| Moon Beams | ||||
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| Released | Mid December 1962[1] | |||
| Recorded | May 17, 1962 (#5, 9) May 29, 1962 (#1, 8) June 2, 1962 (#2–4, 6–7) June 5, 1962 (#10–11) | |||
| Studio | Sound Makers Studio, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 39:00 (original LP) 49:30 (2012 CD reissue) | |||
| Label | Riverside RLP-428 | |||
| Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
| The Bill Evans Trio chronology | ||||
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Moon Beams is a 1962 album by jazz musician Bill Evans and the first trio album he recorded after the death of bassist Scott LaFaro. It introduces two important Evans originals, "Re: Person I Knew" (an anagram of the name of his then-producer, Orrin Keepnews), and "Very Early," which Evans had actually composed as an undergraduate.[3] The originals serve as bookends to an album otherwise consisting of standards from the 1930s and 1940s.
- ^ "Album Reviews: Spotlight Albums of the Week". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 22, 1962. p. 18 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Bill Evans Trio LP 1962". smironne.free.fr.
- ^ Pettinger, Peter, Bill Evans: How My Heart Sings, Yale University Press, 1998, p. 128.