The Complete Fantasy Recordings (9-CD Box Set)

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Here is the complete body of work recorded by Bill Evans as released by the Fantasy label. Reissued in sleek and compact new packaging, the 9-CD box set contains 98 track selections recorded by the influential jazz pianist between 1973 and 1979 in club, concert, and studio settings; plus a fascinating hour-long interview with Evans at the piano is included, conducted by Marian McPartland and originally broadcast on National Public Radio in 1978.

In these solo, duo, trio, and quintet performances with Tony Bennett, Ray Brown, Kenny Burrell, Eddie Gomez, Philly Joe Jones, Lee Konitz, Harold Land, Warne Marsh, Marty Morell, and Eliot Zigmund, Bill Evans is revealed as a commanding artist at the peak of his powers. Completing the box is a 32-page illustrated booklet with an essay by Gene Lees and notes on the sessions by producer Helen Keane.

Tracklist

Disc 1 

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

Disc 2

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

Disc 3

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

Disc 4

1. Are You All the Things
2. A 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. The 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
2. Milano
3. Venutian Rhythm Dance
4. Django
5. But Beautiful
6. Minha (All Mine)
7. Driftin'
8. I Love You
9. The Summer Knows
10. In a Sentimental Mood
11. The 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 Blue
7. Martina
8. Second Time Around
9. A Child is Born
10. Bass Face
11. Nobody Else But Me

Disc 7

1. Sugar Plum
2. Time Remembered
3. 34 Skidoo
4. T.T.T.T.
5. Turn Out the Stars
6. Someday My Prince Will Come
7. Minha (All Mine)
8. All of You
9. Waltz For Debby
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
10. The Opener
11. Quiet Light
12. A House is Not a Home
13. Orson's Theme

Disc 9

1. Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Interview

Features

• Contains the complete body of work recorded by Bill Evans as released by the Fantasy label. 

• Reissued as a 9-CD set in sleek and compact new packaging.