| Ultimate Bill Evans | ||||
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| Compilation album by | ||||
| Released | August 25, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 71:02 | |||
| Label | Verve Records | |||
| Producer | Creed Taylor and Helen Keane | |||
| Bill Evans chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Ultimate Bill Evans is a compilation album by jazz musician, Bill Evans. All selections for this album were hand-picked by Herbie Hancock. [1] The AllMusic review states that the Ultimate Bill Evans is a more than worthwhile introduction to Evans' mid-'60s work." [1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "What Is This Thing Called Love?" | Cole Porter | Portrait in Jazz (1960) | 4:47 |
| 2. | "'Round Midnight" | Conversations with Myself (1963) | 6:33 | |
| 3. | "I Believe in You" | Frank Loesser | Empathy (1962) | 5:51 |
| 4. | "Turn Out the Stars" | Bill Evans | Intermodulation (1966) | 7:34 |
| 5. | "Funkallero" | Bill Evans | The Bill Evans Album (1971) | 6:40 |
| 6. | "I Loves You, Porgy" | Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival (1968) | 5:50 | |
| 7. | "I Should Care" | How My Heart Sings! (1964) | 5:00 | |
| 8. | "Angel Face" | Joe Zawinul | Intermodulation | 6:33 |
| 9. | "Walkin' Up" | Bill Evans | Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival | 3:31 |
| 10. | "N.Y.C.'s No Lark" | Bill Evans | Conversations with Myself | 5:34 |
| 11. | "Mother of Earl" | Earl Zindars | Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival | 4:58 |
| 12. | "Jazz Samba" | Claus Ogerman | Intermodulation | 3:07 |
| 13. | "A Time for Love" | Alone (1970) | 5:04 | |
| Total length: | 71:02 | |||
All track information and credits were taken from the CD liner notes. [2]
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