laurie
227a/7 34 Skidoo
227a/8 Minha
227a/9 Nardis
227a/10 The Two Lonely People
227a/11 When I Fall In Love
227a/12 What Is This Thing Called Love?
227a/13 Jesus' Last Ballad
227a/14 Someday My Prince Will Come
227a/15 Five (theme)
1-8: Ivory ILP-3003 (Portugal) Bill Evans Trio Live At Balboa Jazz Club, Vol. 4; 9-15: Ivory ILP-3004 (Portugal) Bill Evans Trio Live At Balboa Jazz Club, Vol. 5
228—Bill Evans Trio; December 12th 1979, Balboa Jazz Club Madrid, Spain
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbera, dm.
228/1 Re: Person I Knew 7:12
228/2 When I Fall in Love 3:45
228/3 My Man's Gone Now 6:12
228/4 Theme from MASH 4:02
228/5 Blue in Green 4:27
228/6 If You Could See Me Now 5:44
228/7 Up With the Lark 5:08
228/8 I Do It For Your Love 3:25
228/9 Five 5:36
228/10 The Two Lonely People 4:24
228/11 Bill's Hit Tune 9:24
228/12 Gary's Theme 4:43
228/13 Laurie 6:44
228/14 Like Someone in Love 7:10
228/15 Nardis 16:56
1-15: Taped and broadcast by Radio Nacional de Espana. 1-5: Ivory ILP-3002 (Protugal) BILL EVANS - LIVE AT BALBOA JAZZ CLUB VOL. 3; 6-12: Ivory ILP 3000 (Portugal) BILL EVANS - LIVE AT BALBOA JAZZ CLUB VOL. 1; 13-15: Ivory ILP-3001 (Portugal) BILL EVANS - LIVE AT BALBOA JAZZ CLUB VOL. 2
229— Bill Evans Trio; December 1979, Barcelona, Spain
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbera, dm.
229/1 Laurie 4:20
229/2 My Romance 10:52
229/3 Theme from M.A.S.H. 4:15
1-3: Jazz Music Performances 2869062 (US-DVD) BILL EVANS TRIO: THE EVOLUTION OF A TRIO 1971-79.
230— Bill Evans Trio; December 1979, Rome Italy
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbera, dm.
230/1 Bill’s Hit Tune
230/2 Re: Person I Knew 4:02
230/3 Laurie 7:08
230/4 Very Early 4:52
230/5 The Peacocks 5:10
230/6 On Green Dolphin Street 6:18
230/7 Morning Glory 3:38
230/8 Solar 5:57
230/9 My Romance 9:21
1: from a DVD of uncertain origin, ROME CONCERT 1979. 2-9: Gambit Records 69229 (place unknown) Album title: BILL EVANS TRIO: LIVE IN ROME 1979
231—His Last Concert In Germany Early 1980
231/1 Letter To Evan 7:15
231/2 Yet Ne'er Broken 6:15
231/3 Laurie 5:20
231/4 Bill's Hit Tune 7:10
231/5 Knit For Mary F. 6:10
231/6 The Days of Wine and Roses 7:50
231/7 Your Story 4:30
231/8 But Beautiful 4:10
231/9 If You Could See Me Now 5:40
231/10 Waltz For Debby 6:05
Released on a WestWind CD [= Westwind 2022]
232—Bill Evans Trio/Bill Evans-John Lewis Duo; April 1980, Harvard University Boston, MA
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbera, dm.
232/1 Re: Person I Knew 3:52
232/2 Laurie 7:12
232/3 Theme from MASH 3:58
232/4 Turn Out the Stars 4:38
232/5 Someday My Prince Will Come 7:08
232/6 I Do It For Your Love 5:20
232/7 Nardis 12:52
Add Lewis, p (omit Johnson & LaBarbera)
232/8 Round Midnight 6:02
232/9 But Not for Me 7:23
232//10 Billie's Bounce 3:45
1-10: Private tape of professional quality
233—Bill Evans & Toots Thielemans; April 16th 1980, Evan's private home New York, NY
Evans, p; Thielemans, hca.
233/1 Laurie
1: Broadcast by Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Western Germany) as part of a portrait movie of Thielemans. 16 mm movie from the files of François Paudras, Paris
234—Bill Evans Trio; June 7th 1980, The Village Vanguard New York, NY
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbera, dm.
234/1 Like Someone in Love 7:11
234/2 Quiet Now 4:55
234/3 Emily 4:01
234/4 I do It For Your Love 5:16
234/5 Nardis 15:16
234/6 Your Story 4:12
234/7 Untitled 4:22
234/8 Letter to Evan 6:31
234/9 Minha (All Mine) 3:06
234/10 Bill's Hit Tune 5:58
234/11 A Sleepin' Bee 4:07
234/12 My Foolish Heart 5:12
234/13 My Romance/Five nc
1-13: Taped by Warner Bros for later release. NOTE: Warner Bros also taped three other nights of this Village Vanguard gig. Released in November 1996 as TURN OUT THE STARS.
The complete Vanguard sessions subsequently became available as a 10 LP (vinyl only) set from Mosaic, #171
Original sessions produced by Helen Keane; Produced for release by Jeff Levenson & Bill Kirchner; executive producers; Michael Cuscuna & Charlie Lourie; original location recording and remixing: Malcolm Addey; recording assistant: Jon Bobenko; mastered by Master Cutting Room
Producer's Note:
The selection process for this collection was made both easy and difficult by the fact that the musical level over the span of four nights of recording was very high -- often extraordinary. Only the first set of the first night was totally unusable, which Evans himself intimated in an interview with Ted O'Reilly in August, 1980. Otherwise, it was largely a matter of deciding one's preference in pearls.
In particular, I wanted to include multiple versions of four new and previously unrecorded Evans originals, Your Story, Tiffany, Yet Ne'er Broken and Knit For Mary F. For the sake of variety, I picked as many different themes as possible, especially favoring those which the trio played only once during the four nights. Every tune recorded during the engagement is represented here with the exception of Very Early and The Other Side Of Midnight. The version of Very Early, a much recorded item in Evans's repertoire, was just routine by the trio's standards. The solo version of The Other Side Of Midnight was not a developed performance, essentially a piano warm-up.
Of the untitled tune listed twice in the discography, Marc Johnson reports that Evans often taught him tunes during sound checks. It sounds as if this item was a work in progress that Evans was teaching his bassist. It has been copyrighted with the working title Bill's New Solo.
A focal point of the project are the four versions of Nardis, all exciting and varied within the parameters of the trio's arrangement, and all showing Evans, Johnson and LaBarbera at the peak of their individual powers. I firmly believe that these performances will be discussed and dissected by musicians, scholars and fans for years to come.
A footnote: you'll notice that there is an abrupt, applause-less cut-off at the end of the final evening's last selection. The reel of tape ran out at that very moment — a Rod Serling-esque finale to the engagement, and to Evans's triumphant-tragic career.
—Bill Kirchner August 1996
The following playlist is from the Mosaic website; followed by the discography from billevans.jazz.com
The Final Village Vanguard Sessions-June 1980 (LP Only #171)
Bill Evans (p), Marc Johnson (b), Joe LaBarbera (d). June 4, 5,6, & 8, 1980 Village Vanguard, New York City. All performances are by the trio, unless otherwise noted.
June 4-set one
Re: Person I Knew rejected
Polka Dots And Moonbeams -
The Two Lonely People -
Theme From MASH -
Turn Out The Stars -
I Do It For Your Love -
June 4-set two
Tiffany unissued
Your Story (omit d) -
Bill's Hit Tune Record One
Laurie unissued
Emily -
Quiet Now -
Nardis Record One
June 4-set three
Tiffany unissued
Knit For Mary F. -
Yet Ne'er Broken -
If You Could See Me Now Record One
Your Story (solo)/Like Someone In Love unissued
My Foolish Heart -
Very Early -
Five -
June 5-set one
Re: Person I Knew unissued
Polka Dots And Moonbeams -
The Two Lonely People Record One
Theme From MASH unissued
Laurie Record One
Bill's Hit Tune unissued
I Do It For Your Love -
My Romance Record Two
June 5-set two
Your Story (omit d) unissued
Tiffany Record Two
If You Could See Me Now unissued
Like Someone In Love Record Two
Letter To Evan (omit d) -
Days Of Wine And Roses -
Emily -
My Foolish Heart Record Three
Nardis -
June 5-set three
The Other Side Of Midnight (Noelle's Theme) (solo)unissued
Knit For Mary F. -
Yet Ne'er Broken Record Three
Quiet Now -
But Not For Me -
Turn Out The Stars unissued
Spring Is Here Record Four
Autumn Leaves -
June 6-set one
Your Story Record Four
Re: Person I Knew -
Polka Dots And Moonbeams -
The Two Lonely People -
Theme From MASH -
Tiffany Record Five
Turn Out The Stars -
Laurie -
My Romance -
June 6-set two
Knit For Mary F. Record Five
Midnight Mood -
Time Remembered Record Six
Days Of Wine And Roses -
Up With The Lark -
My Foolish Heart unissued
Nardis Record Six
June 6-set three
untitled tune (solo) unissued
Your Story (omit d) Record Six
Yet Ne'er Broken Record Seven
If You Could See Me Now -
Bill's Hit Tune -
Tiffany -
In Your Own Sweet Way -
I Do It For Your Love -
Five Record Eight
June 8-set one
Re: Person I Knew unissued
Polka Dots And Moonbeams Record Eight
Tiffany unissued
Bill's Hit Tune Record Eight
Turn Out The Stars -
Letter To Evan unissued
If You Could See Me Now -
Days Of Wine And Roses Record Eight
June 8-set two
Your Story unissued
But Not For Me Record Eight
Knit For Mary F. Record Nine
Like Someone In Love -
Quiet Now -
Emily -
I Do It For Love -
Nardis -
June 8-set three
untitled tune (omit d) unissued
Your Story -
Knit For Mary F. Record Ten
Like Someone In Love -
Letter To Evan -
Minha (omit d) -
Bill's Hit Tune unissued
A Sleepin' Bee Record Ten
My Foolish Heart unissued
My Romance/Five
235—Bill Evans Trio; August 3rd 1980 Gouvy, Belgium
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbera, dm.
235/1 Like Someone in Love
235/2 Tiffany
235/3 Your Story
235/4 Nardis
235/5 Waltz for Debby
1-5: Private tape of good quality. 16 mm movie from the files of Leon Terjanian, Strasbourg
236—Bill Evans Trio; August 9th 1980 Molde, Norway
Evans, p; Marc Johnson, b; Joe LaBarbera, dm.
236/1 Re: Person I Knew 5:22
236/2 The Days of Wine and Roses 9:27
236/3 Your Story 4:07
236/4 Nardis 13:45
1-4: Taped and broadcast by Norsk Rigskringkastning (TV).
237—The Bill Evans Trio Sunday August 31, through Sunday Sept 7, 1980, Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA
Marc Johnson, bass; Joe LaBarbera, drums. Todd Barkin, producer and engineer.
237/1 RE: Person I Knew 4:29237/2 Tiffany 5:35
237/3 My Foolish Heart 5:08
237/4 Theme From Mash 4:08
237/5 Knit For Mary F. 6:55
237/6 Days of Wine and Roses 8:35
237/7 Your Story 4:27
237/8 The Two Lonely People 7:43
237/9 My Romance 10:29Monday, Sept. 1, 1980
237/10 Tiffany 5:39
237/11 Polka Dots and Moonbeams 6:56
237/12 Like Someone in Love 7:25
237/13 Letter To Evan 8:33
237/14 Gary's Theme 5:36
237/15 Days of Wine and Roses 8:10
237/16 I Do It For Your Love 6:14
237/17 My Romance 8:38
Tuesday, Sept. 2, 1980
237/18 Re: Person I Knew 4:41
237/19 Tiffany 5:31
237/20 Knit For Mary F. 6:25
237/21 Like Someone In Love 6:52
237/22 Your Story 4:24
237/23 Someday My Prince Will Come 6:59
237/24 I Do It For Your Love 5:58
237/25 My Romance 9:21
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 1980
237/26 Re: Person I Knew 4:44
237/27 Tiffany 5:33
237/28 Polka Dots and Moonbeams 6:39
237/29 Theme From M.A.S.H. 4:05
237/30 Your Story 4:25
237/31 Like Someone In Love 6:17
237/32 Knit For Mary F. 6:26
237/33 The Two Lonely People 7:48
237/34 My Romance 8:48
Thursday, Sept. 4, 1980
237/35 Up With the Lark 6:10
237/36 Mornin' Glory 3:49
237/37 Polka Dots and Moonbeams 6:17
237/38 Like Someone In Love 6:20
237/39 Turn Out The Stars 8:10
237/40 Turn Out The Stars
237/41 Your Story 4:11
237/42 Emily 4:24
237/43 I Do It For Your Love 5:39
237/44 My Romance 8:19
Friday, Sept. 5, 1980
237/45 Re: Person I Knew
237/46 Tiffany
237/47 Knit For Mary F.
237/48 Who Can I Turn To
237/49 My Foolish Heart
237/50 Emily
237/51 Laurie
237/52 You and the Night and the Music
Saturday, Sept. 6, 1980
237/53 Re: Person I Knew
237/54 Laurie
237/55 Bill's Hit Tune
237/56 Theme From M.A.S.H.
237/57 The Two Lonely People
237/58 My Foolish Heart
237/59 Days of Wine and Roses
237/60 But Beautiful
Sunday, Sept. 7, 1980
237/61 Emily 4:25
237/62 Polka Dots and Moonbeams 5:55
237/63 Like Someone In Love 6:13
237/64 Your Story 4:05
237/65 Days of Wine and Roses 7:33
237/66 Knit For Mary F. 6:09
237/67 Who Can I Turn To 4:45
237/68 I Do It For Your Love 5:19
237/69 My Romance 8:25
Released on Timeless Records (HOLLAND) and Alpha Records (JAPAN): ‘You and the Night and the Music,’ ‘Emily’, ‘the Two Lonely People,’ ‘I Do It For Your Love,’ Re: Person I Knew,’ Polka Dots and Moonbeams,’ ‘Knit for Mary F,’ ‘Someday My Prince will Come’ w/out indication of sets, issued on Timeless CD SJP 331 as CONSECRATION 1; ‘Tiffany,’ ‘My Foolish Heart,’ ‘Days of Wine and Roses,’ Your Story,’ ‘Turn Out the Stars,’ ‘Like Someone in Love,’ ‘My Romance,’ w/out indication of sets, issued on Timeless CD SJP 332 as CONSECRATION 2
238—Live At Balboa Jazz Club
238/1 Re: Person I Knew 4:28
238/2 When I Fall In Love 3:46
238/3 My Man's Gone Now 6:26
238/4 Theme From M.A.S.H. 4:06
238/5 Blue In Green 4:41
238/6 If You Could See Me Now 5:44
238/7 Up With The Lark 5:14
238/8 I Do It For Your Love 5:34
238/9 Five 5:26
238/10 The Two Lonely People 7:16
238/11 Bill's Hit Tune 9:18
238/12 Laurie 6:49
238/13 Like Someone In Love 7:15
238/14 Gary's Theme 4:40
238/15 Nardis 17:15
No information available on date
239—Bill Evans Solo, Video Short; Taped on Tuesday, September 9th 1980 New York, NY
Evans, p.
239/1 Your Story
Broadcast on September 17, 1980, as part of The Merv Griffin Show (TV). Special music show with George Shearing, Phyllis Diller and Bill Evans. When introducing Bill, Merv mentions that Phyllis Diller brought all of her Bill Evans albums for him to autograph. Bill changes up the script by not playing what the producer had intended, an up tempo number. He plays a recent composition "Your Story," formerly the diddlly-aah song. On the second chorus he nods the band in to accompany him. Ray Brown gives it a try and maybe makes about 30 percent of it. Mundell Lowe is also in the band.
240—Bill Evans Trio, The Last Date, 9/10/80; Recorded live at Fat Tuesdays, NYC, Wednesday, September 10, 1980.
Bill Evans died on Monday, September 15, 1980. Bill Evans piano, Marc Johnson bass, Joe LaBarbera drums. This was the first night of a five night engagement. Bill called in sick on the second night and Andy LaVerne was called by the club manager to fill in for him. This is from a tape of unknown origin and is poor quality, probably a small cassette recorder placed on the floor of the bandstand with automatic gain control. The tape is very bass heavy and boomy. The order of tunes was edited by someone. This is not the original order.
240/1 My Foolish Heart 3:58
240/2 Letter to Evan 5:10
240/3 Polka Dots And Moonbeams (first set?) 6:15
240/4 Polka Dots And Moonbeams (second set?) 5:50
240/5 Like Someone In Love 6:21240/6 Your Story 3:52
240/7 Tiffany 5:19240/8 Time Remembered 5:38
240/9 Turn Out The Stars 6:13
240/10 If You Could See Me Now 6:10
240/11 Bill's Hit Tune (first set?) 7:39
240/12 Bill's Hit Tune (second set?) 8:44
240/13 I Do It For Your Love 5:28
240/14 Knit For Mary F (first set?) 6:13
240/15 Knit For Mary F (second set?) 6:21
240/16 Laurie 6:52
240/17 Nardis 16:17
240/18 The Two Lonely People 7:41
240/19 But Not For Me 8:43
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