Letter to Evan

For the David Benoit album, see Letter to Evan (David Benoit album).

Letter to Evan

Live album by Bill Evans

Released

1994

Recorded

July 21, 1980

Genre

Jazz

Length

53:43

Label

Dreyfus Jazz

Bill Evans chronology

Blue in Green: The Concert in Canada
(1991)

Letter to Evan
(1994)

Turn Out the Stars
(1994)

Letter to Evan is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera recorded ay Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in 1980 about two months before his death. It released on the Dreyfus Jazz label.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 4 stars and states "Evans is heard with one of his finest trios... in surprisingly enthusiastic and creative form; there is no hint that the end is near... Easily recommended for true Bill Evans fans".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Bill Evans except as indicated

"Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) - 5:33
"Days of Wine and Roses" (Henry Mancini, Mercer) - 8:25
"Knit for Mary F." - 6:07
"Like Someone in Love" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 7:06
"Your Story" - 3:56
"Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 8:26
"My Man's Gone Now" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward) - 6:07
"Letter to Evan" - 8:03

Recorded at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London, England on July 21, 1980

Personnel

References

↑ Bill Evans discography accessed March 23, 2010
1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed August 5, 2011

Bill Evans

Discography	New Jazz Conceptions Tenderly: An Informal Session Everybody Digs Bill Evans On Green Dolphin Street The Ivory Hunters Portrait in Jazz Know What I Mean? Explorations Sunday at the Village Vanguard Waltz for Debby Nirvana Undercurrent Moon Beams How My Heart Sings! Interplay Empathy Loose Blues The Solo Sessions, Vol. 1 The Solo Sessions, Vol. 2 The Gary McFarland Orchestra Conversations With Myself Plays the Theme from The V.I.P.s and Other Great Songs Time Remembered At Shelly's Manne-Hole Trio 64 Stan Getz & Bill Evans The Bill Evans Trio "Live" Waltz for Debby Trio '65 Bill Evans Trio with Symphony Orchestra Bill Evans at Town Hall Intermodulation A Simple Matter of Conviction Further Conversations with Myself California Here I Come Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival Alone What's New Jazzhouse You're Gonna Hear from Me From Left to Right Quiet Now Montreux II Piano Player The Bill Evans Album Living Time The Tokyo Concert Eloquence Half Moon Bay Since We Met Re: Person I Knew Symbiosis But Beautiful Blue in Green: The Concert in Canada Intuition The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album Montreux III Alone (Again) Quintessence Together Again The Paris Concert Crosscurrents I Will Say Goodbye You Must Believe in Spring Getting Sentimental New Conversations Affinity Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz We Will Meet Again Homecoming The Paris Concert: Edition One The Paris Concert: Edition Two Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings Letter to Evan Turn Out the Stars The Last Waltz: The Final Recordings Consecration: The Final Recordings Part 2

Compositions	"Waltz for Debby" "Blue in Green" "Flamenco Sketches" "Time Remembered" "Peace Piece"

Band members	Monty Budwig Larry Bunker Jack DeJohnette Eddie Gómez Chuck Israels Marc Johnson Philly Joe Jones Sam Jones Teddy Kotick Joe LaBarbera Scott LaFaro Michael Moore Marty Morell Paul Motian Gary Peacock

Associated musicians	Cannonball Adderley Chet Baker Tony Bennett Bob Brookmeyer Kenny Burrell Ron Carter Miles Davis Stan Getz Jim Hall Freddie Hubbard Lee Konitz Harold Land Shelly Manne Warne Marsh Claus Ogerman George Russell Zoot Sims Toots Thielemans Monica Zetterlund

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