California Here I Come (album)

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California Here I Come
California Bill Evans.jpg
Live album by
Bill Evans
Released1982
RecordedAugust 17–18, 1967
Venue Village Vanguard, New York City
Genre Jazz
Length74:34
Label Verve
VE2-2545
Producer Helen Keane
Bill Evans chronology
Quiet Now
(1981)		California Here I Come
(1982)		 Eloquence
(1982)
Professional ratings
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SourceRating
All About Jazz (no rating) [1]
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California Here I Come is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans. It was recorded in 1967, but not released on the Verve label until 1982 as a double LP. It peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Jazz Album charts in 1983 and was reissued on CD in 2004. [4] The pieces were recorded at the Village Vanguard, where Evans had previously recorded the sets that appeared on the highly influential Waltz for Debby and Sunday at the Village Vanguard , both later comprised on the definitive collection The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 .

Contents

Track listing

  1. "California, Here I Come" (Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Joseph Meyer) – 5:32
  2. "Polka Dots and Moonbeams" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke) – 3:22
  3. "Turn Out the Stars" (Bill Evans) – 5:52
  4. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) – 4:06
  5. "You're Gonna Hear From Me" (André Previn, Dory Previn) – 4:57
  6. "In a Sentimental Mood" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Manny Kurtz) – 3:53
  7. "G Waltz" (Bill Evans) – 4:35
  8. "On Green Dolphin Street" (Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington) – 4:53
  9. "Gone With the Wind" (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel) – 5:35
  10. "If You Could See Me Now" (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 3:39
  11. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 5:12
  12. "Very Early" (Bill Evans) – 4:44
  13. "'Round Midnight" (Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams, Bernie Hanighen) - 6:07
  14. "Emily" (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) – 5:18
  15. "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) – 6:49

Personnel

2004 reissue production notes

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References

  1. ↑ Bivens, Ollie (2011). "Bill Evans | California Here I Come". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Yanow, Scott (2011). "California Here I Come - Bill Evans | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  3. ↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 457. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ↑ Verve Music Group website entry.
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