| Bill Evans at Town Hall | ||||
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| Released | 1966 | |||
| Recorded | February 21, 1966 | |||
| Venue | The Town Hall, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 35:12 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| The Bill Evans Trio chronology | ||||
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Bill Evans at Town Hall is a live album from 1966 by American jazz pianist Bill Evans and his trio. It is his only commercial trio recording featuring drummer Arnold Wise,[1] and it was the last recorded appearance of bassist Chuck Israels as a regular member of the trio.[2]
The recording was released as "Volume 1," but no subsequent volume appeared. A planned release of big-band material, featuring Evans, from the second half of the concert ended up being nixed, as according to Evans's manager, Helen Keane, the pianist "did not play his best" during that part of the program.[3]
The original LP consisted of four trio performances of jazz standards followed by a lengthy solo elegy for Evans's recently deceased father. Verve Records released the album on CD in 1986 with three additional trio performances, including the first recording of Evans's composition "One for Helen," dedicated to his manager.[4]
- ^ "Bill Evans Discography," https://www.jazzdisco.org/bill-evans/discography/, Accessed 23 June 2024.
- ^ Pettinger, Peter, Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings, Yale University Press, 1998, p. 173.
- ^ Pettinger, p. 172.
- ^ "Bill Evans Discography."