The Solo Sessions, Vol. 2 | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1992 | |||
Recorded | January 10, 1963 New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 42:17 | |||
Label | Milestone MCD 9195-2 | |||
Producer | Orrin Keepnews | |||
Bill Evans chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [2] |
The Solo Sessions, Vol. 2 is an album by jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1992.
Evans recorded The Solo Sessions, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 at the same session, on January 10, 1963 and the tracks were originally released as part of Bill Evans: The Complete Riverside Recordings in 1984. [3]
Porgy and Bess is a studio album by jazz musician Miles Davis, released in March 1959 on Columbia Records. The album features arrangements by Davis and collaborator Gil Evans from George Gershwin's 1935 opera of the same name. The album was recorded in four sessions on July 22, July 29, August 4, and August 18, 1958, at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City. It is the second collaboration between Davis and Evans and has garnered much critical acclaim since its release, being acknowledged by some music critics as the best of their collaborations. Jazz critics have regarded the album as historic.
Conversations with Myself is a 1963 album by American jazz musician Bill Evans.
Fine and Mellow is an album by Ella Fitzgerald that was released in 1979. The album won the Grammy Award Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album in 1980.
Bill Evans at the Montreux Jazz Festival is a 1968 album by the American jazz pianist Bill Evans, recorded live at that year's Montreux Jazz Festival. The trio's performance on this album won them the 1969 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group.
Know What I Mean? is a 1962 album by jazz musician Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, accompanied by Bill Evans and the rhythm section of the Modern Jazz Quartet. It was released on Riverside label as RLP-433.
Moon Beams is a 1962 album by jazz musician Bill Evans, and the first trio album recorded by Evans after the death of Scott LaFaro.
How My Heart Sings! is an album recorded by jazz musician Bill Evans in 1962, at the same time as Moon Beams.
The Solo Sessions, Vol. 1 is an album by jazz pianist Bill Evans, released in 1989.
Trio '65 is a studio album by American jazz pianist Bill Evans and his Trio, released in 1965.
You're Gonna Hear From Me is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Eddie Gómez and Marty Morell recorded at the Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen in 1969 but not released until 1988 on the Milestone label. The same concert also produced the album Jazzhouse.
The Paris Concert: Edition One is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera recorded in Paris, France in 1979 and originally released on the Elektra/Musician label. Additional recordings from this concert were released as The Paris Concert: Edition Two.
Homecoming is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera recorded at Southeastern Louisiana University in 1979 but not released until 1999 on the Milestone label.
Time Remembered is a live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Chuck Israels and Larry Bunker partially recorded at the Shelly Manne's club in Hollywood, California in May 1963, but not released until 1983 on the Milestone label as a 16-track double LP. It would be later reissued on CD in 1999, with only 13 tracks. The trio performances were recorded at the same sessions that produced At Shelly's Manne-Hole (1963) and were first released on Bill Evans: The Complete Riverside Recordings (1984). The four solo performances were recorded in a separate session in April 1962 in New York City. "Some Other Time" was recorded in December 1958, in New York City.
The Last Waltz: The Final Recordings is an 8-CD box set live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera recorded during a nine night residency at Keystone Korner in San Francisco in 1980 and released on the Milestone label in 2000. Additional recordings from this concert series were released as Consecration: The Final Recordings Part 2 released in 2002.
Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings is a six-CD box set live album by jazz pianist Bill Evans with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera recorded over four nights at the Village Vanguard in New York City in 1980 and released on the Nonesuch label in 1996.
Roy and Diz is an album by trumpeters Roy Eldridge and Dizzy Gillespie, recorded in 1954 and originally released on the Clef label as two separate volumes. Selections from these sessions were also released as Trumpet Battle and The Trumpet Kings.
Goin' to the Meeting is an album by saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis recorded in 1962 for the Prestige label.
Eloquence is an album composed of songs played by jazz musicians Bill Evans and Eddie Gomez between the years of 1973 and 1975. It was released posthumously in 1982 on Fantasy Records.
Stan Getz and the Cool Sounds is an album by saxophonist Stan Getz recorded at five sessions between 1953 and 1955 which was released on the Verve label in 1957.
Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players, subtitled The Original Sessions is an album by pianists Ralph Sutton and Jay McShann that was recorded in 1979 and originally released by the Chaz Jazz label as two LPs before being reissued with two additional unreleased tracks by the Chiaroscuro label in 1992. The 1992 CD reissue omitted two tracks from Two Pianos Vol. II, "I'll Catch The Sun" which was a solo feature for Jay McShann and "Ain't Misbehavin'" which Ralph Sutton played solo. Another CD of 1989 recordings by the same group with the same title was released by Chiaroscuro on CD as Last of the Whorehouse Piano Players.